500 Gallon that has waited years to be finished

[kingpapawawa]

 

[kingpapawawa]

insulated top of firebox.. about time to stick the back on it

 

[kingpapawawa]

 

[kingpapawawa]

Few more details out of the way

 

[jbellard]

Wow king! Sure looks nice. You’re gonna love having the two racks like that on each side.
I love mine. You can get so much food in there.

 

[kingpapawawa]

Actually working on a rack to go in between those two for when I'm cooking ribs...

 

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[fivetricks]

That thing is a monster.

A sexy monster....

 

[kingpapawawa]

few more parts out of the way

 

[kingpapawawa]

Stack is done. Tomorrow we will build a fire in it. Left to do... Handles. Plug holes in the top of tank. Tool to grab racks for moving in and out. Few little here and there grinds/welds. Sandblast. Paint. Temp gauges.

 

[kingpapawawa]

Ready for a fire!

 

[dernektambura]

I'll have brontosaurus steak with one or two baby potatoes on the side.. and six pack to washed down.... please!

 

[newbrian]

I can't wait to see this one painted

 

[kingpapawawa]

Test run. Realized the pic of the ribs was out of focus but don't want to lift the lid to take another!

 

[kingpapawawa]

Blurry pics today doing great over here!

 

[jbellard]

Looks great. How did the ribs come out? How did your temps hold? Love that you have a fireboard. Such a great instrument.

 

[kingpapawawa]

Looks great. How did the ribs come out? How did your temps hold? Love that you have a fireboard. Such a great instrument.

Temps were up and down, have tweaked the rack in the firebox a little and helped it. Mostly just need to get my timing down for adding wood. Overall happy with the outcome. Cooked some butts yesterday and going to do a belly in the next day or two.

 

[kingpapawawa]

Making some progress on the 'shack'

 

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Roof on the "shack" part of this just in time.

 

[kingpapawawa]

Long time since I updated this post... I have not decided if I want to paint this one yet.. looks kinda how I want it to look without paint..