jbest123
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Post by jbest123 on Jan 12, 2011 14:55:46 GMT -5
I used a “smoky Mountain” vertical smoker and a “Brinkman” off set fire box. I thought this would be a long and detailed post but the big time consuming part was assembling the smoker and fire box. The tools you would need to join the two are a Phillips screw driver, crescent wrench, drill/w 1/4” drill bit and a saber saw with a metal cutting blade. I put the two on a work table for a more comfortable working height. I positioned the two where they would be located. I was surprised that the fire box had a large elliptical shaped hole for heat/smoke transfer. I traced the ellipse and bolt holes with a pencil then cut the ellipse and drilled the bolt holes. Man that looks like a big hole but every thing lined up nice. Brinkman includes the parts necessary to use the fire box as a stand alone grill, a larger elliptical plate with draft control. I decided to use them to reduce the heat/smoke to the smoker. If the reduction is to much I will cut a 4” diameter hole through the ellipse. If the reduction is still to much I will just eliminate the ellipse. As soon as the weather breaks I plan to build a fire in the fire box and burn off any manufacturing residue and see what kind of temperature range I will have.
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Post by txdirtdog on Jan 12, 2011 22:17:09 GMT -5
Very nice work jb. I think you're going to be a very happy camper with that setup. A little green with envy here.
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jbest123
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Post by jbest123 on Dec 1, 2011 9:31:52 GMT -5
I thought I would show how the offset fire box was working out. I plan to do a duck next week.
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Post by daylilydude on Dec 2, 2011 6:12:32 GMT -5
Did you figure out the temp. range that your getting with this set-up? It looks fabulous and from the looks of it, it is working out great too! Thanks for posting the pics!
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jbest123
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Post by jbest123 on Dec 2, 2011 6:43:25 GMT -5
Don't know what the range is but with the use of a A-Maze-N smoker, the temp wouldn't be much above ambient. The vertical chamber has its own LP heater so I could probably melt the chamber. ;D
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