New to smoking, 60 gallon build

[delibsribs]

Very cool smoker. Great work. I love the wrench handle too. Glad to here it's putting out some good cue for you...sure looks delicious.

 

[daveomak]

Looking good.... Nice build...

 

[smokejumper]

You know, I was a bit skeptical when you put the single wheel on the CC end, but it really turned out awesome.

All the details like the wrench handles, the shelves on the end and on the bottom, and the tool hangers really sets it off.

Good on 'ya!

 

[Jimmy Joe]

New to the forum and relatively new to smoking. I've personally never smoked anything on my own, but I constantly help my friends when they cook. So, I decided to take a stab at it and first need to build a smoker. A friend of mine wanted me to build him a smoker so I may end up selling this to him, but who knows, I may like it enough to keep it and build another to sell.

So far I have a 60 gallon air tank that I picked up for $100 (still had motor and compressor attached that I will sell), $200 in the form of a 4'x8' 1/4" steel plate, and a little more money in material to build my own hinges and some thermometers, latches, and Nomex gaskets.

I used the Feldon BBQ/Pit builder calculator to get all my numbers but I won't bother posting them at the moment.

So far this is what I have...

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• allenfab
• Jun 26, 2014

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• allenfab
• Jun 26, 2014

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• allenfab
• Jun 26, 2014

Got all the plates cut and cleaned up for the fire box...

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• allenfab
• Jun 26, 2014

Hi can you give me the measurements for the firebox. I just bought an identical compressor and I want to have a smoker made exactly like yours.