Nice job on the rings, and the rig is looking pretty fantastic.
It wont be long and the thin blue smoke will be filling the air.
It wont be long and the thin blue smoke will be filling the air.
I think you got misled by the thick chunk of rock wool under the plate and the facing on the firebox.This build keeps getting greater & greater!
You might as well order your AMNS now, because I never saw a smoker insulated quite that well!
Fire can go out on Monday, and there will still be heat in the box on Friday!
Awesome job---keep the pics coming!
Bear
Hmmm,I think you got misled by the thick chunk of rock wool under the plate and the facing on the firebox.
The insulation's only 1/2" thick all around.
Ah, NUTS.I don't think the grease will be a big problem. If you went with the plates the grease may actually help keep them in place during travel, that is unless you have a way to lock them down, which is the best route.
Once they are set in perfect place you won't really be moving them.
A tapered plate would work also, it just depends on which idea you like better.
With the plates you could always place a 2" ball valve in one of the front corners on the bottom of the cook chamber box. You could easily, after a cook place a bucket at the valve and lower the jack to let it drain. While the smoker is still hot of course.
Personally, I think for this smoker, that I would use the tuning plates and a drain in the corner.
Your build is looking fantastic.