Newbie from Indiana

[trd22]

          Hello, I'm currently a student in a welding program after working in various manufacturing plants and as a structural steel welder I decided that I needed to further my education. That being said I have had a lot of experience fabricating and nearing 7 years of welding background. The school side has been very interesting learning the theories of the processes and being able to understand them in real life situations that I have encountered and helped me to better myself as a fabricator.

         The reason behind me joining this forum is because I have always had an interest in smokers and owned a few small offsets and have a once in a lifetime opportunity to build my own smoker. A class I am currently taking requires me to design and build a project; therefore, I have designed my own 500 gal LP tank offset smoker trailer. I have always wanted a large smoker and figured that I would never have an opportunity to use anywhere near the equipment and space that I have in my schools shop, that being said I wanted "to go big or go home".

         The design I wanted to go with is the standard offset, I based my designed around this smoker with a few personal changes.

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• trd22
• Feb 14, 2013
• 1

          I joined this forum kind of late and am current about 27hrs into my build. I figured that I would share my build with you all since this forum has helped me with multiple ideas on my project.

          Thank you all very much! This is my progress so far.

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• trd22
• Feb 13, 2013

 

[kathrynn]

 to SMF!  We are so glad you joined us!  You will learn bunches from the members here!

Sweet smoker!  Good luck with the build!

If you need any help roaming around the forums...just holler.  Will be glad to help out!

Kat

 

[s2k9k]

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 45,000 members who just love to share their experience and over 900,000 posts describing it! The search bar at the top can be your best friend when you are trying to find answers to your questions but you can still ask too if you want!

You might want to check out Jeff's Free 5 day E-Course, it will teach you all the basics plus a whole lot more!

 

[pgsmoker64]

Hi,

And 

 to the SMF, the best BBQ site on the web.  Whatever you need to know about the fine art of BBQ you can find it right here, from recipes to technical knowledge.

One thing you need to know about us is that we like to see pictures of your creations and your gear.  We call it Q-View and its basically the 

!!!

So, don't just talk about your food, show it!  Otherwise you may get a gentle reminder, like this...

  or this...

Good Luck and Get Smokin'

Can't wait to see that finished smoker.

Bill