Any ides???
Think it would help if I had pipes coming out closer to the top of the box angled into the tanks?
Need ideas for my smoker
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Any ides???
Think it would help if I had pipes coming out closer to the top of the box angled into the tanks?
ebijack
Babbling Farker
Too much restriction with that T pipe, I'm not surprised you can not get enough heat. If it was me, I'd cut that out of there, make 2 separate fire boxes, one for each tank, you should be able to use the firebox you have now and turn it into 2. Those tanks are large and take a lot to heat up, which means they need a lot of flow. IMHO
RT
Full Fledged Farker
No expert but it looks like your stacks may be to small to create the draft you need.
poppa smoke
Knows what a fatty is.
Interesting design but your airflow is restricted by not enough exhaust try adding another set of stacks on the fire box end of your cook chambers. This should open up the restriction caused by the t pipe. Good luck
J-Rod
is Blowin Smoke!
Agreed the T-pipe looks crazy restrictive. If it were me I'd lose it and graft in steel plate around that whole area to make a plenum to the cook chambers. That said, not sure if the firebox is large enough to fuel both chambers. There's a calculator for that(do a search here). And more exhaust is better than less, control the fire at the intake side. JMO
The wood stove is pretty big. However I hardly ever use both sides for smoking. Both sides are set up so I can grill, so I'm thinking about just putting heat from the box to one side. I like the plenum idea. I guess I could make two different intakes and make them so I can close one or the other. It did have larger exhaust pipes, but they came out of the tanks very low at the back of the tank with 90* elbows. I have them capped off and can still use them, but it really didn't make much difference when I put the tall stacks on.
Bludawg
somebody shut me the fark up.
The fire box is 1/2 the size it need to be to supply both sides at once
The inlet from the fire box should be a min 8" going to each side in a straight line No 90's
The stacks are to small should be 5-6 dai and a foot shorter
Google "Feldon Pit Calculator" and plug in the numbers I bet I aint far off:biggrin1:
The inlet from the fire box should be a min 8" going to each side in a straight line No 90's
The stacks are to small should be 5-6 dai and a foot shorter
Google "Feldon Pit Calculator" and plug in the numbers I bet I aint far off:biggrin1:
J-Rod
is Blowin Smoke!
Re: exhaust exiting low- many good offsets have their exhausts mounted at about center on the end of the chamber with a 90* elbow, opposite end of firebox. This keeps heat and smoke at grate level where the grub is.
Agree with dawg those ex. pipes look too small and too long. Make em bigger, fix that firebox inlet and you'll be cookin with smoke!:thumb:
Agree with dawg those ex. pipes look too small and too long. Make em bigger, fix that firebox inlet and you'll be cookin with smoke!:thumb:
SmittyJonz
somebody shut me the fark up.
Ya dedicate firebox to one side at a 45* and fatter exhaust and make a fire basket or grate for the second -inside it for grilling :mrgreen:
Zin
is Blowin Smoke!
Check out this handy calculator! Another Brethren posted before! :decision:
http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html
http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html
