Stick burner in the Making

My money says you probably would! If you decide to do it, make sure you post the pics!!!

We were planning on going glossy all the way around...with that kind of price...we may have to change our minds...

We're hoping we can get everything assembled and burned out by this weekend or next.. We are wanting to give it a go before we get it lookin all pretty.

Before too long, we'll have the framing done for the storage also..

Okay..So the women made us cut out day short (not much long after it started). One of us got drug around the mall and the other had to clean out his garage and rearrange EVERYTHING... We didn't get as far as we wanted but had to make sure you got fed a little for the weekend..We may have some mid-week progress to report until our next full weekend..We'll see.

This first shot is a close-up of the firebox door. You can probably guess which style we plan to go with for the inlets. The door looks a little rough around the edges, but we'll get it prettied up by the time it is finished.



This is just a shot of the stainless steel table top we are using for the business end of the chamber.



The next two pics are views of the inside where the box outlet meets the chamber. On the first pic, you can see that we are planning on placing the flanges on the inside of the chamber for a smooth, clean look (they aren't fastened yet). In the second pic, you can see that the chamber hole was cut larger than it needed to be; this was done to give us space to lay some welds down around the perimeter.




View from the left side.



Top shot.



The next two are just angle shots.




Dad next to the trailer for another size comparison.



There you have it guys. We'll try to get some more knocked out as soon as possible!

Normally, yes. I'll let one of the other brethren tell you why it's placed where it's at :-D

Well, the firebox should've been about a 24" cube (according to the calculators); this one is 26" cubed. It is a bit bigger than called for, but it won't have a negative impact on performance.

EDIT: the recommendations say the firebox should be 1/3 of the chamber. If you think about it, our chamber is 72" long and 28" in diameter. The 26" cubed box is more or less 1/3. If it's bigger, it's a mundane amount. It's about perfect..basically rounded up.

This is a Jambo clone..which is why the bottom of the hole was cut at about the "equator". If you have the chance to look inside a Jambo (some of the Jambo owners may be able to lend a hand here), you'll notice that this hole is above the main level grate (which is about halfway up the chamber). There is a baffle of sort directing the heat. The position of the smokestack will draw the heat back down by the time it reaches the far end of the chamber creating an arch. This arch will be somewhat minimal, which helps to eliminate the hot spots across the chamber. It's "unorthodox" but it seems to work well. The smokestack outlet will basically be flush with the main level grate also (the bottom of this opening will start about 1.5-2" below the main level).

The placements of the inlets/outlets are virtually identical to that of the Jambo. From what I have seen, our firebox is actually insulated just a tad bit better, too.

Yeah. it's thick steel with a 2" gap. That's about 2.5" deep from the inside of the inner box.

Here are a few more updates:

The first three are shots of the table. Constructed the frame. Added it to chamber. Placed stainless top on frame. We'll either remove it before painting or wrap it. On the last pic, you can see the stainless flanges on the inside of the chamber.





This is a quick shot of the smokestack hole. 6x6.



The next two are shots of the grease trap/valve. We have this coming down through the bottom of the trailer.. keeping it out of site.




This last one is a shot of the whole rig..Man...it's starting to take shape more and more.. I'm getting excited. We'll probably be cooking out of this bad boy in a weekend or two.

pitbossJB said:

That's a great looking build. I too have some concerns about the height of the firebox hole, I think I would put the exhaust on the same end as the firebox and direct the smoke down underneath and distribute it with tuning plates. JB

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Thank you, thank you.

The firebox outlet won't be an issue. It was placed at that level for a specific purpose. The exhaust is already cut, so this would be problem one. The second problem with making a rf with this build is the height; as you can see, if we tried to do this, we would run out of room. The tuning plates, cooking surface and exhaust would all have to fit above the firebox outlet for that to work. We didn't want a rf build. The layout we chose will disperse heat evenly across the entire cooking surface. We paid a lot of attention to the science that goes with building an efficient smoker. One of these days we'll have results to share!

We're gettin' there. It's only a matter of time until she is ready for business!