Search results

  • Some of the links on this forum allow SMF, at no cost to you, to earn a small commission when you click through and make a purchase. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
  1. barlowds

    Reverse Flow Build

    here is a thread to a build I did last spring http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/161138/heres-what-i-have-so-far-suggestions I used a pipe much like yours with flat ends and ended up with some issued with the heat getting choked up at the one end.  if you look at the thread you can see that I...
  2. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    Just wanted to give kind of a final update on this build, as you can see the thinks cooks like a champ, just want to say thanks for all the help last spring.  The modifications have it cooking very nice and the temp holds true.  The only problem is that it only holds 15 pork butts, the event I...
  3. image (1).jpg

    image (1).jpg

  4. elc bbq.jpg

    elc bbq.jpg

  5. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    I had a good cook learned a lot the temp was good and consistent. My cook times will be a bit longer than with my traeger
  6. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    And one of the final product
  7. image.jpg

    image.jpg

  8. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    here is the door
  9. image.jpg

    image.jpg

  10. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    I had my first cook yesterday I made a new door and the scoop on the end and all is well
  11. image.jpg

    image.jpg

  12. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    Thanks I like the scoop idea I can fab that up pretty easy When I get back from the lake on Tuesday I will fire up the torch
  13. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    this is the inside looking at my RF plate, you cant see it very well but there is a 4.5" gap to let the heat up.  not sure how to make this bigger easily.  suggestions? as you can see on the side of my fire box I put in vents on the top, I saw something similar to this in a thread a few...
  14. inside fire box

    inside fire box

  15. sied of fire box

    sied of fire box

  16. rf opening

    rf opening

  17. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    What kind of a temp are we looking for in the fire box?
  18. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    http://feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html?cc=30,60,0,0,0,0,42390.00,14130.00&fb=22,26,26,0,0,14872.00,14130.00,105.3&ch=4,743.60,59.20&fi=0,0,0,44.62,0&fc=12.31,17.40,118.98]Link here is the link to my build numbers and I am very close on most things fire box is 105% , opening between fire...
  19. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    yes 10 gage,  any suggestions on the heat differential on the two ends.  I always kind of thought the fire box end would be the hotter end. do you think getting a seal on that door will take care of the heat issue?
  20. barlowds

    Here's what I have so far.....suggestions

    I did my test fire today, I would describe it as Mostly happy. It has nice flow, No problem getting up to temp but that is where the issue starts. once I got it up to 250 I tried to shut it down to hold temp it kept climbing I could see that the fire box door had developed a warp and was...
Clicky