Not sure if you're planning on adding a shelf under your smoker inside your smoker legs but by doing so it bridges the legs together taking away any worries of leg failure, I did this on mine and find the added storage space very useful. Nice work and keep at it bud!
Grandma always said "if ya can't be handsome ya better at least be handy"
Shelf also provides a nice place to put a pan to catch the grease from the ball valve.
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
Yes I considered adding the rack to the base of the legs and have incorporated that feature...
The newest pictures in which I have not taken yet shows the additional rack/frame...
Thanks for the thoughts and guidance...
paul