What did i get my hands on?

[Evert]

Hi There,
I have bought myself a smoker from a guy that had one standing around behind a pile of rubbish. I got it for $35,- so whatever it is, the world isnot gonna end if its not great ;)

The thing is i like this smoker, its really heavy and made out of thick steel. Nothing compared to the sheetmetal chinese stuff you can buy here in the Netherlands. Unless you spend a lot of money ofcourse for a real thick steel smoker

So i have been studying this forum quite a lot and i found a lot of information but i could not find anthing about this specific smoker. First i thought i bought a New Brounfels looking at the build itself eventhough the logo says CharbBroil. Studying this site i suddenly realised this thing is not a standard offstsmoker it looks more like a Hybrid type of thing. A mix between a smoker and a regular charcoalgrill.

Anyway like i said i like it and i am going to do some restoration on this in the summer. I have to wait cause i am recovering from a car accident right now.

My biggest question for now is if anyone can tell me the model of this smoker and who has tips on improving it? I havent lit it up yet so i will do that first the way it is right now...lets see how many leaks it has.

Anyway here are a dozen of pictures and i hope someone can enlighten me on what i actually bought???

 

[radio]

Looks like a dandy smoker! I have never seen one quite like it, but hopefully someone else on here has more info. Looks like some cleaning and high temp silicone to seal the doors and a heat deflector and tuning plates will have you off and running.
Hope you recover soon from the accident and cook some great Q with it!

 

[gmc2003]

Looks like an older Char-broil. You'll want to fire it up with a couple of chunks of wood to see where it leaks(and try to seal up the bad leaks). Also research charcoal baskets. You should be able to put out some good food on it once you learn it's idiosyncrasies. Lots of info on modding smokers like that or similar.

Chris

 

[Evert]

Yes i gave it a little try today and started a small fire just to see how it would behave. Eventhough its is freezing here i did manage to get it steady at around 250 degrees without too much hassling. But i am now determined to finetune this thing! Cause boy o boy am i glad this is not a submarine!!! It is leaking pretty badly allover so i have something to play with in the coming weeks ;). I'll try to upload a small movie so you can see what i mean.....

 

[Evert]

Here's avideo where you can see the leakage via the toplid. That'll be hard to fix as the cover falls over the cooking chamber instead of on top of the chamber.....





and here's a pic

 

[HalfSmoked]

Go on the char broil web sight and you should be able to find info on this smoker. I have seen this smoker in stores before. Good luck with it.

Warren

 

[Evert]

Thanks to a very fast and helpful response from the Char broil Customer Support I found out that my smoker is a Char Broil 03202900 Quickset.
It was selling in the US and Canada in 2006. That means it was indeed imported to Germany/The Netherlands later on.

They also send me the original manual that belongs to it which really helps me in the restoration process.

Thank You very much Char Broil !

Once I will really start with my build I will start a new post and keep you updated.

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks like a great project!
Al

 

[indaswamp]

Love threads like this! Welcome to your new hobbie, lots of great people here to help you out!

 

[Evert]

Hi There,
Its been a whil but i haven't just been picking my nose.......

I started my first time ever welding project. Bought myself a second hand welder.....a mask and some gloves and used my common sense.......may not be the most beautiful welds in the world but i am sure they will last a lifetime :)

and presto my firebasket is finsihed and boy did i measure that tight......it just fits in the firebox in one specific move but it fits :)

When i got the hang of it i also made myself a baffleplate(?)

I welded in some L shape profiles to support the baffle plate and the tuning plates that i had cut by a very helpfull small constructioncompany

as you can see i have more than enough tuningplaes to play with


and than........

i took it apart completely. I am going to replace al the nuts and bolts by stainless steel ones. Then i will sand it completely and then i will wait for the ordered heat resistant Rust-Oleum paint to arrive..........i cant wait for the end result......and i am more and more realising that i have not cooked one single piece of meat in this smoker...so i just hope its gonna be worth it :)

 

[radio]

great progress! You should turn out some great Q in that beast! Don't forget you will likely need to seal it up a bit with some high temp silicone to keep the lid from leaking

 

[HalfSmoked]

ejdb looking good waiting to see the finish and some smoke rolling and of course some food.

Warren

 

[Evert]

The next step after my last posting was....Sanding....which i did....with an angle grinder and a sanding disc installed.....
Unfortunately that's where it went wrong....i was making pretty good progress until i cut right trhough my protective kevlar gloves. I cut my hand...fainted...smacked on the ground with my face and.....woke up in Hospital not knowing what had happened.....Face black and blue and a severe concusion.....that kept me quiet
Pffewwww.....im glad that now after a couple of weeks i'm back on my feet again and back at the restoration proces
I ended the last paintjob yesterday. I used Rust-O-Leum to paint it and i must say that i am very happy with the result so far!

Here are some pictures of the painted individual parts and maybe i start the re-assembly tonight......

The rust-o-leum looks really shiny when applied but it dries in a really nice matte Black

 

[Evert]

The next step after my last posting was....Sanding....which i did....with an angle grinder and a sanding disc installed.....
Unfortunately that's where it went wrong....i was making pretty good progress until i cut right trhough my protective kevlar gloves. I cut my hand...fainted...smacked on the ground with my face and.....woke up in Hospital not knowing what had happened.....Face black and blue and a severe concusion.....that kept me quiet
Pffewwww.....im glad that now after a couple of weeks i'm back on my feet again and back at the restoration proces
I ended the last paintjob yesterday. I used Rust-O-Leum to paint it and i must say that i am very happy with the result so far!

Here are some pictures of the painted individual parts and maybe i start the re-assembly tonight......
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The rust-o-leum looks really shiny when applied but it dries in a really nice matte Black

 

[HalfSmoked]

You have come a long way still waiting to see the smoke. :D

Warren

 

[RiversideSm0ker]

It looks like you are almost there. Keep up the good work.

George

 

[Geebs]

That thing tunred out awesome! Cant wait to see it fired up. Glad your ok after your little incident.

 

[chopsaw]

Looks good for sure . Keep it up , and I'm guessing by the quality of the fab work you've done , you handled a grinder a time or two . So,,,, be careful .

 

[Smoke23]

That’s really looking good!
Can’t wait to see it when you finish it.
Also glad you’re up and about after the mishap.

 

[radio]

The accident sucks, but glad you are back at it and ready to get the beast reassembled! Cant wait to see the first cook you do on it!
Don't forget to do a "burn in" with a good hot fire to get rid of the paint fumes and season the cooker.