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Great build so far Flippers. I have often thought about building exactly what you are doing but have not because I haven't come up with a design
that keeps the burner pipes clean when in wood burning operation. I know my smoker has built up a lot of crud under the baffle plate that would
plug...
My plenum I.D. is 9"x9"x4" I'm not sure how it will work as I haven't run it yet.
As long as the plenum is greater than the volume of the 6" pipe.....it should be fine.
Josh, I plugged in the numbers you gave and here is what I found.
Fire box = 68% ............ yours is too small. I like to be between 130% & 150%, too big is better.
4.5" pipe at 23" It should be 77" from top of smoker to tip. way too short.
The fire box to chamber opening 19" tall x...
Josh, please provide all the dimensions for the tank, I.D. & length, fire box L, W, H &
the opening between the fire box and tank size.
It looks like maybe the fire box is a bit small................
I get min 1 1/2 hours of constant temp between loading more wood with my reverse flow smoker.
Hi Deezy88
I like my builds to have a fire box at least 130% of what is required.
I aim for 150% as a rule. Having room for the ashes & a sold steel wood
rack up from the air inlets seems to work great.
IT'S OK to be to big........... tooooo small is a common mistake.
A properly built /...
Hi GBMworks,
I have a silly question, did you determine the temps at your cook racks using the two gauges alone ??? it may be just not so accurate gauges.
I had the same problem with my build, three gauges in the cook area and one in the stack. All were way different. All brand new and zero'ed...
It takes my smoker about 30 - 45 minutes to get to 300f from lighting the kindling wood using three oak splits and both vents wide open.
My smoker looks a bit smaller than yours....... the door openings are 25" wide. 28" O.D. tank. 4'-7" long not including elliptical heads.
I welded the 2" x 1/4" angle to the top back of the fire box. This worked just fine in my configuration.
I notched the angle for 2" pipe for draining purposes. I used 1" angle for the opposite end for support. I then welded in the 1/4" baffle plate
in four pieces. I sloped the baffle towards...
I installed the RF plate with 2" angle on a 45 to act as a trough. I have a 2"dia drain pipe to a Ball valve that goes to a pail.
This works great on my rig.