Fully Insulated 500+ Gallon W/ Squared Off Doors on Trailer

[onesquin]

I'm happy happy HAPPY


The smoker is apart.

[onesquin]

Part of me wants to clean shop and be done for the day.

[The Czar]

A clean shop is good for the soul......

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[Clover Ridge Smokers]

Hey, I cleaned my shop today and I feel GOOD

[prowelder]

any updates on this build, it was a great read then nothing??

[va_connoisseur]

Was this one ever completed?

[The Czar]

Sorry guys....he hasn't been on in a longtime....


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[onesquin]

Well... I have been MIA for a little while as I have moved to Kansas City from Central IL. Started a new job here January 8th and can't believe school is out this week. The smoker is still in Illinois as I don't have room for it here yet.

I have some updates to this smoker and need a little advice.

[onesquin]

Got it apart and put back together. It is fully welded to the trailer and I finished the fenders too.

[onesquin]

Sorry, but I love the look of the wheel wells.

[onesquin]

So when I did another test run I ran into a new issue. But I think it might be caused by something I need to finish first.

So the FB door does not have a latch yet so when the inside of the door starts getting hot it starts to warp. So I know I need to clamp the hell out of this door to keep it in place. Then The area between the FB Door and the dampers warped a little too making the dampers inoperable. I hope that if I start clamping the door down that it will help with the middle section warping or I might need to redo a little on the dampers or give them more play?

Does this sound reasonable or do I need to make some drastic changes?

[onesquin]

Everything else went as planned when doing my last test run up until it was time to start closing down the dampers. It took about an hour to come up to temp and the warming cabinet never got above 85 degrees since there is 3.5 inches of insulation between the FB and WC.

[Frank_Cox]

Yep sounds like you need a little more play on the dampers.

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[onesquin]

With this smoker being 6 hours from my house it has not gotten a lot of attention. Well I made two trips back to Illinois to finish it and it turned out great. Couldn't be more happy. 1 day finishing fabrication. 1 day sand blasting and lots of wire wheel grinding to prep for paint. 1 day painting. 1 day cooking 5 briskets, 8 shoulders, 16 lb sausage and 2 pans of smoked beans and I was happy. I'm driving back to KC so I will upload a YouTube video later for consumption.

[onesquin]

All painted.

[Smurf]

Smoker looked great as does the food.

[bluecatfish]

The Q looks good! I assume the smoker is back in KC with you?

[Big T]

[Dirtytires]

Looks great......and you finished it before August!

Lot of work.

[onesquin]

Unfortunately it's still in IL. I do have my smaller 120 gallon smoker on the 4x8 trailer here in KC. I have two events in IL this year already booked so it's nice to have a smoker in each state.

[onesquin]

I made a video explaining the smoker and showing it in action. I love the chamber doors as they have no latches. They simply stay shut by friction. After the first use I would not change a thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GAxOeW ... ture=share

[Pete Mazz]

[Squiggle]

[bluecatfish]

Hey, it looks even better in the video! Great video!

[Big T]

Sweet!!