Cool, I was thinking of going 1 1/4”x3/16” flat bar for the cc and fb. Is there a technical reason not to go above 115% on the firebox calculator? I see builders like gator/lsg building with oversized fb and they have a great reputation. Just trying to understand the technical side of it.Rodcrafter wrote:I know DT said 1/4” strap for the door but I have to say that 2”x1/4” is really hard to get rounded if the person doing it doesn’t have a set of rolls. I have used 1-1/2”x 1/8” flat bar. But the FB door could be framed with angle iron of 2 different sizes. And that works well. It comes down to personal choice, that is truly custom.
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well, so in an interest of not typing all that again hahaha...Rodcrafter wrote:I don’t know about “gator/lag but the point is the air flow balancing. The BTU answer would come from Frank. I just see what a sweet smoker to operate looks like when you have built it according to the calculator. Its nice to throw a stick or two in the FB and know what the smoker is going to do.
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