1,000 Gallon Smoker

[bmudd14474]

Looking real good. You will be able to smoke a few racks of ribs in that one.

 

[SmokinAl]

Holy cow!

That thing is a beast!

Your gonna need a forest to feed it!

I can't wait to see the finished product!

Al

 

[smokehahs]

That has the potential to be one of the most awesome smokers I've seen. If you aren't already here, we have room in Texasome for it...

 

[sxfxz]

That has the potential to be one of the most awesome smokers I've seen. If you aren't already here, we have room in Texasome for it...

Texasome? I'm in Houston.

 

[smokehahs]

Lol...Texas....autocorrect strikes again. We're dang near neighbors. I'm in between Groceville and Cut-N-Shoot

 

[bdskelly]

Thank baby will hold a half of a board of wood.  b

 

[sxfxz]

Lol...Texas....autocorrect strikes again. We're dang near neighbors. I'm in between Groceville and Cut-N-Shoot

Real close brother, I'm in Spring.

 

[sxfxz]

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/06D4EF65-52D8-472F-970A-163FB270DE7E.jpg.html
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This weekend she sees fire! I'm concerned about the areas it hasn't sealed around the doors, am I being too picky? I'm thinking about some gasket maker around the doors to help seal it.

 

[sxfxz]

Well I fired her up to about 350-400 for 5 hours this morning then brought her down to 275 and currently have a pork butt on her. All I can say is I can't believe how well this thing runs! I am constantly at a 25 degree difference between front and back, which maybe could be improved by closing off the stack a little with the damper but for now she's drafting well and cooking good! So excited. Still some little details to button up but so glad to have her done.

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/CC42FF3E-4476-4C39-9A83-2B1423C5A97A.jpg.html
http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/C77CDD44-60E6-451C-9FD8-D8F3C0E8D742.jpg.html
http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/0E3DD518-E8BC-4854-8E5C-E2EF072864A4.jpg.html

 

[rstans]

Very nice!  Impressive. How much wood did you go through?

 

[sxfxz]

When I was keeping it up around 350-400 that was a raging bon fire so I was putting in a couple pieces every 5-10 minutes. lol Now I seem to be putting in a couple pieces every 20-30 minutes. But my foundation is set with the bed of coals and that's my driving force, I'm just keeping it fed.

 

[sxfxz]

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/29AC0DAF-41ED-425A-811D-12D4D322D0D5.jpg.html
http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/8855256A-046A-4A6C-8A93-B5181722141B.jpg.html

First cook in the bag! All that cooker for one butt! Pics of pulled pork to come...

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Poor pork butt looks lonely in there!

 

[sxfxz]

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/987A41EF-9582-4997-8519-648AA3B264B7.jpg.html

Pulled pork tacos for church tomorrow!

 

[ademily87]

Holy bird crap batman. Thats probably the most impressive thing ive seen in a while. Kudos to you lol

 

[bdskelly]

An amazing accomplishment.  B

 

[sxfxz]

This thing is an absolute dream to cook on.
http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/969726B5-9099-46DA-81CC-6C60D79094BF.jpg.html

Cooked some briskets...
http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/A896407B-58A1-4C42-BC97-540B858824B1.jpg.html
http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/E474BF49-C1B9-4272-88A0-05B9DEFC81F3.jpg.html

Makes some good turkey too.
http://s10.photobucket.com/user/SxFxZ/media/EDF659DC-1C94-429C-9080-8D3BA87E2D81.jpg.html

Crazy easy to control temps in her, but she likes to eat a lot of wood! lol

 

[crakam]

yessir, mine eats a lot of wood too ...and drinks a lot of beer! but man i love using it. we did a turkey a for a friend at Christmas, 14-16lb bird looked like a single dove a normal sized grill. it turned out great though! good job on this bad boy. 

 

[cornman]

I am always impressed with people's abilities to create the types of smokers that they do, but this thing takes the cake. Please keep posting about this and does this smoker have a name? I generally am not one to name things, but again, this is a whole other level. I enjoyed reading this entire thread and the size if this thing is incredible!

 

[mkriet]

When you gonna give that thing a paint job? I'm thinking some flames on the sides would be sweet! Hehe. I still can't believe you built this thing as big as it is. This is a smoker made for a king.