- Feb 6, 2025
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Hello all. I keep seeing this forum in my google results so I figure I can start a build thread to show it off and get some Q&A when needed and suggestions. Feel free to be brutally honest on things.
Standard flow cooker. Not a reverse. Hopefully this turns into a gloriously overkill backyard smoker.
I acquired a couple propane tanks. The 120 gallon is a vertical and has 1/8th wall, so my plans to use it as a firebox are scrapped. Might reuse it as a direct heat cooker instead.
The 250 gallon tank I was a little bummed to get home and clean it off and see the shell thickness on the ID tag showing only .199" and not 1/4". Hopefully I don't regret this and keep wishing I sought out another tank, but I found these two cheap cheap. Was an underground tank from 1995. Might be able to reuse the spout thing as my cleaning shoot. Was thinking of making a metal bathtub stopper thing I can uncork and scrape all the crap after a cook down and out into a bucket. Then stop it back up and it might drip some grease into the bucket while cooking but it won't give me a giant hole there either. I think its smart?
Currently getting pricing on the firebox round tubing. That will be 1/4" and be 32-36" deep depending on the diameter. Not sure if I should go a full 30" diameter or do more 24 - 28" and deeper. Please suggest. Thats my next purchase. Used the Feldon calculator but I am thinking since I am in AZ if I am even close I don't imaging getting enough BTU will be my issue most of the year.
On the firebox topic, I seen how Goldies does the elbow into the chamber. (i would try that but I don't even feel like finding a 14"+ elbow) I see some have that movable baffle plate to block radiant heat from the direct line of sight. I definitely want to incorporate that. Infact I was thinking when I slide the tubing into the the main tank I could remove the material around the top of the tubing so that the heat and smoke comes upwards into the cooking chamber. Basically the tubing would be capped off pipping it straight up. That would remove the radiate aspect I would think. I haven't seen this done so would that pose a thermal flow issue?
Have a good night. Its gonna be fun.
Standard flow cooker. Not a reverse. Hopefully this turns into a gloriously overkill backyard smoker.
I acquired a couple propane tanks. The 120 gallon is a vertical and has 1/8th wall, so my plans to use it as a firebox are scrapped. Might reuse it as a direct heat cooker instead.
The 250 gallon tank I was a little bummed to get home and clean it off and see the shell thickness on the ID tag showing only .199" and not 1/4". Hopefully I don't regret this and keep wishing I sought out another tank, but I found these two cheap cheap. Was an underground tank from 1995. Might be able to reuse the spout thing as my cleaning shoot. Was thinking of making a metal bathtub stopper thing I can uncork and scrape all the crap after a cook down and out into a bucket. Then stop it back up and it might drip some grease into the bucket while cooking but it won't give me a giant hole there either. I think its smart?
Currently getting pricing on the firebox round tubing. That will be 1/4" and be 32-36" deep depending on the diameter. Not sure if I should go a full 30" diameter or do more 24 - 28" and deeper. Please suggest. Thats my next purchase. Used the Feldon calculator but I am thinking since I am in AZ if I am even close I don't imaging getting enough BTU will be my issue most of the year.
On the firebox topic, I seen how Goldies does the elbow into the chamber. (i would try that but I don't even feel like finding a 14"+ elbow) I see some have that movable baffle plate to block radiant heat from the direct line of sight. I definitely want to incorporate that. Infact I was thinking when I slide the tubing into the the main tank I could remove the material around the top of the tubing so that the heat and smoke comes upwards into the cooking chamber. Basically the tubing would be capped off pipping it straight up. That would remove the radiate aspect I would think. I haven't seen this done so would that pose a thermal flow issue?
Have a good night. Its gonna be fun.
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