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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    That's correct I am using rolled steel not a tank. So reverse flow will be the decision. That was my gut instinct to start with but you know how it goes the more opinions you read the more you second guess your initial decision. I thought the same thing about the FB cut out half moon more cook...
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    New and checking in

    Thank you I am meeting a few people already and they are nice and have good opinions. I like what people have to say on here so far I am trying to get help with a cooker design and there is some good information by what people are posting
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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    I like the design of the cooker and I did have a warming box in mind as well. I guess I am just trying to put ideas out for feedback like the multiple rack idea. Like I said before I have fabricated quite a few trailer cookers over the years but it has been a long time and I can see that the...
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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    yeah I know about the drippings I usually just do one rack but this time I would like to have some higher up when we are pulling meat off we can only cut and chop so much at a time and I would like to be able to move it up higher and keep it warm and sometimes some meat gets done before others...
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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    I am thinking about changing the lid to a squared off front with 2 doors I measured today and can gain a lot more space for multiple racks and sausage hangers but I guess I would have to rethink everything because the internal mass of the cooker would grow 
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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    That other pic is just a charcoal grill the handles are to raise the charcoal grates up and down for hotter or cooler grilling hamburgers and such
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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    no that is just a small grill I am building to go on the side I put a picture of the big cylinder I rolled maybe it did not load up I will try again Right now it can be anything
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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    So for building this cooker I am taking it from you guys that a reverse flow is going to get more even temps across the board. I do big cooks with 2 and 3 hundred pounds of meat literally and need as even as possible. This kind of building  and cooking is different than what I am used too that's...
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    offset smoker tuning plates vs reverse flow

    Thanks everyone for the info it helps a lot. Dave was talking about the tuning plates having different temps across the chamber. I thought the idea of the tuning plates was to help even it out. Has anyone been able to get pretty consistent temps across the chamber with tuning plates and a baffle...
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    250gal Reverse Flow Trailer Build

    I warped the door and barrel on the first one I made because I cut it with a torch never could straighten it out but heat is bad for them the metal is under too much stress. I had to slowly weld an angle to the bottom of the door with one leg going into the cooker and the other one over lapping...
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    Starting my first build

    good talking to you look forward to see what you decide maybe some photos of how it is going
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    Welding question: Rolled steel to stainless?

    I have been welding for 25 years and have done that many times with hot rolled and cold rolled black steel to stainless any little buzz box and a good stainless rod will be fine if you are worried about it cracking later I can't see where it would but it is possible. If you are worried about...
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    Building a Smoker

    I have built 5 of them I have one in my back yard I will take a picture tomorrow.  It's easy not much work to do. I can run propane and charcoal at the same time or just one and I also always put a side smoke box on for wood  or indirect cooking
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    New and checking in

    Thank you
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    Starting my first build

    were they advising against the firebox in the middle or laying the cooker sideways or both ? I could see how the  fire box would make a big hot spot in the middle but we did it once on a cooker and cut in a vertical cook box in the middle with doors in the lid on either side and drafted both...
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    Building a new smoker

    Hi I am new own here and trying to get some input on reverse flow verses tuning plates  I am building a new smoker and not sure which way to go I rolled my own barrel it is 3-0x 6-0 and started a small side grill that buns charcoal on adjustable racks it is 2-0 x 4-0 I got some help on the pit...
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    my first 250 gal reverse flow

    never mind I did not see the last photo nice job
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    my first 250 gal reverse flow

    Will you have to counter weight the lid it looks heavy being a single door It looks nice so far looking forward to see how it works out
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    New and checking in

    Hi I am new on here as of yesterday. I just found out that I should introduce myself this way.I am from Blacksburg SC I own a wrought Iron fabrication Company and have been doing metal work for 25 years I enjoy building a cooker once in a while because they are cool manmade machine that make...
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    Starting my first build

    are you going to use any tuning plates or a continuous drip pan for reverse flow for the FB I am trying to learn more about that Those kind of drums I always laid them sideways for the most cooking surface but I used a separate fire box that piped the smoke in and used a gas burner to control...
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