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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    Here is my start finally got the door cut and hinged now I need to weld on a latch so the door stays closed and on to make the bottom part to hold the wood
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    Smoking a Tri tip this nice cold Thursday

    Awesome thanks guys so just wait till my internal temp is about 145 pull it out wrap it n let it sit for about 45 mins?
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    Smoking a Tri tip this nice cold Thursday

    How's it going every one, happy new year, need a lil advice here, I'm smoking a 5 pound Tri tip today, what should my internal temp should be? I know it's a bigger piece of meat so it's not gonna cook in 2 hours, what should be my turn around time more or less? Using the low and slow method...
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    Your right, why mess around right? I seen the weber grates at Home Depot about 8 bucks a piece
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    Awesome thanks a lot guys, now what can I make the grates out of? And how do I season them so they don't rust?
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    Should I put 4 valves on the bottom or 4 pipes with nipples I would only have control of how many pipes suck in air but I wouldn't be able to control the flow
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    I work at a machine shop so I can maybe just weld some pipe fittings and put the valves there
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    Awesome thanks along it's this is my first smoker build, I use a small brinkman water smoker but it's to small for me now I could only do 1 rack at a time and I have to cut that rack in half just so it fits,
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    Do I need to put more then one air I take valve at the bottom? Or is it just preference
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    that's the inside of the barrel
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    Thanks man, from what I can see the inside of the barrel walls look like a silver ish color maybe even bare metal
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    Building a smoker out of a 55 gallon drum need help

    I'm pretty sure it has some kind of lining, I'm gonna cut the top off and wash it down real good with soap n water, once it's dry I dump a bunch of wood and just let to burn? I know I have to put a valve at the bottom where my fire is gonna be right to control air I take, and holes were my...
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