new smoker refurb project

[newflame]

A friend and I are getting into the catering business, this is our first major purchase, the guy who owned it previously used it for catering and it turns out pretty good cue, looking forward to our first big smoke. We rubbed it down today with some scotch brite pads, and scraped a bunch of the grease out of it, I think when it's all said and done she'll look pretty darn good! Also planning on a couple coats of heat resistant black paint, let me know what you think!

there she is, in all her rusted glory!

angle shot

side profile

other angle

good shot of the smoke box.

damper door

open smoke box

shot of the vent from smoke box

open view of the grates

without the grate, built in liquid pan underneath the grate (it slides back and forth)

from the other side

after the scotch brite treatment



thanks for looking, more to come as we get more done!

 

[ronp]

Looks like a nice rig there. It should serve you well.

 

[deltadude]

Nice find, with a bit of labor that looks like it will crank out some great Q, and plenty of it.

Good luck with your catering business.

 

[chefrob]

looks like a tank...........love refurbs!

 

[badfrog]

That is SAWEEEET!
I love the Rivets on that thing...it looks bullet proof! Its going to look like something off an old timy locomotive after a good coat of black paint.
Good luck with your new venture!

 

[newflame]

thanks man, yea we're pretty excited, we think it's gonna look good, just nervous about gettin her lit and started and really getting a feel for it.

 

[newflame]

thanks chef, our first project so we're hoping it turns out well!

 

[walle]

Right on, Newflame - that looks like it should do the job! Can't wait till you show it to us with some fire in its belly!

 

[bottomline]

Great looking rig!!

Got something to work with there,

 

[caveman]

Looks great. I hope your business gets going well. You already have an excellent tool to get you started. Good luck.

 

[northern greenhorn]

That is one killer looking rig, I can't wait to see the finished product, if it were mine though, and I was going to use it for a catering business, I'd choose a color that would POP! a lot more than black, IMO, maybe fire engine red, and make it look like an old fire wagon.

 

[newflame]

honestly, all I've found in high temp paint is aluminum and black, although I haven't looked real hard, I figure if we wanna move up to something nicer some day it'll be easier to sell if it's black :)

 

[newflame]

ok, we got most of it painted with the first coat, finally..been hard with both of us working, anyways we lit her up last night just to see how it went, I used a chimney charcoal starter and got that goin real well (those things work awesome btw) and just poured the coals over the red oak in the firebox and she was goin in no time. The hottest I got the side with the firebox was around 250, but the other side was about 25 degrees cooler, was just wondering if anyone had any ideas about how to even out the heat a little better. We're doing a big smoke this weekend with a bunch of different meat to there will be qview out of this beauty pretty soon!

 

[eman]

Need a baffle to channel more of the heat to the far side.
i'm sure one of the folks here who has built one can explain it to you.

 

[smoke 2 geaux]

That thing reminds me of one of those civil war iron clad boats. One of the coolest smokers I've seen. Good luck with the catering. Keep us posted on the ups and downs. I have a pipe dream of one day getting into that business myself.

 

[triplebq]

This will lead down the right road . Just make it to size .

http://www.bbqinstitute.com/smokermods.htm

Might try some ceramic header paint . It is sold with ceramic particles made into to use for extra high heat and comes in several colors ... it is around 8.00 bucks a can and most name parts stores stock it . Or you online order it from http://www.jegs.com/ or even summit http://www.summitracing.com/

 

[newflame]

just went to the hardware store and bought a 3 inch duct elbow, gonna put that in the far side pipe hole, which come in the side of the smoker not the top, and point it down so the heat has to get down a little closer towards the meat before escaping..a little frontier medicine :)

 

[duosmoker]

Nice Find....
Even if you were not
going into business,
that was a scooooooop...

Very Nice Rig!!!