Hello there,
Needless to say, I new to the forum but have been smoking for a couple of years. I've always processed my own venison and have been slowly building my repertoire for wild meat recipes and procedures. I built a small UDS out of a 20gal barrel a while back and love it! I'll get some pics up someday. I've always wanted more volume and "cook-ability" so I'm doing some brainstorming...
Recently, I've acquired a 48"tall/24"wide used water tank. I removed the base plumbing and pulled out the gross rubber bladder. Now it sits awaiting the fire box and the ensuing build for a reverse flow smoker. I used the "Feldon's Calculator" and come up with the cubic in of both the acquired water tank (about 21,703, the ends are slightly domed, and the fire box size still needed--about 7234 cubic in) I got a little Hobart mig that I'm decent with. Now I need to source a light/medium duty plasma cutter that will tolerate 1/2in max. Then, I can get to work!
Let me say, this forum is a wealth of info! I feel like I've learned volumes just spending a couple of sessions perusing these threads!
thanks everyone and I'm sure you will be fielding some questions int the future. Until then I'll just sponge and learn all I can...
bigfork.
Needless to say, I new to the forum but have been smoking for a couple of years. I've always processed my own venison and have been slowly building my repertoire for wild meat recipes and procedures. I built a small UDS out of a 20gal barrel a while back and love it! I'll get some pics up someday. I've always wanted more volume and "cook-ability" so I'm doing some brainstorming...
Recently, I've acquired a 48"tall/24"wide used water tank. I removed the base plumbing and pulled out the gross rubber bladder. Now it sits awaiting the fire box and the ensuing build for a reverse flow smoker. I used the "Feldon's Calculator" and come up with the cubic in of both the acquired water tank (about 21,703, the ends are slightly domed, and the fire box size still needed--about 7234 cubic in) I got a little Hobart mig that I'm decent with. Now I need to source a light/medium duty plasma cutter that will tolerate 1/2in max. Then, I can get to work!
Let me say, this forum is a wealth of info! I feel like I've learned volumes just spending a couple of sessions perusing these threads!
thanks everyone and I'm sure you will be fielding some questions int the future. Until then I'll just sponge and learn all I can...
bigfork.
