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mjancel
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just haven fun building my own pit... if it does not work this way i will be making it into a reverse flow.... but time will tell i stil have some work to do.. exhaust mainly
Looking good so far Bredrin. Still trying to fit a hog in there? Might still be a squeeze with the diameter of those tanks... but anyways, I have some constructive criticism to throw your way thinking you posted this for that reason... I think your firebox connections might need to be modified a bit. I believe you're going to lose a lot of heat with those (long) square hollow sections. I've had bad past experience with 2" pipe connections, the FB was quite inefficient and had to be BLAZING to keep the 300 range and on top of that it went through A LOT of coal. I know the issues of mounting a cylindrical FB to a cylindrical smoke chamber are tricky. Anyways, what I'd suggest to you is to mount your FB directly under the extreme left side of the smoker then have maybe two 4" pipes as short as possible leading straight up to the baffle which would then lead the heat to the right, around the food and on to your exhaust on the right as well... OR... have the reverse flow with the FB mounted the same as I've mentioned and let the heat/smoke move right to the end of the RF plate then back to the left past the food and on to your exhaust mounted on the left by the FB. Just my 2¢. Hope it works out for you.
Cheers