Thanks Jay - Yes It would make to very reasonable smokers. I just don't like that flat end look - I had ample opportunity to get dia large pipe and I chose to just wait and see what came up - this tank came from a decommissioned phosphate dragline and was its air receiver tank - 5/16 walled from 1977 - I'm just going to take my time and see how she turns out - may not be what I expect but here's hoping...jaybird302 wrote:At 30" diameter and 117" long you could cut that joker in to two pieces and it still be plenty big enough and still be managable to build and aslo still be able to move it. Nice score!
Jay
Rod - I'm guessing by adjusting the length as I have proposed this will help with equaling out the temps? Does having the BP as part of the top of the FB an issue or is this design OK? I like the idea of it being one piece as long as it will function properly. Could I just elevate that end of the cooking rack a couple inches or just rotate food through that area to keep things even?Rodcrafter wrote:I would think the radiant heat from the BP on the FB end would be much higher than the other end because of the length. It will cook and smoke but you would need to expect a large difference even in ambient temp from one end to the other.
jm2cw