Recent content by mikerobison

Howdy from Spokane! Welcome to the forum. I'm fairly new as well and have gained a bunch of help from this forum. I built a Side fire box smoker using this forums calculator and am very pleased with the results. If you'd like to see the thread, here is a link.  Mike

The Finished product! Pretty happy with the results. Thanks a bunch for the help. I Hope to contribute more in the future.

Finished up the chimney cap. Now ready to get cleaned up for paint.

Built a handle for the cook chamber lid. Just have finish the chimney cap and she is off to get a coat of paint.

Tonight I added a fire box air inlet. Next is a handle then a cap for the chimney.

I added another shelf. The shelf doubles as a handle to tote the beast around.

Half way done Smoke ring with a nice white center I broke in the smoker today. 4 hour cook on the spare ribs. Used a black pepper, salt, garlic salt, and chilli powder rub. They were great! I'll add a few items to the smoker finish it off! Great build and perfect results! I recommend the draft...

I repurposed an old lever, machined a stud and riveted the stud to the handle and made a fire box latch. Temp gauge installed First fire! I seasoned the cooking grate, and let it burn! I played with opening/closing the fire box, and dampening the exhaust to see what it did to the temp...

Reusing some tags from the propane tank I got quite a bit taken care of today. I just need a couple of handles, an air opening in the fire box, and I can fire it up for its first heat up. I can see the finish line!

Got a little more done on the BBQ.

Smokinhawgbbq, That is Awesome. I though about doing something similar. I was going to use a deck lid prop so at full open it held itself. Here is what I got done tonight.

Was able to do a little this weekend. We had an amazing start to April with a couple of 65+degree days. This should have translated into me working on my smoker, but it also meant outdoor Honey do's to tackle. Here is an update on the smoker. [

I introduced myself on the roll call page a couple weeks ago. I posted some pictures of the smoker I am building. I have never Smoked/bbq'd meat. (I grill all the time) I figured if I wanted to enjoy brisket, I'd better build a smoker.  All the parts and pieces I've picked up from scrapyards and...

Hello from the PNW.  My name is Mike and I'm building an offset firebox bbq/smoker. I'm here to gain some info and use the draft calculator this forum has provided. Thanks in advance for the help. Here is photos of my project. It is a work in progress, I've been at it off and on for a...