25 gal Perfect Patio Reverse Flow Smoker

[jwsimpleville]

So I found a 25gal tank on Craigslist for $15.

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• jwsimpleville
• Mar 27, 2014

This will make a Perfect Patio Reverse Flow Smoker, hence the thread title.
Let's see what I can come up with.
Any thoughts, comments, opinions, emotional outbursts are always welcome.

 

[kc5tpy]

Hello.  

 I'm in.  Good luck.

Danny

 

[gary s]

Can't wait to see this one started 

Gary S

 

[hamature]

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

 

[jwsimpleville]

Time to clean off the tank of all the miscellaneous brackets and wheels.
A little work with the calculator and prior build experience, time to cut the firebox notch out.

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• jwsimpleville
• Mar 28, 2014

 

[smokejumper]

Nicely done.

That is going to be a fine little smoker!

 

[jwsimpleville]

I'm off work tomorrow so I'll be able to get some more pictures posted.

 

[JckDanls 07]

I'm in....

 

[quetime]

I just picked up a 25 gal tank and will like to have any additional info as you go through the building process. I plan to remove all brackets tomorrow and clean the tank up. I am going to make an insulated firebox for this smoker.

 

[jwsimpleville]

Funny you say that, cause I'm going to do an insulated firebox also.

Had a long day and actually Got alot more done with the tank clean up and the figures I'll be working with. The drain in the bottom was the biggest pain filling in that 3" hole.

I'm to split this with a couple of posts so I can separate all the things being done.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

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• Apr 2, 2014

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

Any questions just ask, this is going to be a fast build.

 

[jwsimpleville]

Here I started the firebox,

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

Here is the dry fit up.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

At this point I had only insulated the top of the firebox just in case I had to change something.

 

[jwsimpleville]

Got the sides insulated

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

Here's the back side of the firebox

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

Just another angle of the firebox

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

You will notice that I've decided to only insulate the top and sides of this firebox, I may be wrong but the majority of heat loss occurs from the top and sides.

 

[JckDanls 07]

NICE... if you do split the thread make sure to post a link here to the second thread... thanks

 

[lendecatural]

You did get a lot done today! Where did you get those corner clamps?

Thanks

Len

 

[jwsimpleville]

NICE... if you do split the thread make sure to post a link here to the second thread... thanks

I simply meant I was going to make several posts showing today's progress. It will stay consolidated within this thread.

 

[jwsimpleville]

You did get a lot done today! Where did you get those corner clamps?
Thanks
Len

Those are my 89° Harbor Freight clamps, they work great to mess with anyone that has OCD

 

[jwsimpleville]

I like to do several fitups as I go along just to make sure things are still going to line up

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

Then I got to close in the front plate and do the ash drawer.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

While I was doing that my wonderful wife cut up the pieces so I could make the hinges for the firebox door.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

Things were going so fast that I never got a separate picture of the firebox door.

 

[lendecatural]

 Those are my 89° Harbor Freight clamps, they work great to mess with anyone that has OCD

That is Too Damn funny! I'm a damn engineer, but I may have to call them close enough! LOL

 

[jwsimpleville]

Got the reverse flow plate mounted.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

Since I insulated the top of the firebox I just used the top as the beginning of my RF Plate.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

While I had help from the misses I put together the hinges for the main cook chamber and started the cart.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

And the chimney

 

[jwsimpleville]

The cook chamber door handles took the better part off an hour.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014

As another 20-30 minutes to get the firebox latch just right.

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• jwsimpleville
• Apr 2, 2014