First real smoker..... - Page 2

mikeleonard81 · 10-20-2013, 08:45 PM

Since your from the "show me state" please keep us updated with your progress

Good luck and nice find!

jshull · 10-20-2013, 08:53 PM

Thanks guys I'm pretty pumped although the wife seems less then enthused! What's the best way to clean and maintain expanded metal grates?

SmittyJonz · 10-20-2013, 08:58 PM

Wire Brush and soapy water then rinse then hit with aerosol cooking spray.

davefan360 · 10-20-2013, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jshull

Thanks guys I'm pretty pumped although the wife seems less then enthused! What's the best way to clean and maintain expanded metal grates?

Your wife will be happy, you just have to show her some love too. and for the expanded grates, I just scrap the big junk off with a brush, and then clean the inside of my smoker I get it hot( after a cook) and spray it down with water then wipe it out. Nice deal for $60.

jshull · 10-20-2013, 09:34 PM

Hopefully I can go full boar this week and have it ready by Saturday, I'd like to try out some Tri tip Sunday.

RT · 10-21-2013, 10:50 AM

Great find.....

ButtBurner · 10-21-2013, 10:52 AM

good deal

but tri tip?

I would go for a pork butt. easy, long smoke, will give you time to fiddle with the fire.

peeps · 10-21-2013, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ButtBurner

good deal

but tri tip?

I would go for a pork butt. easy, long smoke, will give you time to fiddle with the fire.

...and gives everything a nice seasoning since you are cleaning it up a bit!

charrederhead · 10-21-2013, 07:07 PM

Good deal if it's 1/4" and all-welded. What brand is that?

Good luck and have fun!

davefan360 · 10-21-2013, 07:58 PM

well did you buy it?

BBQ_MAFIA · 10-21-2013, 08:12 PM

good luck with your new toy.

jshull · 10-23-2013, 05:51 AM

I finally got it picked up, sick kids and work held me back Monday but I got it picked up last night. It is indeed 1/4" steel, it's a solid built unit but leave's some to be desired. For some reason the soap box and the fine box has hinged ends, there's no latches. Unless I can figure out a real good reason I'm welding them shut. The smoke box door is tweeted just a bit, I'll fix that too. But the biggest issue I see is this.

Now my thoughts are to weld a plate/baffle to bring that hole down and over, then tuning plates. The problem I'm having is how far down and over?

CtTradArcher · 10-23-2013, 06:35 AM

Any chance of actually moving the firebox down? Would be good to get the opening below the grate in the smoke chamber, but still have the heat flowing out the top of the firebox. Plus you would have less radiant heat from the firebox on that end of the smoke chamber. I did a similar mod on my NBBD, but the firebox was bolted on, not welded.

If it is possible, figure out your firebox to smoke chamber opening size using the offset pit calculator and drop the firebox as far as you can while maintaining the correct opening.

Here is the calculator: http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html

Of course, this is just my opinion...

You have a great starting place with that smoker. Especially for $60.00...

HankB · 10-23-2013, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jshull

For some reason the soap box and the fine box has hinged ends, there's no latches. Unless I can figure out a real good reason I'm welding them shut.

I use the door on the end of the fire box on my NBBD to stoke the fire. The top door has a platform that I use to preheat wood. You might consider doing that rather than welding that door shut.

Terry The Toad · 10-23-2013, 09:29 AM

1/4 inch steel should hold the temps pretty nicely. Nice find!

10-20-2013, 08:58 PM	#18
SmittyJonz somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-17-13 Location: Burleson Tx	Wire Brush and soapy water then rinse then hit with aerosol cooking spray. __________________ NO Such Thing as Over Smoked - just Over Dirty Smoked.............

10-21-2013, 10:52 AM	#22
ButtBurner Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-18-12 Location: Dearborn Mi, Manton Mi	good deal but tri tip? I would go for a pork butt. easy, long smoke, will give you time to fiddle with the fire. __________________ Michigan Custom 'Que "Serving Those Who Have Served US" Shirley Fabrication Custom Smoker Member Great Lakes BBQ Assn ServSafe Food Handler Certified [URL]https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michigan-Custom-Que/327994370697180?sk=timeline[/URL]

10-21-2013, 07:07 PM	#24
charrederhead Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-29-12 Location: Litchfield County, CT Name/Nickname : Pete	Good deal if it's 1/4" and all-welded. What brand is that? Good luck and have fun! __________________ hopelessly, helplessly, happily addicted to a shipload of Webers

10-21-2013, 07:58 PM	#25
davefan360 Take a breath! Join Date: 10-25-11 Location: Troy MI (dreaming of sitting in a treestand)	well did you buy it? __________________ http://www.facebook.com/PyroBbq

10-21-2013, 08:12 PM	#26
BBQ_MAFIA somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-10-05 Location: NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY	good luck with your new toy. __________________ Guido Lang 60 Lang 84 Deluxe Warmer with Chargrill Large Spicewine Large BGE XL - BGE Med. BGE ( Bought it for my son Vincenzo) Brinkman Snp Brinkman ECB GOSM Weber Kettle Kenmore Elite Gasser Camp Chef Outdoor Stove Blackstone Pizza Oven Blackstone 36" Griddle 1-Banjo

10-20-2013, 08:45 PM	#16
mikeleonard81 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-11-12 Location: kettering. ohio	Since your from the "show me state" please keep us updated with your progress Good luck and nice find!

10-20-2013, 08:53 PM	#17
jshull On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-18-13 Location: Show Me State	Thanks guys I'm pretty pumped although the wife seems less then enthused! What's the best way to clean and maintain expanded metal grates?

10-20-2013, 09:34 PM	#20
jshull On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-18-13 Location: Show Me State	Hopefully I can go full boar this week and have it ready by Saturday, I'd like to try out some Tri tip Sunday.

10-21-2013, 10:50 AM	#21
RT Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-27-13 Location: Shreveport LA	Great find.....

10-23-2013, 05:51 AM	#27
jshull On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-18-13 Location: Show Me State	I bought it!! I finally got it picked up, sick kids and work held me back Monday but I got it picked up last night. It is indeed 1/4" steel, it's a solid built unit but leave's some to be desired. For some reason the soap box and the fine box has hinged ends, there's no latches. Unless I can figure out a real good reason I'm welding them shut. The smoke box door is tweeted just a bit, I'll fix that too. But the biggest issue I see is this. Now my thoughts are to weld a plate/baffle to bring that hole down and over, then tuning plates. The problem I'm having is how far down and over?

10-23-2013, 06:35 AM	#28
CtTradArcher On the road to being a farker Join Date: 05-20-13 Location: West Cornwall, Ct	Any chance of actually moving the firebox down? Would be good to get the opening below the grate in the smoke chamber, but still have the heat flowing out the top of the firebox. Plus you would have less radiant heat from the firebox on that end of the smoke chamber. I did a similar mod on my NBBD, but the firebox was bolted on, not welded. If it is possible, figure out your firebox to smoke chamber opening size using the offset pit calculator and drop the firebox as far as you can while maintaining the correct opening. Here is the calculator: http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html Of course, this is just my opinion... You have a great starting place with that smoker. Especially for $60.00... __________________ All that you bring into the lives of others will come back to you in your own. Good or Bad. Large UDS, Small UDS, CG Akorn, NB Bandera, NB Black Diamond, Home Built Offset, Vision Classic Kamado, Green Mountain Daniel Boone, Weber Gasser, Smokey Mountain Cabinet, and several Weber kettles of various sizes.

10-23-2013, 09:29 AM	#30
Terry The Toad is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-16-11 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	1/4 inch steel should hold the temps pretty nicely. Nice find! __________________ Lang 48 Original Superfast [COLOR=red]RED[/COLOR] ThermaPen "I love animals. I just love to eat them more. Fun to pet; better to chew." - Jim Gaffigan