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Sure it was termites making holes in the outer bark? I think they would hollow out the inside. If the wood looks good, I would chunk it up. If the bark bothers you, just knock it off with a hatchet. Sounds like a good score too me .
Pretty cool system!
Can you estimate how much wood you used (both in the kiln and barrel) vs how many lbs of charcoal you yielded?
Ok to use a soft wood like pine for the kiln fuel? Save the hardwood for the barrel (coal)?
Thanks guys, appreciate it :).
Terry...that's my apple juice spray bottle for the ribs . Christene is a fine piece of equipment, please re-post it.
Fire it up...I would insulate all sides if you can. If you leave the wall cavity empty, you will still have hot air convection in the walls...
Hey Jason...you can get a free ship to store at doitbest hardware. The have a ship to store location in Centerburg,OH. Here's a link, think it's a 10lb bag for $8.29.
http://doitbest.com/Charcoal+and+Lig...sku-808763.dib
Again :)
Made a platform out of PT 2x4's, dressed out in aluminum and added some wheels.
Ready to go.
First rib smoke on her.
Thanks for looking at my new toy :)).
Continued again :).
I wanted the shelves easy to clean, plus I can't weld :). So I made the support brackets removable and a piece of expanded metal drops in on top. The removable cross pieces can also double as hangers if needed. The support bars drop into tab cutouts so they stay in place...
Thanks Josh :).
I lost the part 2 thread, so I'll add the rest of the build.
Here is the finish.
Mounted the firebox, stack and started building out the inside shelves. Brackets are 1.5" aluminum angle. Stack is a rolled and riveted scrap piece of aluminum.
Stripped out the...
I built my smoker out of an old freezer. Its is both charcoal and electric. kind like a hybrid car. It is pretty efficient on charcoal.
Here is a link to the start of it. The part two finish thread was a casualty of the crash, I'll have to re-post it...
Added a seal to the clam shell cover on the my Chargriller firebox and what a difference in temp control. The temps are way more stable with the air only coming through the intake at the back of the basket.
Pre-drilled 4 holes in each edge of the opening, laid down a bead of high temp gasket...
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