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  1. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Thank you for another very important bit of info! I will follow your advise. When I am done with this smoker I am going to write a "building a smoker for dummies" post and go thru all the mistakes I made and all the great advise I got to save myself from screwing up a good piece of steel.  It...
  2. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    That is a good point, my thought was with a 36"x36"x36" firebox even with the Firebox 5 1/2" past the weld seam I still have 12" from the outside end of the bell to the end of the firebox and 36" width since DaveOmak said the farther the Firebox is into the cook chamber the lower the reverse...
  3. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I would love to see the pictures! Any visual input I can get to help me have an idea how the inside of this thing should look is welcome!  During the many searches I have done of various builds one thing I have yet to see is the actual firebox opening cut and how it relates to the reverse flow...
  4. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Well I spent a couple hours making measurements and remeasuring and measuring again and again. My cook chambers inside diameter is 37 inches and my plan is to put my 36x36x36 firebox into the cook chamber 5 1/2 inches past the weld seam and that will leave 12 inches of firebox extending out...
  5. nwbhoss

    120 gallon smoker build

    You are going to get a slight difference going from figuring gallons to measuring the tank size to get the volume. The rounded ends make an exact measurement pretty tough. I have been giving myself headaches for days trying to understand all the numbers. Your numbers between the two ways of...
  6. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    One major huddle for me is that I am going to be in the future putting this smoker inside a "smokehouse" I am converting a outbuilding into a outdoor kitchen with a meat prep room with stainless counters and sinks and a fridge and my crab cooker and smokers and will be building a small...
  7. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I will definitely install the firebox a couple inches past the seam so that it will be into the smooth portion of the cook chamber. That will make everything else so much easier as you said. I am looking forward to not having to make that radius cut on my FR plate.  I have a dimension of 17...
  8. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Thank you very much for the very informative reply! You answered all my questions and then some! One thing I could not understand was the FB to CC opening. I was getting ready to post and ask somebody to please post a picture of a FB installed with the hole cutso I could visualize it. Your...
  9. nwbhoss

    Feldons and other calculators for builds?

    I have been working on my first smoker build for a while now and while I was searching other builds looking for ideas and info one thing came up over and over, people like myself asking for help about the size and style of their builds.  I was wondering if there could be a beginner forum for...
  10. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    and upon further investigation I found Gary's Ratios for Reverse Flow Smokers calculator and ran those numbers as well. They are not too far off from each other and I have an easier time reading the Feldons calculator but I was able to compare the numbers of each and it looks like I am going to...
  11. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Well I finally stumbled across the actual Feldons BBQ Pit Builder and now that I am not having to make myself dizzy trying to figure out the numbers that come so easily to some folk. Up unit now the only thing I was using was the calculations that are listed in the revised calculator thread. I...
  12. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

  13. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Here is firebox version 2 the feet are welded up and and I took the cook chamber off the trailer it was on in order to get the height correct. I am waiting on a couple pieces of 1/2 plate for the ends of the firebox and when I figure out how big to cut the opening from the firebox to the cook...
  14. nwbhoss

    500 gal revers smoker.

    Here is a picture of my two door 500 gallon tank
  15. nwbhoss

    New RF build from South Carolina

    I love the stacks! 
  16. nwbhoss

    500 gal revers smoker.

    Make sure to not make the same mistakes I made on mine. Use the calculator on this site to get the right size fire box for your cook chamber and the right size opening between the fire box and cook chamber. I tried to go the easy way and use a big freestanding wood stove I was given and the fire...
  17. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I am really having a problem with the math on this calculator? I have a couple corrections that I made to my original figures but even still if I have my numbers right this 24"dia x 40" long pipe is still half the size I need? Then figuring out the opening from the firebox to the cook chamber...
  18. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Well I decided to start a new thread on my build since my recent schooling from the calculator has completely changed my build. I removed the wood stove I thought I would use as a firebox after finding out it was less than half the size I needed and the FB to CC opening was no where near large...
  19. nwbhoss

    I FINALLY found a tank!!!!!!!!!! Actually two of them

    My idea behind using the 8in dia opening in the stove to the cook chamber is to add a guillotine style dampener to use for temp control so I can get it low for smoking salmon. I figured being able to control air in and air out of the firebox would allow me more temp control for lower temp...
  20. nwbhoss

    I FINALLY found a tank!!!!!!!!!! Actually two of them

    I reread your post and saw you were referring to firebox to cook chamber opening. I need to go back to the calculator and figure out how many cubic inches my 8in dia opening is compared to what it should be. I put the cart before the horse and just decided to use what I have rather than build...
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