Recent content by tig65

I did this which seems okay thus far but only had two cooks on it. High temp paint is full of shit. Square firebox would of been great but the 1/2” thick pipe I got for firebox was to hard to pass for $100. Only thing I have noticed is that my RF plate doesn’t seem to be draining the drippings...

i considered that but thought with the RF plate the ash wouldn't go that far but it is definitely something i would keep an eye on.

anyone have a suggestion on how large i should make the wood storage on the trailer? i understand it depends on how much wood it uses but i figure i could get close and only store enough wood on the trailer for a 20hr cook or something. just don't want to take up a lot of real estate if not...

That makes sense and i plan on cleaning out the ash from time to time during the cook with a half moon shaped scraper which is why i wanted the bottom of the door to follow the shape of the pipe. thanks for the advise.

Well I still need to add the baffle but did as suggested. Need to see if I have to add another but really not much room.

wow i haven't seen that one and i really like that idea. makes me think i might add some of the exhaust stack to the side of the firebox and then have the smaller slides on the door. the exhaust ID is 6.25 so i would almost have more than enough by that alone. I have been reading a lot about...

Thanks for the quick reply. yes i have seen that thread and several others but always get to second guessing myself. i was thinking of doing what you did but was concerned that it would be difficult to fine tune unlike a sliding style? i always assumed that the vent calculation was used for...

I have been building a 250 gallon RF smoker the past few weeks and have almost everything ironed out except the vent for my firebox. Since my fire box is a 30” dia 1/2”thick pipe 32” long I can’t easily put vents on side of pipe leaving all vents to the door side. According to calculation I need...

I have been building a 250 gallon RF smoker the past few weeks and have almost everything ironed out except the vent for my firebox. Since my fire box is a 30” dia 1/2”thick pipe 32” long I can’t easily put vents on side of pipe leaving all vents to the door side. According to calculation I need...