Recent content by marcoc

Hello again! the build is close to being ready, thanks for your help. I was thinking about the design of the smoke stack and made a drawing, hope it's clear enough. I would cut the top of the cook chamber down to the cooking grate (shaded area) and then weld the smoke stack to it. Is this a good...

Hello, been working on the smoker a bit slower than I was hoping for. I was looking at the calculation for the smoke stack. If I understood correctly you suggest a stack length of 36" and adjust the diameter to get the correct volume. With a CC of 8170 c.i. I calculated an exhaust stack volume...

Another question... I've read that you should keep the area of the rf plate opening at the opposite end of the cook chamber the same size as the firebox to cook chamber opening. with a RF plate 13.6" wide, should I have an opening of 2.4"? Thanks

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Hello Dave, just wanted to ask why the rf plate height doesn't match the fb to cc opening height. Is that to have the ideal distance from the cooking grate? Going to cut the doors this week. Should i make it 1/4 of the circumference?

Thanks for your help Dave. Got the same numbers you have after long calculations! I must have made some mistakes making conversions from inches to centimeters as that is what i'm used to. I've scratched all the feldon calculations. I've started today on the build. Starting from a 236" pipe and...

thanks for the replies. double checked all my calculations and now they are correct. one question.. what would be the best way to remove rust from the smoker?

Hello everyone, I have been doing my calculations with the feldon bbq pit calc and wanted to make sure that I have done everything correctly. I have a cylindrical cook chamber 43.3"x15.5" with a cylindrical firebox 15.7"x15.5" This gives me a recommended throat opening of 23.7sq in If my...