Science behind smokestack size?

[daveomak]

You still need air flow ?????
The numbers in the tutorial work perfect for either type of smoker....

 

[Timbo77]

I was wanting to build a offset smoke not a reverse flow

Ok. I was making sure and I agree with you. Just trying figure out what I need to do because it has a 4in stack on it now and I'm losing heat out of the stack. So I'm just wondering if I need a bigger stack or if they put the stack to low or what I need to do

 

[daveomak]

This would be closer to a Jambo designed smoker.... They work very well.....


A 6x25 opening between your FB and CC... and the exhaust plenum installed just below the food grate with a 6" exhaust stack....



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his is smokin-aces version of a "Jambo" design... It works well....

First Big Smoker Build. Advice welcomed!

Hey guys, I am starting my first "big" smoker project, and of course big is relative. I have built two 55 gallon double barrel smokers in the past (one this May and one a few weeks ago), but I decided to step into the big leagues and make a trailer smoker. The smoker I am making is a tank...

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The key is air flow... Large enough openings and stack to allow for free air movement without restriction....

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