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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
After an hour and a half just topped out at 270! At least I'm getting some usable temps now, just need some more time with it to see how well i can control the temps....but feeling better about it today.- ledhead84
- Post #18
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
4th times a charm? Back up on the table for some more surgery, cut 3" strip out of the bottom of the fire box and welded on a piece of channel i had left over from another project. Lots of room for air to flow under the charcoal basket now...and more room to collect ash for long burns- ledhead84
- Post #16
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
I would be worried about creating an ash storm that would blow around and into the cooking area with an electric fan, hopefully i can get enough air flow with some more modifications.- ledhead84
- Post #15
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
With the chimney extension, air inlet wide open got up to 230 at the grate and holding steady after an hour, i cracked open the fire box door 1/2" and the temp started to climb and leveled out at 239!, I'll be happy when i can get 300+ Next step i think is going to be a bigger air inlet, and...- ledhead84
- Post #13
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
^ thanks for the tip, i'll give that a try before i break out the plasma cutter again I have a Chimney Full getting ready right now and a 1 foot HD aluminum foil exhaust extension. Third time's a charm...hopefully!- ledhead84
- Post #12
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
Did another test burn...still can't get the temps up, Air inlet wide open full charcoal basket only got up to 150 this time, i cracked open the fire box door an inch or so and shot up to around 220.....- ledhead84
- Post #55
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
Still no luck! did another test burn after work today, temps got up to about 150 at the grate and wouldn't go higher, i cracked open the fire box door and they shot up pretty quick to 220-230....so now i thinking fire box inlet too small? or is my design/fire box just too small to be functional...- ledhead84
- Post #10
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
Put it under the knife tonight to try to correct the temperature problem, with some suggests from a few board members I am pretty sure my design for the RF plate created a bottle neck where the angle grease troughs meet the drain tube. I cut open the bottom of the cook chamber under the RF plate...- ledhead84
- Post #54
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
Got the patient up on the table ready to do some abdominal surgery...to help her breath better. Broke out my scalpel (plasma cutter) and cut out about a 6” strip from under the RF plate. I believe this was causing me issues, I had a 10ish sq inch opening at the fire box, and then my RF plate...- ledhead84
- Post #9
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
The more I look at it the more I think my design for the RF plate is choking off air flow where the angles meet at the drain. I tried to make the RF plate as low as possible so I had more cooking space available, but I think I overlooked how much I cut into the space under the plate. I am...- ledhead84
- Post #8
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
Thanks for the input guys, I was thinking about it and i think i left the drain for the grease trap open when i was seasoning, is it possible that it that could have been sucking cold air right into the cook chamber. Here's the game plan, open up the firebox to cook chamber opening as much as...- ledhead84
- Post #6
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
The baffle on the chimney swings right out of the way so it won't restrict the flow. I was thinking the same thing, i have some room to open up the fire box to cook chamber opening. There is about a half inch lip on one of the tanks, if i cut that out it should give me about 40% larger opening.- ledhead84
- Post #4
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
Can't forget the pictures....here she is puffin away- ledhead84
- Post #53
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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New smoker - Help needed with troubleshooting
I'm in the home stretch of my smoker build (link below) i cleaned it up today and attempted to season it. I was not able to get the temp's above 220. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forum/thread/103584/mini-patio-rf-build I started with a full chimney of lump (cheap Blue Bag Royal...- ledhead84
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- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
Alright, finally dragged it out of the garage today to clean and season the inside. I gave the inside a good wash gave it a good coating on oil then put a chimney of lump in the fire basket with the air inlet wide open. After about 1/2 hour it was around 150 degrees, so i let it go came back an...- ledhead84
- Post #52
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
I lied...decided to do a bit more fabrication....was cleaning off some more of the old paint tonight and decided I didn’t like the flapper I was going to use as the rain cap on the stack. I figured if I made everything I can't cap it off with something I bought. Here is the 2.5” tractor...- ledhead84
- Post #48
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
WOO!!!! FAB WORK IS DONE! Here is my last little fabrication project....what’s a smoker without a bottle opener...or a bottle opener without a smoker?! I shouldn’t own a plasma cutter, I have too much fun with it and get distracted...stuff like this happens. Here’s a view of the cooking...- ledhead84
- Post #46
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
Defiantly in the homestretch now! Got one little fab project left to do, that i am going to be able to knock out this afternoon. Then all that’s left is a good cleaning, seasoning and paint- ledhead84
- Post #44
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
^ Thanks, make sure to post up your build once you start Sorry no new pictures, i haven't had too much extra time lately to work on it, but it is almost done, i was waiting to post up the finished product. I finished up most of welding and fab last week (1 small finishing touch left), the RF...- ledhead84
- Post #43
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Mini Patio RF Build
I let the fire burn and smoulder into the night, It took care most of the stubborn black paint on the out side of the cook chamber, it looks like a few minutes with the wire wheel and it will be ready for some paint.- ledhead84
- Post #41
- Forum: Reverse Flow
