OMOSB - "One More Offset Smoker Build"

a quick update for everyone. Finished up pulling the misc pieces off the trailer today and found the rims I was looking for in the back of the shop. It looks like they will fit just fine. They were the correct bolt pattern after all. 5 on 4.5 like most trailers. The brakes are on their way and should be in stock with my northern dealer sometime next week. Will hold off on the brake lines until we get the rest of the trailer loaded up and balanced. That way I know how much to take off the front tongue. The disk brakes use a conventional style master cylinder setup for the hitch point, and I don't want to have to do the brake lines in stainless twice.

I am going to pull the front cross bar that attached to the trailer tongue as far forward as possible.
I want to make sure the firrebox does not hang out the back of the trailer rails when done. Snapped a quick picture of the trailer up on the stands with the new/used rims in place.


If the weather holds for tomorrow I will start stripping the tank down and getting the brackets off. This way we can rotate the tank over and put the vents pn the bottom. I am going to use the pipe openings as my drip and drain locations. If this goes well we will start getting the tank mocked up into location with the firebox. Hopefully the rain and snow holds for one more day.

Got the feet off the tank and removed the bungs today. Also got it rotated around so that the 2 inch pipe bungs are on the bottom. I am going to use these for the grease and fat drains. The phone died so I could not get a couple shots of the progress, but will this week. Next up is chopping down the old truck rack I had siting around. Its all 2x2 square tubing. I am going to just use it for cross members on the trailer.

Some pork PRON to hold you over:
Took a break and tossed a couple pork shoulders and some country style ribs on the old smoker.

Thanks everyone. The 28 degree temps slow you down a bit. Got the old truck rack chopped up and I will snap some pics in the morning when I get ready to cut things down and make the cross supports.

The old smoker is still working away and the two pork shoulders and the country style ribs are taking in smoke nicely. At about 110 internal right now at the 2 hour mark.




So I have been thinking about the storage boxes that will go on the trailer. Looking at the cost of the steel, painting and misc things like locks, hinges, etc I am thinking about just picking up a couple underbed truck boxes and just roll them on their backs and then bolt them to the trailer. What do people think? It would save a lot of time and still give me some storage on the trailer. So basically, I would have the smoker on one side, the wood box in the middle and the storage box on the side. Here is an example of what I am thinking about using.

bbq boyee said:

Is there a link to that calculator you were using?

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http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html

Finished up the shoulders I had on the charbroil (old) smoker.




A little late night snack for everyone. Nite!

Okay. Another question. I have seen a number of different handles on the various smokers. I decided to use a couple safety rail handles for the doors. They are made from stainless steel. Now the obvious issue is how to keep them cool to the touch so I don't have to wear gloves everytime I open the lid on the smoker. What material would folks recommend to sandwich in between the lid and the handles to keep things cool? I was thinking of delrin (really hard plastic) but its deflection temp starts about 260 degrees and its melting point is 350F. What could I use to keep the handles from absorbing all the heat from the doors? Or is this a real issue on the smokers when they are running at 225-325? The tank is 1/4 in thick steel. Is there something I could put inside the handles that would absorb some of the heat and keep them from getting too hot?

Picture of the handles: