Recent content by welch72

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    Reverse flow build

    Thanks Dave I may have rushed it a bit being I was at work and it was coooold outside still thinking about swapping to 4 inch pipe tomorrow and trying it again this weekend.
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    Reverse flow build

    Sorry Gary I didn't take any pics of it when fire was going. I fired it up at lunch and only check on it a few times while working this afternoon. There is 3 in from bottom of charcoal basket to bottom of fb with the 2 in dia vents placed in the center of that 3 in.
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    Reverse flow build

    I never tried just opening the door slightly to see if that would help. I would just open it check to see if charcoal was still burning then close it .I actually thought the fire had died the cc was so cool but burned good the whole time. Probably still burning but had to leave work to pick up...
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    Reverse flow build

    When I first lit the charcoal was getting good smoke out of the exhaust for 30 min are so came back later no visible smoke. I opened fb door good fire burning threw a chunk of wood on it closed one side vent completely. Almost immediately got good smoke flowing again left came back later no...
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    Reverse flow build

    Fb/cc opening is 5 tall by 16 wide under the plate and end opening arre the same I thought my stack may not be producing enough draw because the fire is hot and burned several hours but whatever I did couldn't get a consistent draw through the cc and out the exhaust
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    Reverse flow build

    flipped my plate over diamonds down now thanks. I fired my smoker up to season it today but my cc is not heating up like it should , no thermoter yet so no temp readings. But fb is hot really hot but can lay my hand on the cooking grate for a few seconds before it gets too hot. I have 4 inlets 2...
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    Round propane tank question

    Thanks Gary that's what I needed
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    Big Build!!

    This looks like a cool build can't wait
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    Round propane tank question

    Not exactly sure what size this tank is yet but hoping someone could help me on how to calculate what size fb should be thanks
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    Reverse flow build

    Used some old grinder handles we had laying around the shop for vent handles. I forgot to get a pic of the rf plate buts it's 1/4 in diamond plate we left over from a job we did last week . It looks cool but will probably be a pain to clean should I ever need to.
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    Reverse flow build

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