Hello everyone I finally got my new smoker some what done and I'm going to be firing it up tomorrow to do another test run. So I decided to marinate and inject a pork butt up tonight and have it waiting for me tomorrow in the fridge. I hope all goes well Last time I had it going I was haven temp problems (or so I thought),the gauges never broke 200 with the firebox running wide open. I did a little thinking and placed a temp gauge inside at grate level and was running about 375 to 400 at times. So I ended up removing all the gauges welded them up and relocating new gauges with 3'' long probs a 1/4'' under grate level. The new gauges are a whole lot better quality too. Also went threw and sealed up the cook chamber, I welded all whole were old hardware used to be, ground the welds down and paint the whole outside of the smoker with a high temp paint. So I'll need to run it for an hr or so before cooking on it. Also sealed up the firebox with jb weld on all the seems. It started life out as an offset smoke hollow, now it a offset reverse flow and I designed a drip tray then added a deflector plate at the firebox opening. Also removed anything that made it a charcoal grill, now it a smoker and smoker only. Added a 3" smoke stack that 2 1/2 feet long.
Hope all goes well cause this will be the first thing smoked in this smoker. If all goes well should have some pics to put up if it will let me. Tryed putting progress pics up tonight of my smoker but no luck.
Hope all goes well cause this will be the first thing smoked in this smoker. If all goes well should have some pics to put up if it will let me. Tryed putting progress pics up tonight of my smoker but no luck.
