My Reverse Flow Gun Safe Smoker - Page 2

scubaquen · 06-05-2013, 07:58 PM

Here are a few more pics of the build. On the fire box since it already had a door, I use that when I build the fire. I can load from the back in the torpedo hatch. I used the calculator to figure intake, stack etc.

Added an extra opening between the firebox and cabinet as a just in case that can be closed off.

Cloudsmoker · 06-05-2013, 08:06 PM

Very cool. Just plain cool.

boiler93 · 06-05-2013, 08:13 PM

Awesome build which will bring years of enjoyment!

oifmarine2003 · 06-05-2013, 08:19 PM

Nice build!

cowgirl · 06-05-2013, 09:25 PM

Great looking smoker!

Trainsafe · 06-06-2013, 06:28 AM

I thought that I had seen everything.

I like the door conversion. Nice work.

dwfisk · 06-06-2013, 08:34 AM

Thanks for the extra build pics - this is an awsome build with some really neat ideas. I really like that "torpedo tube" firebox door and I'm especially interested in your RF baffel with drain trough and drain pipe. I'm planning a restoration/rebuild of my hybrid to make it a committed RF and will probably rip off this idea. Did you slope the baffel towards the angle iron trough?

jrickus · 06-06-2013, 08:54 AM

Being an old gun safe I'm guessing it is lined with fireproof brick which holds the heat. Great Idea.

Tsevg9 · 06-06-2013, 09:06 AM

Where are the guns?? Nice looking smoker, good job!

scubaquen · 06-06-2013, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by dwfisk

Thanks for the extra build pics - this is an awsome build with some really neat ideas. I really like that "torpedo tube" firebox door and I'm especially interested in your RF baffel with drain trough and drain pipe. I'm planning a restoration/rebuild of my hybrid to make it a committed RF and will probably rip off this idea. Did you slope the baffel towards the angle iron trough?

Yes the plate slopes with maybe a 1" decline, we also use one solid plate, cut the drain slot flexed the plate slightly so it would drain towards the middle and welded the angle iron solid to help hold the bow.

I thought the torpedo hatch would be cool and so did my boss until he had to create the custom hinge. But it works great for adding additional wood. We left the original grill door on the cylinder, this allows me to really build a good fire with easy access to get it rolling.

I've got a few pics of the plate I will load later...

scubaquen · 06-06-2013, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jrickus

Being an old gun safe I'm guessing it is lined with fireproof brick which holds the heat. Great Idea.

Actually we got these safes as various forms of scrap, so no liner in this one. I had thought about using a second safe as a firebox and making it a vertical smoker, but this idea just sounded cool to try..

jrickus · 06-06-2013, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by scubaquen

Actually we got these safes as various forms of scrap, so no liner in this one. I had thought about using a second safe as a firebox and making it a vertical smoker, but this idea just sounded cool to try..

Liner or no liner, still a nice product you have assembled there! Thanks for sharing.

scubaquen · 06-06-2013, 07:20 PM

So here are the pics of the RF plate you can see the bow in it so it drains toward the middle. In one of these you can see the damper control for the main flow into the chamber. They can be shut down completely so I can start the cook close it off and trailer without worry of ash etc.. getting into the chamber. Also a pic of the stack controls.

dwfisk · 06-06-2013, 07:24 PM

Nice, Nice, Nice! Thanks

BRBBQ · 06-06-2013, 07:38 PM

nice for sure

06-05-2013, 08:06 PM	#17
Cloudsmoker is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 10-30-11 Location: Dallas, TX	Very cool. Just plain cool. __________________ Primo Kamado \| Pitmaker Safe \| Pitmaker Mobile \| Klose Mobile "On Fire" limited edition Thermapen

06-05-2013, 08:13 PM	#18
boiler93 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-30-13 Location: Lake City, FL	Awesome build which will bring years of enjoyment! __________________ 48" Brinkman off-set, Model A1 RF trailer, Bradley Smoker Luck= preparation + hard work

06-05-2013, 08:19 PM	#19
oifmarine2003 Babbling Farker Join Date: 11-26-12 Location: Cedarburg, WI	Nice build! __________________ Chris- Midwest BBQ Outreach

06-05-2013, 09:25 PM	#20
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Name/Nickname : jeanie	Great looking smoker! __________________ jeanie Lifetime member of the Society for the Preservation of Authentic Royal Magical Rare Kaskaskian Peppers (Thanks Ash :)) RIP Ash, you are missed http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/

06-06-2013, 08:34 AM	#22
dwfisk Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-01-12 Location: Fairfield, Florida Name/Nickname : Dave	Thanks for the extra build pics - this is an awsome build with some really neat ideas. I really like that "torpedo tube" firebox door and I'm especially interested in your RF baffel with drain trough and drain pipe. I'm planning a restoration/rebuild of my hybrid to make it a committed RF and will probably rip off this idea. Did you slope the baffel towards the angle iron trough? __________________ I'm Dave Got a bunch of cooking toys and a custom metal fabrication shop where I spend my time building all sorts of smokers & outdoor cooking gear.

06-06-2013, 06:28 AM	#21
Trainsafe Got rid of the matchlight. Join Date: 06-01-13 Location: Appleton WI	I thought that I had seen everything. I like the door conversion. Nice work.

06-06-2013, 08:54 AM	#23
jrickus Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 07-10-12 Location: Bluff City TN	Being an old gun safe I'm guessing it is lined with fireproof brick which holds the heat. Great Idea. __________________ Custom Built Trailer mounted offset. ECB - UDS Hybrid.

06-06-2013, 09:06 AM	#24
Tsevg9 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 05-02-13 Location: Saint Louis, MO	Where are the guns?? Nice looking smoker, good job! __________________ Learning the ropes of BBQ, built my first UDS and have a few butts under my belt

06-06-2013, 07:24 PM	#29
dwfisk Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-01-12 Location: Fairfield, Florida Name/Nickname : Dave	Nice, Nice, Nice! Thanks __________________ I'm Dave Got a bunch of cooking toys and a custom metal fabrication shop where I spend my time building all sorts of smokers & outdoor cooking gear.

06-06-2013, 07:38 PM	#30
BRBBQ Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-05-08 Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa	nice for sure __________________ Stumps XL Baby/UDS