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    Fire does not seem to burn (smokestack question)

    Hi all , just wondered , apart from exhaust stack , how do the baffle / tuning plates affect airflow and so the fire....
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    1/4 tube for offset smoker

    Hi , probably a bit far away. Whats the diameter? do you know the thickness? thanks
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    1/4 tube for offset smoker

    no , the UK , is this not the UK smokers area?
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    1/4 tube for offset smoker

    Hi all , I have access to some decent welders etc so want to make a heavy duty offset smoker. Theres a stock size 508mm x 6.3mm thick tube but I am struggling to get hold of any at a reasonable price. I want about 1.5 metres. If anyone can point me in the right direction Id be grateful. I can...
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    tool box smoker bbq pit

    Hi all recently posted about building a bbq pit with cinder blocks etc.As I had access to free solid concrete blocks.( not hollow) It also occurred to me I could make a bbq pit ( not an offset smoker) for low slow bbq grilling etc using an old large truck tool box.see pictures. Any issues with...
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    oklahoma joe for sale n . london UK

    Hi all , I am selling my oklahoma joe highland offset smoker , north london UK , pm if interested or its also on fleabay
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    building a bbq pit.

    thanks all , useful about the concrete maybe cracking and I can see the logic of the air gap. Over in the uk so enough cinder blocks for a small pit would cost me $400 odd. Had the concrete blocks here fee .But they are 140mm not 215mm tho=ick so might not be stable enough
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    building a bbq pit.

    Have managed to successfully bbq pork ribs on my smoke hollow bbq. Pretty good , 250f over coals Rodney scott style.Was a real pain to keep temperature low enough ( coals too near grill level) so thinking of building a bbq pit ( not a smoker/offset). where you slow cook over coals. Lots of...
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    oklahoma joe highland smoke stack size

    ok , I'm putting a 10" stack 8' on mine!! seriously though , just looked at these and also the franklin book and smokers - big smokestacks. As he says its easier to shorten than to lengthen so will use 4 or 5" tube and go for 30" tall.
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    oklahoma joe highland smoke stack size

    For raw OKJ highland when i use the calculator it tells me 3" stack 24" high , 5" stack only 8.6" high!!!
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    oklahoma joe highland smoke stack size

    also , makes me think my little 3" stack at 17" is well undersized if thats a 5/6" stack and you've extended it. Even on the highland
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    oklahoma joe highland smoke stack size

    thanks thats helpful.I think the Joe is nearer pecos size so would do a 5" stack. Whats the height of the stack? presumably the 4.5" restriction negates the 5 or 6" stack dimension?
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    oklahoma joe highland smoke stack size

    the old country smokers seem to have 5 or 6" stacks for the same size smoker...
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    oklahoma joe highland smoke stack size

    hi , new here. Im over in the UK so smoker choice isn pretty limited.I have an oklahoma joe highland. Would have loved an old country... The joe seems ok but when I use online calculators they tell me the smoke stack is undersized. Should be 24" not the 17" it is. Or if I go to a 4" stack should...
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