My first attempt at a build.

[brnhornt]

Holding up just fine...however I was only able to manage a couple of cooks on her before the weather turned....and that's a good point...she's parked in my garage for the winter...definitely not out in the elements.

 

[12ring]

I finished up my FB door handle. I’m still not sure if I like the elk antler handles but since I’m so ready to be done with the smoker, they will have to stay for now. All I have left is a little grinder touch ups and paint.

 

[motolife313]

I like it. Better then my goofy handle I made. Teflon and delrin. I'd rather just put on a baseball

 

[12ring]

Finally got my smoker back from the sand blaster after a month and a half. Ridiculous.


They did a good job but the blasting uncovered a lot of my imperfections in welding. There quite a few holes. I’ll post a few pics of them. I don’t want to fill them in with welds as it will splatter the newly blasted areas. I wonder if I can get away with hiding them with paint?

I purchased my casters from Harbor freight that were rated at 400lbs. That was a mistake. They’re bending so I went and dropped some more money at a caster place on some heavy duty casters.

 

[12ring]

Here’s the holes I’m talking about in my welds.

 

[12ring]

Now that just need to figure out how to get this heavy bastard off the ground so I can cut off the bent casters and weld these new beasts on.

 

[wimpy69]

Got room for a floor jack? Or lever it up (johnson bar) onto one. Make sure you chock the other wheels front and back. Just a thought.

 

[brnhornt]

Good to see this so very close to being done :) I'm obviously not a pro or very experienced...but if you're really concerned about the holes/pitting...I'd mix up some JB Weld and fill them...let it cure...then sand down flush. Paint will definitely hide the rest.

As for the casters...I wouldn't over think it. I'd get a buddy and some blocks of wood that are high enough. Heft one end of the smoker in the air and slide the blocks in. Swap the wheels. Rinse/repeat on the other end :)

Good luck...can't wait for you to burn some meat in her :)

 

[12ring]

I added a thermometer port and shelf for the maverick. The door was annoyingly heavy so I added a counter weight that doubles as my door stop.

 

[12ring]

I didn’t even realize that I had not posted the finished pictures of my smoker. I finally finished it up and it works great. I kind F messed up the paint though. I went with flat black at first but thought I needed a semi gloss so I cane the door a coat of semi gloss. Then I realized I didn’t like it so I scuffed it up and gave it another coat with the flat. Well at least I thought I grabbed flat but instead I kept grabbing beers and when I got around to the paint I accidentally gave it another coat of gloss. What a idiot. But it doesn’t look to bad though.

I seasoned it up last weekend for about 4 hours and it worked great. Barely used wood and held temps like a champ. That thick steel really helped in that area. I hope to actually get some meat on it this weekend so if I do I’ll post more pictures.

 

[12ring]

This small fire is all it took to keep it at around 275 degrees. It was smoking TBS at time and other times I couldn’t see the smoke at all. I love this thing.

 

[brnhornt]

Looks great!!!

 

[weedeater]

Looks great!
Now let’s see some meat on it!

Weedeater