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    Adventures in Offset Learning (w/ Pics)

    I've been busy learning the ins and outs of running my Bell Fab, spending as many free weekend days and weekday nights as I can building fires and testing methods. The hardest part for me so far has been finding the right size split and technique to maintain a good sized coal bed and the temps I...
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    Update - Bell Fab Delivery and First Impressions

    Thank you for saying this. I tend to be the kind of person who will take an obsession with trying to achieve the best results and getting lost in the minutiae of processing every piece of advice I've read. I know that over time I will gain confidence with experience and learn what matters and...
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    Update - Bell Fab Delivery and First Impressions

    Thank you, so do I! Thanks - I had a feeling this was the case. I even asked Craig if I should go for 2" or 4" and he said 2". 🤔 Anybody need a couple brand newi-ish Tel-Tru thermos for less than market price? I see what you're saying. I still think it's nice to have a general sense of what's...
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    Update - Bell Fab Delivery and First Impressions

    The wait is finally over! I received delivery of my new Bell Fabrications smoker on May 5th. It has a 24"x48" cook chamber and is 3/8" steel all the way around. It arrived on a massive pallet, and watching it get unloaded made me glad that I opted to have the freight company deliver it to the...
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    New offset (Bell Fab) delivery tips, smoking tools, and tricks?

    That's good advice and something I definitely hadn't considered. Thank you! Interesting - I've seen you mention this in previous posts and he did mention this in an earlier call I had with him. I opted to not get tuning plates or any other major modifications because I figured Craig knows a...
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    New offset (Bell Fab) delivery tips, smoking tools, and tricks?

    Excellent, thanks for the reply. I talked to Craig today, and he said that at the destination terminal they should be able to forklift the pallet it's on onto whatever vehicle I'm picking it up in. I'll probably end up getting a truck with a lift gate, leaving it on the pallet until we get to...
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    New offset (Bell Fab) delivery tips, smoking tools, and tricks?

    Hey SMFers, After first speaking with Craig at Bell Fab back in October, I got a call from him a couple of weeks ago to go over the build (24"x48" patio with 4 wagon wheels, 3/8" thick all the way around) and late last week I got the word that he's done with construction and will be arranging...
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    Bell Fab on order - need advice

    @Hockeydudde, I can't speak to what his current lead time is, but when he and I spoke in mid-October, he said 10 weeks, which would have put us at the end of December. Factor in the holidays and perhaps a couple of other hiccups, and here we are. I know he's busy, so I'm just gonna wait my turn...
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    Bell Fab on order - need advice

    I've been on the waitlist since October - I've spent a... not insignificant amount of time reading posts on these and other forums in planning for this. Hoping to speak to Craig sometime this week to finalize the plan and start the build. I don't want to get too crazy with customization - that...
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