1/2” pipe

[emac221]

i have a chance to buy 30”x74”x1/2” Pope is that to thick fro a cook camber I always hear of 1/4” or 3/8

 

[JckDanls 07]

It will hold the heat really well... doors will be heavy as hell... smoker itself will be really heavy too ...

 

[emac221]

Reverse plate would you stick to half inch or 1/4

 

[emac221]

It will cost me .25 cents a pound but is it worth going that thick I’ll counter weight the door I am planning on a reverse flow that’s what I am used to my other cooker is a 250 gallon reverse flow that is 1/4 inch

 

[emac221]

I am a huge fan of thermal mass. That's why I have BGE's. The only thing better than ceramic is 1/4" steel. The only thing better than 1/4" steel is 1/2" steel.

I'd rather have thicker than thinner. All the folks that fight cold windy and/or rainy days on their stamped sheet metal smokers/grilles like the beloved Weber kettle go ahead and weight in.

My BGE during every blizzard or major snow we had in the last 10 years as been loaded with a brisket or pork shoulder and pushed outside to fend for itself overnight until I can dig a path to it in the morning. No matter summer temps of a 10 degree Noreaster the in the teens thermal mass really helps regulate internal temp.

 

[emac221]

I know about ceramic

 

[emac221]

I know about ceramic

I own a large bge and a Komodo kamado BB32

 

[emac221]

I own a large bge and a Komodo kamado BB32

 

[nanuk]

pipe calculator says 157 lbs per foot... so 942 lbs = $235.50

Heck if nothing else, you can build an awesome shop wood stove with that!

 

[kmmamm]

It is important you insure your equipment can safely lift, handle, and fabricate heavy steel. If it can, you can't go wrong with the thermal mass 1/2" steel provides. If your equipment isn't up to the task, you probably shouldn't take advantage of the "opportunity".

 

[emac221]

It is important you insure your equipment can safely lift, handle, and fabricate heavy steel. If it can, you can't go wrong with the thermal mass 1/2" steel provides. If your equipment isn't up to the task, you probably shouldn't take advantage of the "opportunity".

 

[emac221]

We do we have a forklift with 10000 pound and a tractor with forks with 2500 capacity and my welder work with 3/4 inch plate all the time on commercial fishing boats

 

[emac221]

? Will all of you do the whole build with the same material like reverse flow plate warming cabinet firebox will be 1/2” plate thinking 1/4 will heat up befor the 1/2” would

 

[kmmamm]

Doesn't sound like you are a stranger to wrestling with heavy steel. Only question I have left is why in the heck you haven't bought the pipe and gotten to work on the smoker?

 

[emac221]

Doesn't sound like you are a stranger to wrestling with heavy steel. Only question I have left is why in the heck you haven't bought the pipe and gotten to work on the smoker?

 

[emac221]

Decided to go and pick it up next Saturday and start my trailer build this week

 

[kmmamm]

Outstanding! Remember, pictures or it never happened!

 

[emac221]

Yes