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Here is my smoker. We built from scratch out of an old compressor tank, square tubing, scrap metal, shaker screen, etc
We added the fire box below the tank about 4 months ago. It's working great now. Sort of a reverse flow set up inside (we cut out the bottom of tank, but left metal inside and can slide more open, or more closed)
Well I can not access my old photobucket account so I can't post the pics. Here is the thread to it if you care to look. A few things to take into consideration.
1. This was a project to see how cheap one could build a smoker with items laying around, purchased very very cheap or given to me. In the end, if I remember right, total cost under 75 bucks.
2. The cars in the background are cars I strip parts off of, refurbish if I can, and sell on ebay. I am not a junk collector LOL.
3. My shop is hardly ever that messy. It's usually much much worse
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Since this build, I have removed the steel dump rake wheel and replaced them with heavy duty pneumatic ones. Will take final pics this Spring once its nice enough out to paint. The vent control has also been replaced with ball valve, more control of the intake of air and a second rack has been installed.
This ECB is a few months old. It's my first smoker. After adding two dampers to the bottom and one to the top and adding gasket rope to seal the lid, it holds temperature pretty well. Like everyone, I've had some disappointments but I'm going to stick with this until I get it right.
Overall, not quite 2 thumbs up - let's say 1.5. OK?
A friend of mine is a welder and made this stick burner for me.Made it big enough to smoke whole hogs,going to do the first one on this smoker this summer.
I'm not sure how I missed this thread but I have until tonight.
Here is a couple of rigs I have built.
The drums have new homes now but are still in service.
The last batch of pics are still in my head, tons of material just no real plan yet.
Here is what we play with at the few contest we attend each year. Every so often we run fundraisers for the kids so the size and the rotisserie makes it very nice to work with. Sorry these pics are not in order. http://picasaweb.google.com/keesfrie...ratomaContest#
I have several new plans in my head, when I get all caught up with all the little things around here then maybe I can go back to building.