Smoker

[bombtech]

So the last eight weeks or so have resulted in a pretty decent pile of goof around money from selling stainless steel roses to friends of mine who didn't know what to buy their wives for Mother's Day. I even made a nice one for my mother and something extra special for my wife that got me through the holiday myself. Meanwhile I've been scrounging up enough steel hinges, thermometers, gasket material and a 120 gallon propane tank piled up on my scrap trailer just waiting to brew up a nice reverse flow barbecue smoker.

It really is kind of cool to be able to look at all of those parts piled up waiting for me to Cut and weld them together.

See you soon fellas, build forthcoming. Cool suggestions welcomed.

 

[mustange70]

If you haven't read through this site, do so:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/f/201/reverse-flow

And read through this is you are going to build a reverse flow, this will calculate all the openings/sizes for you:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/a/reverse-flow-smoker-how-to-calculate-build-tutorial

 

[Dave Paulson]

You may want to look at the smokering forums. That is where I got my idea to build

 

[bombtech]

I'm making progress. Working alone mostly. I have been welding aluminum and thin stainless for a while, I forgot how much the weight of heavy steel can be a hurdle in my little garage shop. This old Lincoln Procut 55 I fixed up has been a godsend.I drew up the sketches and did the firebox and cook chamber math on that Feldon calculator. I bent up a firebox cube, cut and hinged the big propane tank, and disassembled two scrap engine stands I had for wheels and legs. I plan on using leftover parts from my Chevelle build on it like the cam for a pull handle and some big stainless tube from a turbo intake for the chimney.

I'm working with 1/4" on the tank and 3/16" on the 22"x22" fire box. Im in hot weather down here year round, but was worried about the insulation of the fire in that thin steel. Any opinions? Sorta too late, but I never made one before and wondered if this was a mistake.

 

[SkinnyG]

 

[mustange70]

You won't need insulation on the fire box, you'll be fine.