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These pictures are from a fundraiser that we did for my Brother and his wife’s adoption we cooked 40 butts and a brisket with room to spare

Look up bbq with franklin. He builds a pit and shows how he lays out his doors. I made the doors 22” tall which made my cut ~11” from the top center.

Well smoker number 2 is in the final stages. Just a few minors things to finish thermometers, stack cap and badging. All in all though the smoker turned out great. Now I just need to get it seasoned and ready for it's first cook.

Thank you

@josheaton Thanks. Yours looks awesome too. Your firebox opening does look small did you use feldons calculator? On this past cook I kept my damper closed quite a bit and it did great held temps really well once you add meat on there it is amazing how much different it performs. I would suggest...

Well my brother-in-law and I cooked for our church picnic this past Saturday man was it awesome. The smoker cooked like a dream the pork was delicious. We started the fires at 12 midnight and put the pork on at 2am. We finally pulled the Butts at 3pm and they were awesome. After...

Ok. Yeah I'm going to try adjusting the damper next time.

Thanks yes it does haha. I have been meaning to ask you. Have you filled your smoker full yet? I did a cook a few weeks ago and the smoker was full but regulating the heat from end to end was difficult. I'm talking 100 degree difference yet when I did an empty test it was more like 20 degrees...

Smoker #1 is finished and painted now to work on Smoker #2 when I get some time.

Thanks haha. It will open now.

Big day yesterday. I got the smoker set on the trailer. I went ahead and set the twin on there to balance out the trailer. Man it looks good. Now for paint.

Did you use rustoleum high temp? It looks really good. Seeing yours painted was the deciding factor for me to paint mine.

I got the trailer primed and painted my favorite color (John Deere Green) next I have to put the decking down and then I can set the first smoker on it. Just in time first it's first location cook at my churches picnic June 10.

Yeah that will work haha. As far as the paint goes Have fun with that I've tried burning my paint off but it is still sticking around.

Nice I found your post about insulating the Firefox. Your smoker looks awesome. I wondered about insulating mine but a few extra logs on the fire is the cheaper option for me at this point. Have you read franklins book? It is really good and if I remember correctly he talks about his reasoning...