Another new Okie Highland Owner!

[MitraSurik]

I took an extra day of thanksgiving vacation and ran the smoker to a local weld shop where I could do some work on it. I'm not saying this is the best job ever, but I can say honestly the welds have held through manhandling the smoker back onto the deck without a second person! I took my first welding class a couple weeks ago, so I'm pretty proud of this. The teacher from my weld class was kind enough to help me with some of the more tricky angles as well. He said he didn't like BBQ so my thanks is going to come in the form of free labor around the shop.

All that's left to do now is put the firebox and grates back on and then paint the bare steel. I was thinking of getting some Rust-Oleum fire resistant bbq black paint. Do you have any suggestions on paint to use?

I'll follow up when I have a report on the first smoke. Thanks again for your inspiration!

 

[fendersrule]

Nice! I thought that was mine for a second. It’s going to be a massive difference.

I used an automotive high temp paint if I recall correctly. The stack area is not going going to get that hot, so don’t sweat the temp rating too much.