hi all.
well myself and my good wife Annemarie have been in the garden most of the afternoon making some mods to the BBQ
I have taken some pics as follows
the old BBQ that has served us well, needs to be cut up and ditched, on closer inspection the lid although rusty was in very good order, a sand down and respray with high temp paint it made a good heat baffle, just needed trimming down and a bit of a reshape
The New upgrade grill that we have just bought and will be applying mods to today
new fire grate made from 3mm expanded steel in the side box, cut with a angle grinder, this was the worst bit and I cant tell you how much blood I lost shaping this !!
the empty main chamber with the double thick base plate still in-situ, I read that people invert this to make the baffle, but I had some spare steel in the form of the old BBQ lid so I left it in place
old BBQ lid cut to size, sprayed with 600c heat resistant paint and installed to make a reverse flow config, all of the holes are 10mm and I can add more if needed, 4 inch gap at the end hopefully is enough but again I can cut this down more if required
to tweak the heating levels I also got a small piece of stainless and bent it to a crude curve, the idea being if I need to expose holes or maybe cover some up to regulate heat/smoke I can just slide it up/down as required, more holes could be installed still if required in the bottom baffle and I can just cover them over if required
the main grills replaced and the semi flex pipe installed to provide a reverse air flow, its cut to 1 inch above grill level
so far that's it, ill be ordering 2 thermometers to install into the hood next week and after payday will also get a dual temp digital for more accurate readings. the fire box needs some heat felt around the door as the gap is visible on one side quite clearly.
ill be starting a seasoning burn tomorrow in the morning, followed by the 2nd one later that afternoon
cheers for now
Andy
well myself and my good wife Annemarie have been in the garden most of the afternoon making some mods to the BBQ
I have taken some pics as follows
the old BBQ that has served us well, needs to be cut up and ditched, on closer inspection the lid although rusty was in very good order, a sand down and respray with high temp paint it made a good heat baffle, just needed trimming down and a bit of a reshape
The New upgrade grill that we have just bought and will be applying mods to today
new fire grate made from 3mm expanded steel in the side box, cut with a angle grinder, this was the worst bit and I cant tell you how much blood I lost shaping this !!
the empty main chamber with the double thick base plate still in-situ, I read that people invert this to make the baffle, but I had some spare steel in the form of the old BBQ lid so I left it in place
old BBQ lid cut to size, sprayed with 600c heat resistant paint and installed to make a reverse flow config, all of the holes are 10mm and I can add more if needed, 4 inch gap at the end hopefully is enough but again I can cut this down more if required
to tweak the heating levels I also got a small piece of stainless and bent it to a crude curve, the idea being if I need to expose holes or maybe cover some up to regulate heat/smoke I can just slide it up/down as required, more holes could be installed still if required in the bottom baffle and I can just cover them over if required
the main grills replaced and the semi flex pipe installed to provide a reverse air flow, its cut to 1 inch above grill level
so far that's it, ill be ordering 2 thermometers to install into the hood next week and after payday will also get a dual temp digital for more accurate readings. the fire box needs some heat felt around the door as the gap is visible on one side quite clearly.
ill be starting a seasoning burn tomorrow in the morning, followed by the 2nd one later that afternoon
cheers for now
Andy
