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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    I still can't bring myself to cut another hole in my firebox. YET. I fired it up with the grate raised 2 1/2", which gives me approx 4" off the bottom of the fire box in the center of the radius. Here's a shot thru the vent. You can see the grate level thru the expanded metal... I now...
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    Yeah. I was considering cutting a hole in the bottom of the firebox. I'm just trying to work out the control system now across the radius surface. I'd like to open up enough of a hole to dump enough ash to do some good and still seal tight enough so that I still have control of my fire. I'm...
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    Well, I fired up the smoker today with mesquite wood. I let her heat up to 400-degrees. Then cooled down to 275-degrees and she held 275 like a champ. I rubbed a couple of chickens (halved) and tossed them on. The temp held rock solid once again. Then, when the heat started to drop, I pulled the...
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    Mini reverse flow build under way.

    I like the exhaust of a (current emission) vehicle. The (warmed up) catalytic converter will burn any oxygen from the exhaust providing a non-combustible mixture to displace the oxygen in the tank. If you only have one hole in the tank, I'd use a small hose and divert a portion of the exhaust...
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    Yep, Grew up in SW Louisiana. Dad farmed rice. He could throw a #2 shovel with accuracy like nobody I ever saw. And here in Central Texas on the lake we have Cotton Mouths & Copperheads galore. We keep the kids out of the boat docks where they like to hang out. The kids were perch jerking one...
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    I purchased a handheld GPS a while back and it had a Geocache Icon on the main screen. I went online and learned what it was. (big scavenger hunt) My son, 9 years old at the time, thought this might be fun. So we started out locally and worked our way out. We came upon a Cache on a highway right...
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    I hate them things. Move with no legs.... It just ain't natural.
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    I have some pics (before digital cameras) of a snake I killed in my back yard. It was 72" without its rattle (14 of 'em) and head. If I can find them easily I 'll post some pics. Biggest damned snake I ever saw.
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    Not enough meat to make it worth dealing with. I am a displaced Cajun out of south Louisiana, and will (have) eaten just about anything imaginable, but I hate snakes.
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    No wood burning yet. Tuesday we cut seasoned mesquite. (And dispatched rattle snakes! They were everywhere.) I plan to get the wood cut down to size, split and stacked today. I believe we are in for a little rain the next few days. (Woo Hoo) I want to get the cook chamber door sealed up as well...
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    A Question for You Welders

    I have a buddy who purchased a Hobart 180 years ago, and he did NOT treat it too gentle and it is rock solid. IMHO ---> There are 3 brands of welders I would buy without concern about the quality AND have parts/accessories readily available.  In this Order. Miller (High quality, but a bit too...
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    Yep, the paint on the firebox is slowly burning off. Gonna brush it down & Ospho it a couple of times and rattle can it with high heat paint. No hurry as I got a bit more to do before it will be ready for paint. I gotta build an extension cord for the welder, cause I ain't gonna load that thing...
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    A Question for You Welders

    Rabbit, Sorry to hear about yer infection... Bad enuff to go to the hospital??? That IS bad. Just gimme a few days notice and we will make it happen...
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    My First Reverse Flow Build - 125-Gallon Propane Tank (Plenty of Pics)

    Well the burn with chicken didn't go so well. I don't know if the weather turning did it or what. The 16# of Kingsford Blue barely lasted 2 hours @ 250-275-degrees. Which is a drastic change from yesterday's burn and biscuit test. My chicken chef showed up with three different rubs, so we had 3...
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