Hello everyone, long time reader first time poster. I have had an 18" WSM for about 7 years now and try to use it as much as possible. I've always wanted a larger smoker and about a year ago i was ready to pull the trigger on a 24 X 48 backyard cooker from Peoria Cookers. Well shortly after deciding i wanted this i found out i was having a baby so spending that much money on a smoker was out of the question. Over the past year i have been slowly building a smoker from a 250 gallon propane tank.
So my first question for this forum is about the exhaust stack.
Smoker specs:
CC: 250 gallon 57,750 cubic inches
FB: 24.5 X 24.5 X 32 19,208 cubic inches
FB/CC opening: 8" tall 222 square inches
FB air inlet: two 4"X8" 64 square inches
end of RF plate: not yet installed, estimating 222 square inches
Exhaust stack: 57,750 X .022 = 1,270 cubic inches
6" pipe 45" tall
or 8" pipe 25 1/4" tall
The issue i'm running into is i am locked into a 22 inch max height to get my smoker in and out of my garage. The 8 inch pipe is almost right on the money but everything i've read has said i want to be somewhere between 30 - 40 inches in height.
will this smoker not draft correctly if i use an 8 inch pipe that's only 22 inches long? if this is the case i will need to look into a removable extension or possibly a hinge half way up.
Thanks in advance!
So my first question for this forum is about the exhaust stack.
Smoker specs:
CC: 250 gallon 57,750 cubic inches
FB: 24.5 X 24.5 X 32 19,208 cubic inches
FB/CC opening: 8" tall 222 square inches
FB air inlet: two 4"X8" 64 square inches
end of RF plate: not yet installed, estimating 222 square inches
Exhaust stack: 57,750 X .022 = 1,270 cubic inches
6" pipe 45" tall
or 8" pipe 25 1/4" tall
The issue i'm running into is i am locked into a 22 inch max height to get my smoker in and out of my garage. The 8 inch pipe is almost right on the money but everything i've read has said i want to be somewhere between 30 - 40 inches in height.
will this smoker not draft correctly if i use an 8 inch pipe that's only 22 inches long? if this is the case i will need to look into a removable extension or possibly a hinge half way up.
Thanks in advance!