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    Stainless Steal Vertical Drum Build

    Results are in.... Our first cook off went great. The judges didn't care much for my chicken (17th place), but they liked my ribs (1st). Pulled pork came out a little tougher then i would like. What is the normal internal temp you want to cook a Boston butt to??
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    Stainless Steal Vertical Drum Build

    Tom you are correct the door is a little closer to my head then i would like, but any higher and i would not be able to reach the wooden handle to close it. When i first built the mounts for the shocks i was expecting to use 36" shocks so when i got the 31" shocks i came up a little bit short...
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    Stainless Steal Vertical Drum Build

    Alright I can now finally say that i'm finished. Finally got in the gas shocks for the door. The first pair that i ordered were too heavy duty (90# lift each) and were twisting and contorting the door. The second set (pair i used) are 31" long fully extended and lift 30# a piece. These are...
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    Stainless Steal Vertical Drum Build

    thank you. I think sticking with charcoal is the way to go. To start out the smoker i'll dump in a full chimney of prelit just to get my temps up, but after that i only need to add about 10 pieces of charcoal every 2 hrs to maintain temp. I smoked on it yesterday for 15 hrs's and burnt up 16# of...
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