Looks great Joel, Wish I could see it in action. Good luck with your frist gig!
Thanks Dan! I think we are in good shape for the festival. I learned a lot from this weekend.
Btw, check out wittdogs "Grandpa Jumbos Polish Sausage" at the other place you and I frequent. Use the smoke version but add 2 TBS mustard seed and change 2 TBS garlic to 4 TBS fresh minced garlic. It is the best polish sausage I have made to date.
Nice work brother!!!!! Sucker is really starting to shine like a diamond.
Not sure what the plans are for the trailer axles but I fell in love with um as soon as I say that pic.
I would build my frame, beef up the frame on the axles then marry the two just like the big rig trailers are built. So that you can slide the axles forward and back if needed.
Never know when someone is gonna come up with a killer deal, and cause the trailer to have a weight problem. Been there done that. Wish I could have slid my axle vs building a new 5 foot tongue.
One of these days I will have to sneak back in here and update my build thread. Just hasnt been alot happen to it as far as the smoker goes.
Tom! Thanks for the compliments.
A friend of a friend that is a blacksmith came by on Saturday to sample the Q and he had a great idea and that was to build the frame to the smoker and then back the trailer into it like the garbage people do for a dumpster. Our plan all along had been to use u-bolts to be able to adjust the trailer on the axles to get the right weight balance but being able to dump the trailer from the axles is just entirely too brilliant to let go of.
Update your build thread brother. I want to see what you are doing these days.
Looks Fantastic! Mouth is drooling here for the meat-stavaganza. Now its time to get it off those cinderblocks and out on the road! Good luck with the festival.
No doubt. We have less than three weeks to get it done but I think we are going to do well. I also can't wait to back this beast into the driveway and smoke all day to the chagrin of my neighbors. lol
Thats awesome that you were able to use that little word for that big of a smoker. Great job.
I honestly was shocked at how little wood we consumed Brian. The firebox is all 3/8" metal as is the smoke chamber and I think that has a lot to do with it. It may take an hour to get up to temp but once she is there she stays there.
Holy Smokes Solar !!!! That is awesome!
It definitely was a holy smoke JJ. A friend of a friend of a friend had invited this entire company of Lexington style pit builders to come over to put us in our place and those guys told me they had never had pulled pork as tasty as what we put out. Everything turned out great which was a huge shock to me. I expected a transplanted yankee such as myself to be put in my place but it never happened.
Sounds like it went well Joel, glad to hear.I get close but hope to get by before the big day.
I can't wait to show you the finished product Bob. :o)