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Need some help again cause even tho it is all finished im not sure im happy with the way it turned out. Everything is very much to spec to all the calculators but i feel like i am not getting the flow i should be. Just for yall reminder this is a 250gal smoker from and old tank with a 24in x...
Here is an update for yall. The firebox is on, door for it is cut but not finished. All the trim around the cc doors is on. The stack has been put on perfectly center to the smoker and in the middle of the grate. It also has had its first fire to test flow, function, and burn old paint out...
It is 7.5in tall and 7 in wide and it is perfectly center on the smoker. My grate height is also at the half mark in the cc. So the exhaust opening is half below and half above the grates.
I have another question rq. Im about to put the smokestack on and since its on a trailer with a roof i need it at least 6in round and 5ft tall. Do yall think that is too long? I read someone say a stack too long with cool down smoke too much and it will begin to fall back down the stack.
I was afraid of that also but hell it aint gonna hurt i guess. I just kinda got caught up in the fun of the science and math of it all. The thought desiging a smoker or anything to become the most efficient product i can make just fun to me. Challanges me and pushes me to be the best i can be.
You guys have been such a big help to building this dream smoker you dont even understand. I just kept extending my length of seg ED from the first cal (11.75in) to meet the minimum volume of seg area from the second calc (244.7ci) and it came up to 248.9ci. And thats including plate and tank...
I am having a problem... Im not sure i understand the firebox opening link posted earlier. I have all my numbers from the circle calculater and i know they are all correct. I didnt guess anything they were all measured exactly. He says "For calculating the FB/CC opening.... You are...