Recent content by JBW450

Amazing! Gotta try this now

Once the fire is to temp in my smoker I find that I'm burning 2 or 3, 1-1/2" splits every 20mins or so. It was more than that prior to me tacking a piece of 6mm steel sheet onto the round top of the firebox to make preheating the wood easier (was hard to stack the pieces on a curved top). I...

Baffle meaning the floor/divider between the smoke chamber/cooking area and the firebox (on a reverse flow offset). Obviously in this case if the baffle/floor is too low the fire may not draw very well due to the restriction.

Great tip, now I need to make a conical fire basket to try in my round firebox

Thanks mate!

FWIW, I just realised that I wrote that around the wrong way. Should be "A mate of mine built one years ago and started with the baffle at 1/4 of the smoke chamber and he said it wasn't ideal. He then modified it to be 1/3 and it works great now." The original baffle I cut and trial fitted was...

Thanks, Yeah the door is a pleasure to open and close now. Incidentally, the latch on the backside of the handle actually seems to work better now as well. I think because there is probably more clearance due to the hinge design now. The handle for moving the smoker was going to just be the...

Yeah definitely. It's been over a year since I made this offset and I reckon now it's actually finished :emoji_smile:

First cook with the new door hinge. Sometimes it's all about the small things, can't believe I persevered with the brass hinge :emoji_laughing: Bit of an experimental cook today. "Bolognase mince" (beef and pork), carrots, peas, potato, cheese and Italian pork sausages. I call it "Pigs...

Bit of an evolutionary post on the "bicycle smoker"... I originally had a brass hinge which over time has gotten more stiff and seized, so went with a piece of 16mm bar bent into a "U" and some 5/8ths flange nuts. Now the door is removable and it will never give me the shits by seizing up.

Following this in anticipation. Already looks amazing

Awesome design @seenred That looks like an absolute pleasure to cook on. Amazing.

What a considerate tree :emoji_sunglasses:

Yikes :emoji_dizzy_face: any damage?

I'm always on the lookout for fallen limbs after windy days. Scored this today, found it fallen across a public bike/walking track. The way I see it I was doing the general public a solid by removing it from the path.