- Jan 31, 2016
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Long time lurker, first time poster.
After picking up a 275 Gal fuel tank today, I'm trying to revive an old thread on the subject.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/143587/275-gallon-fuel-oil-tank-build
I like the design a lot but unfortunately the original poster stopped updating his project early on.
So in the interest of time and cleanliness I took the important bits and consolidated them.
(Such as the best way to place the door(s) to the cooking chamber)
Thank you all for any help,
Patrick
After picking up a 275 Gal fuel tank today, I'm trying to revive an old thread on the subject.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/143587/275-gallon-fuel-oil-tank-build
I like the design a lot but unfortunately the original poster stopped updating his project early on.
So in the interest of time and cleanliness I took the important bits and consolidated them.
RF plate will be 14" from bottom of tank (1/3 the total height.) First Cooking Rack will be placed 5" above the RF plate. I believe I read on here somewhere it should be between 41/2" to above RF plate, but I may be wrong.
Another pic of side. Dotted line represents the RF plate. Solid lines represent cooking grates. Cooking grates will be 4" apart from each other.
View of the side where the FB will attach. Using Feldon's website, I was given the value of 21.80 as the diameter of the half moon opening, thus an 11" Radius.
The layout of the RF plate and Coking grates will allow me 7" of clearance from the top rack to the actual top of the Smoker. Should be just enough room to fit some chickens or other foods.
All of this is plenty to get me started and going for a good while. I'm definitely open to any suggestions as I get this project started.
(Such as the best way to place the door(s) to the cooking chamber)
Thank you all for any help,
Patrick
