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    250 gallon RF build

    Well...metal didn't come in for FB..... the supplier had family emergency so will have to hold up getting that for a bit. Hopefully before next weekend I'll have it. I DID get offered two 250 gallon propane tanks for free...so possibility for more smokers in the future. LOL. Anyhow, after his...
  2. the smoke break

    250 gallon RF build

    Well...metal didn't come in for FB..... the supplier had family emergency so will have to hold up getting that for a bit. Hopefully before next weekend I'll have it. I DID get offered two 250 gallon propane tanks for free...so possibility for more smokers in the future. LOL. Anyhow, after his...
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    250 gallon RF build

    Thankfully, Shane took the first cut....sucker!! The bag would've been hilarious, as he was nervous. I stood back a ways.... you know....um...not out of fear...er..um...but in case I needed to call 911. Lol.
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    250 gallon RF build

    Well...they guy that was supposed to bring me the metal for my FB had some family issues....SO, no metal and no progress on the smoker this past weekend. Bummer!!!! Hopefully, he'll have it by this coming weekend....OR I can get some from another source. No gigs for the band this coming weekend...
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    250 gallon RF build

    Will do, Alaska. Thanks!!!    Was stationed in King Salmon back in the 90's...near Kodiak Island. Beautiful country up your way!!!
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    250 gallon RF build

    Hey Gary,     No new pictures as of yet. Having to work on it as other work allows...lol. I do have a guy bringing me the metal to make the firebox, supposedly on Friday morning. I hope Friday evening or Sunday I can get more work on it. Saturday night's taken up by band gig, so that's out. Will...
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    250 gallon RF build

    Thanks Dave, Watched your build like a hawk, so owe you some for inspiration. 
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    250 gallon RF build

    Thanks, Gary.
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    250 gallon RF build

    FB opening done...but there is a inner lip that we didn't know about until we started cutting, so had to remove part of that as well. You can see that lip from this angle.  Done...now to do some grinding.
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    The tank before any cutting was done. Shane was nice enough to volunteer for first cut...hehe Couldn't let him do ALL the work. 
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    250 gallon RF build

    Still trying to get the pics loaded but get some message saying "AJAX response unable to be parsed as valid JSON object". Hmmmmm
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    250 gallon RF build

    Well...after several delays....I finally got to start on the build of my 250 gallon RF smoker. Had the tank for about a month, but between my wife being in the hospital....and my bands busy schedule...it's been hard to start on. This weekend finally gave me the chance. My friend, Shane, and I...
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