New Build Almost Done

poppajacksbbq · 05-26-2011, 09:35 PM

First off, hold off on extreme criticism! I am a computer guy by trade, and professional amateur smoker (haha) on the weekend! My welding skills where first learned about 7 months ago welding a small box together among a few other small things I practiced on. My uncle let me use his stuff, but wouldn't lift a finger, although he eventually held some things for me!

So at first I was just going for a big charcoal grill, then switched direction to an offset smoker. I have had the tank someone gave to me a while back. They had a couple holes and the lid cut out already cut out...but no legs as seen in the pic. It is a 120 gallon propane tank. So far I am pretty happy with the turn out. It is almost complete. So without further ado…

Here I added legs and old wheels I found laying around.

The hole already cut on the end

started the firebox, filled in some of the hole. I ended up cutting it out
more later on, not higher but wider.

Firebox is 24" x 24"x 24". It is air tight when the door
is closed!

Added a shelf to the front and side, dual stacks, wider base, 8" caster wheels
charcoal grate below the told grate, heat dispenser plate above the firebox hole inside the actual grill.

Next up is a test smoke for Memorial Day. Then I will do some touch up, paint, enjoy until winter, then may build another and try again!

J'ville Grill · 05-26-2011, 09:47 PM

Looking good so far. Be sure to post more pron when it's finished.

Boshizzle · 05-26-2011, 09:56 PM

Way to go! Looking forward to more pics!

QansasjayhawQ · 05-26-2011, 09:59 PM

What's the railing around the top of the firebox? I like having a flat, open area on top of the firebox so I can set my cast iron skillet and tea pot there for breakfast in the morning.

Nice job on building it - I've never touched a welding unit. That firebox also looks really square which is probably why it's so airtight. Did you hold the pieces together with some kind of a jig? Or use clamps?

deathamphetamine · 05-27-2011, 01:53 AM

Looking Pretty Slick

Sammy_Shuford · 05-27-2011, 02:25 AM

Nice!

BBQpower · 05-27-2011, 03:34 AM

I got me a 120v and a 220v mig Welder with gas and thought it's about time I made one. Nice Q man!

RevZiLLa · 05-27-2011, 04:07 AM

Nice job!

Arlin_MacRae · 05-27-2011, 09:27 AM

Criticism? You kidding? I wish I could do that!

AUradar · 05-27-2011, 10:23 AM

not bad for a software weinie, but you should have consulted with a hardware guy, he would have told you the correct way to do it

seriously, awesome. I'm wanting to make one bad, and it would look like crap, but my crap.

jestridge · 05-27-2011, 11:41 AM

Looks real good!!!!!!!

Phubar · 05-27-2011, 11:52 AM

Phantastic!

big brother smoke · 05-27-2011, 12:44 PM

Nice weapon!

otterpop · 05-27-2011, 03:13 PM

Makes me want to learn to weld!

che22879 · 05-27-2011, 03:22 PM

Nice build!

05-26-2011, 09:35 PM	#1
poppajacksbbq Wandering around with a bag of matchlight, looking for a match. Join Date: 06-09-10 Location: Montgomery, AL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	New Build Almost Done First off, hold off on extreme criticism! I am a computer guy by trade, and professional amateur smoker (haha) on the weekend! My welding skills where first learned about 7 months ago welding a small box together among a few other small things I practiced on. My uncle let me use his stuff, but wouldn't lift a finger, although he eventually held some things for me! So at first I was just going for a big charcoal grill, then switched direction to an offset smoker. I have had the tank someone gave to me a while back. They had a couple holes and the lid cut out already cut out...but no legs as seen in the pic. It is a 120 gallon propane tank. So far I am pretty happy with the turn out. It is almost complete. So without further ado… Here I added legs and old wheels I found laying around. The hole already cut on the end started the firebox, filled in some of the hole. I ended up cutting it out more later on, not higher but wider. Firebox is 24" x 24"x 24". It is air tight when the door is closed! Added a shelf to the front and side, dual stacks, wider base, 8" caster wheels charcoal grate below the told grate, heat dispenser plate above the firebox hole inside the actual grill. Next up is a test smoke for Memorial Day. Then I will do some touch up, paint, enjoy until winter, then may build another and try again!

05-26-2011, 09:47 PM	#2
J'ville Grill is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-18-10 Location: Jacksonville, Fl. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looking good so far. Be sure to post more pron when it's finished. __________________ Rick 18.5" Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5" Weber OTG with Cajun Bandit Conversion Kit Char-Griller Akorn with side cart 1999 Weber Master-Touch - bent but not broken 14.5" Weber Smokey Joe Silver

05-26-2011, 09:56 PM	#3
Boshizzle somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-26-10 Location: Virginia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Way to go! Looking forward to more pics! __________________ Jambo Pit - UDS - Lang 60 (Sold) 18.5" & 22.5" Weber Kettles - Smokey Joe and Mini-WSM - Bubba Keg - #2 La Caja China Chargriller Outlaw Impeccably Accurate BLACK & RED Thermapens KCBS CBJ Operation BBQ Relief Founding Member I am Obsessive Compulsive about BBQ. Google it.

05-26-2011, 09:59 PM	#4
QansasjayhawQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-21-06 Location: Lawrence, Kansas - The Great American Outback Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What's the railing around the top of the firebox? I like having a flat, open area on top of the firebox so I can set my cast iron skillet and tea pot there for breakfast in the morning. Nice job on building it - I've never touched a welding unit. That firebox also looks really square which is probably why it's so airtight. Did you hold the pieces together with some kind of a jig? Or use clamps? __________________ We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. - Abraham Lincoln ------- One Moocow UDS! (Thanks, Shane!) http://www.moocowbbq.com/ Two Weber 22.5" kettles One Brinkmann Smoke'N PitMaster Deluxe One LARGE WSM! (special black glossy finish) w/Stoker! WooHoo! KCBS Member/KCBS Master CBJ #24295 Expect nothing - be ready for anything.

05-27-2011, 01:53 AM	#5
deathamphetamine is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 03-29-09 Location: Northern Arctic Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looking Pretty Slick __________________ I Eat Burgers for Breakfast

05-27-2011, 02:25 AM	#6
Sammy_Shuford is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-17-09 Location: Summerville, SC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice! __________________ UDS, Brick Red Weber Performer Platinum, Blue 22.5 Weber Kettle Gold, Bradley Electric Purple Thermapen CBJ SCBA Carolina Pit Master

05-27-2011, 03:34 AM	#7
BBQpower Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 05-24-11 Location: Oakland,CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got me a 120v and a 220v mig Welder with gas and thought it's about time I made one. Nice Q man! __________________ "UMAMI"-The 5th Flavor Sense ~ CharBroil-SantaFe Brand New Weber 22.5" Silver Unused

05-27-2011, 04:07 AM	#8
RevZiLLa is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-02-07 Location: Richmond, VA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice job! __________________ www.BowlingBallExchange.com on Facebook Brinkman water smokers (elec and charcoal) Weber kettle grill Uniflame Gold Stainless 5 burner propane grill / rotisserie BBQ Grillware upright propane water smoker

05-27-2011, 09:27 AM	#9
Arlin_MacRae Moderator Join Date: 04-14-04 Location: Choctaw, OK Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Criticism? You kidding? I wish I could do that! __________________ Arlin MacRae NB El Dorado Offset, Primo Oval Junior, Traeger Model 075 Pellet Pooper, Big Chief, Kingfisher Kooker 14" gas/wood combo, PBC Brethren Edition Home Brewer, Murderer of Squirrels, Armadillo Inspector Flaming Pig Head Mod Black (Stealth) Thermapen Driver - you saw NOTHING Certified KCBS BBQ Judge Missin' KC...

05-27-2011, 10:23 AM	#10
AUradar Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-02-10 Location: NW Florida Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	not bad for a software weinie, but you should have consulted with a hardware guy, he would have told you the correct way to do it seriously, awesome. I'm wanting to make one bad, and it would look like crap, but my crap.

05-27-2011, 11:41 AM	#11
jestridge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 12-28-07 Location: annville ky Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks real good!!!!!!!

05-27-2011, 11:52 AM	#12
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,The NetherPharkinglands Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Phantastic! __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by Ecobrasa Coco Briquettes Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012 *Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2013 Low 'n Slow

05-27-2011, 12:44 PM	#13
big brother smoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-03-06 Location: Ventura, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice weapon! __________________ Peace and Smoke, BBS https://www.bigpoppasmokers.com/stor...nufacturer=314 My Weapons: Custom rig - Kandi, UDS; Bubba Keg; 22.5 WSM x 2; 18.5 WSM; BWS extended party; BWS Gator and an Onyx Oven; 29' ft Coachmen Leprechaun (Lola); Avatar by Grillman. Dan Chambers get well soon, so we can tell you to "Shut up Chambers"

05-27-2011, 03:13 PM	#14
otterpop On the road to being a farker Join Date: 01-14-11 Location: Kailua, HI Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Makes me want to learn to weld! __________________ WGA, OTP, UDS,Red Mastertouch, & Teal Thermapen

05-27-2011, 03:22 PM	#15
che22879 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-09-10 Location: Los Angeles Ca Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice build! __________________ Masterbuilt XL Smokehouse, Master Forge Smoker, Trusty old 55 gallon drum charcoal grill.

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