Drumroll Please. The MOAB.

[BBQchef33]

Introducing....
M.O.A.B.

The 900lb
Mother of all Banderas.

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album33

Nuff said. :mrgreen:

[parrothead]

Obviously a klose.

[The_Kapn]

I'm impressed :lol:
I'm jealous :lol:
Now, I'm depressed :cry:

Post the rest of the specs on this MOAB and everyone else well be as impressed as I am. Farkin' 5/16" steel in the smoke box :lol:

PooBah--Great job by you and Dave Klose!

TIM

[Saiko]

OMG I just got wood. Thats exactly what I am hoping for when we finally finish the outdoor kitchen. I was going to get Klose to make me a larger version of the Bandera.
Was that a custom job? Can you shoot me a PM with the price and shipping costs?

[kcquer]

It's backwards :wink: :mrgreen:

[bittertruth]

You want to take down those Christmas lights already?

[spicewine]

OMG I just got wood


Saiko's got a Chubbie

Pass it on

[Bellybro]

Dude!

Sweet!

[jt]

They musta got the address wrong. That was supposed to come to MY house!

Specs please!

[BBQchef33]

Is custom built by Klose. I worked with Dave. We designed it and speced it out last year using a bandera he has onsite as a model. I got a phone call out of the blue a few weeks ago that it has been built. I just got it and haven't had a chance to go look at it real good but it looks sweet. The original specs were 26x26x52 chamber and 26x20x20 firebox. Dave told me he tweaked the specs a little and at first glance it looks a little bigger than planned. He said he gave me alot of grill room. Looks like he lengthened the firebox a bit. Also it was suppose to be 1/2 steel in the firebox, but i dont see 2 size plates. The shelves all slide out and there is ALOT of room in there. The water pan covers the entire bottom of the chamber and there are 2 seperate firegrates where it can be used as an offset or direct cooker(ala wsm) by closing off the chambers. Also close off the chamber and you can grill on one side while smoking on the other.

Came with some damage in shipping. The handles were bent and the smoke chamber damper was destroyed and bent 90 degrees upwards. i'll take this up with the freight company. The repairs are easy, but it still sucks.

Gonna season it today..ASAP.... hopefully maiden voyage is this weekend.

[BBQchef33]

BTW... As is custo-mary..

We are all involved in the naming cermony.. first entry.. MOAB. :)

[ricksegers]

Damn...I'm in love. With the grill not Phil...

[Bigmofo300lbs]

(Thru tears....Al finds a way to type) "This...(sniff)...is the most.....sorry. I can't talk right now"

[Aebs]

Mr. Klose is an artist. Hats off and mad props.

[brdbbq]

We are all involved in the naming cermony.. first entry.. MOAB.


There is so much history with this group and the MOAB you should post a picture beside it to explain. :roll: TK is going to $hit.

[BBQchef33]

We are all involved in the naming cermony.. first entry.. MOAB.


There is so much history with this group and the MOAB you should post a picture beside it to explain. :roll: TK is going to $hit.

Different MOAB.. ? :?

[chad]

Very nice! I'm sure we'll enjoy it at Bash V! :D

[Trout_man22]

Very nice Phil.

Bent Handels I can see, scratches well ok don't like it but it was shipped from TX. But how in the F*uck did they bent the MF damper? That was just mean. That was done when it was crossed docked and two asses had time on their hands.

Make the trucking company pay to have Dave fly up to fix it proper should be around $7000 :roll:

[racer_81]

BTW... As is custo-mary..

We are all involved in the naming cermony.. first entry.. MOAB. :)

I know what I'd like to call it.

Mine.

:-)

How about ..... just for you KC .....

Mary's
Own
Assbackward
Bbq pit

Oh. Never mind. MOAB is already taken.

Phil's
Own
Original
Bass
Ackward
Heavymofo

Damn. Poobah is not original either.

How about BFBC?

[Arlin_MacRae]

FARKING HELL MAN! That's one nice unit.
Love the spare tire cover, too!

[racer_81]

We are all involved in the naming cermony.. first entry.. MOAB.


There is so much history with this group and the MOAB you should post a picture beside it to explain. :roll: TK is going to $hit.

[racer_81]

(Thru tears....Al finds a way to type) "This...(sniff)...is the most.....sorry. I can't talk right now"

Bigmofo is verklempt.

Talk amongst yourselves.

[racer_81]

You want to take down those Christmas lights already?

Why? Less than 11 months and he can turn them back on!

[kcquer]

it can be used as an offset or direct cooker(ala wsm) by closing off the chambers. Also close off the chamber and you can grill on one side while smoking on the other.

Pooh-Bah, this has serious potential for contest cookin'. Start briskets off with all wood, change to "the method" grab a nap, fire up in grill mode in time to set glaze on stuff for turn in. Very well thought out!! Mind if I take some notes? :wink:

[BBQchef33]

it can be used as an offset or direct cooker(ala wsm) by closing off the chambers. Also close off the chamber and you can grill on one side while smoking on the other.

Pooh-Bah, this has serious potential for contest cookin'. Start briskets off with all wood, change to "the method" grab a nap, fire up in grill mode in time to set glaze on stuff for turn in. Very well thought out!! Mind if I take some notes? :wink:

yup, that was the intention. Firing up in a few minutes to start seasoning and mapping the chamber. Gonna need lots of biscuits to biscuit test this one. :)

[jt]

Biscuits? Gonna need a fatty or 2 for all those biscuits!

Wasn't the name HMF bandied about at one time? Seems like it would apply here...

[Mark]

Phil:

You can easily straighten out that bent rain cap with a shop vise and/or oxy-acetyline torch

[roknrandy]

Very nice !! So I guess this means we can all stop by for the Q at your house this week end?? :wink: :wink:

[BBQchef33]

Phil:

You can easily straighten out that bent rain cap with a shop vise and/or oxy-acetyline torch


not gonna chance bending the chimney. Gonna cut the rod flush and then weld on a new one. Allready called dave and they are sending all the stuff i need. New damper, rods and handles.

[Solidkick]

Very nice Phil! I'm excited for you. TY for sharing the pictures.
I'm gonna go pout now.............

[brdbbq]

I'm gonna go pout now.............


Don't mess yourself this time. Especially if there is a Southren Breeze.

[BrooklynQ]

Damn Phil,

Congratulations on the new toy.I could hear the glee in your voice when we talked today. I can't wait to try it out. It's very impressive. The thing's big enough to be a ship. You should do a christening service - ya know, smashing a bottle of champange, or in this case schaffer, on it's bow.

And to think, I was happy to find a bottle of Head Country Rub in the store today....

[Samichlaus]

Fantastic! Is the whole thing custom? I don't recall seeing anything like this in the catalog. You got yours first ya farker!

How many rigs do you have? lol...

[BigBelly]

Besides the damage due to shipping that is one helluva cooker, Phil. DUDE, YOU GOT A KLOSE!!!!! PINCH YOURSELF!

I think a very appropriate name would be Betsy. Or Bubba, or Sherman...

[BBQchef33]

Been seasoning it for 4 hours so far. Sprayed it down with canola oil and then fired it up. Had a hell of a time gettin temps over 200.. had a fire big enuf in there to burn a barn. kept struggling to et the fire up.. talked to mr kick and was frustrated and not very happy.. then had this brainstormm.. forgot the one thing I preach tro new owners all the time. Dont go by the door thermometer. Door was reading 300, but to get it that high I had to remove the water tray and move the fire into the cookin chamber. Wehn i touched the steel, it was FARKIN HOT!!! BYC never got that hot.. dropped a probe down the chimney and the temps shot HI> Whick means its above 592 in there. Well.. at least i know im getting a good seasoning. :) Gonna put the water tray back in in a little bit a see where temps go with it installed. I'll be back.. :)

[BigBelly]

Phil, this bad boy looks GREAT! If I had to make one negative comment about the cooker, which is nit picking at its extreme, is that it appears that the only way to get out the water pan is if you were to take out the bottom most rack in the cooking chamber. Is that right?

I know it was designed to get maximum shelf space but isn't that a pain in the patoot to get out the waterpan, especially once that thing starts getting all greasy and well seasoned after so much use?

I am green with envy. Grats!

[Solidkick]

Dont go by the door thermometer. Door was reading 300


Poop, ya didn't tell me ya didn't have a NuTemp in it! LOL

I'm sure the door thermometer is one that can be calibrated, if there's still an end on it! LOL

[Samichlaus]

Just got off the phone with Phil. The tofu burgers have been foiled & are in the cooler.

[Solidkick]

talked to mr kick and was frustrated and not very happy


Not at me, boys, with the cooker..............and then there's always Brian we could talk about...... :twisted:

[BBQchef33]

Well since i had a 400 degree chamber thats was seasoned for a few hours i thrw in some chicken tenderloins and a few chicken burgers. Cookin 3 feet over direct heat in a 400 degree chamber loaded with mesquite, wow... they were real tasty. Gotta learn this pits characteristics quick if IM gonna start competing with it come March.

There are definately some design issues i have to either change or get used to. Going sunday to the welding shop where my cousin is going to fix the door handles and cut off the bent chimney damper. Klose is sending out replacement parts. I got couple mods im doing now too. May be cutting a door into the back for easier removal of the waterpan. To remove that pan now, it has to exit the pit at a 45 degree angle, or you have to remove the bottom 3 shelves to lift it straight out. Its made of 1/4 inch plate so its gonna be real heavy and cleaning it is going to be a real bitch. Gotta work that issue. What is REALLY cool, is that the firegrate slides the entire length of the chamber. This would be great with briskets and butts. When they are near done, the waterpan can be removed and the grate slid into the cooking chamber. This should help in making bark on briskets or setting glaze on ribs.

Hey, its a prototype, I'll work the kinks out. Fellin better about it now than i was 2 hours aqo. Stay tuned.

[Samichlaus]

Not at me, boys, with the cooker....


Nope. Phil said he was pissed at you too.

He said you never bring him flowers any more & that love means nothing to you.

[tommykendall]

Phil - YOU FARK. you farkity fark farker. That's my damn dream cooker. You bastidge. You have no room for it. Send it west. Fark me....

[jgh1204]

Where does the propane tank go?

[tommykendall]

Name:

Proud Mary
Hoss
Black Bart

[racer_81]

Going sunday to the welding shop where my cousin is going to fix the door handles and cut off the bent chimney damper.

Good. I was thinking, if you weld as good as you type.......


I got couple mods im doing now too. May be cutting a door into the back for easier removal of the waterpan. To remove that pan now, it has to exit the pit at a 45 degree angle, or you have to remove the bottom 3 shelves to lift it straight out. Its made of 1/4 inch plate so its gonna be real heavy and cleaning it is going to be a real bitch.

Put some farking sand in it. Problem solved.

8)

[Neil]

Very nice Phil.

Bent Handels I can see, scratches well ok don't like it but it was shipped from TX. But how in the F*uck did they bent the MF damper? That was just mean. That was done when it was crossed docked and two asses had time on their hands.

Make the trucking company pay to have Dave fly up to fix it proper should be around $7000 :roll:

That is one sweet cooker. Ditto what Trout says. What trucklines did you use? Farkyursh&t Cartage Co!

[Bigdog]

Awsome smoker Stubby. Too bad the trucking co. farked it up. You should tell them to buy you a new one and ship the old one to me. 8)

[brdbbq]

and then there's always Brian we could talk about......


Oh Hell go ahead

[Cuelio]

Mama!

That is one fine looking cooker, Phil. And you have a Wrangler, too.

Farker!

[BBQchef33]

Mama!

That is one fine looking cooker, Phil. And you have a Wrangler, too.

Farker!


yup.. and a Grand Cherokee Ltd too....... Its a jeep thing. :)

[MrSmoker]

How about calling her "Sweet Thang" What's that baby weigh Phil?

[racer_81]

How about calling her "Sweet Thang" What's that baby weigh Phil?


Hmmm.....from looking closely at the picture in the original post,
I'd have to guess about 900lbs.

Anybody else wanna guess?

:wink:

[BBQchef33]

920 lbs.

[Bellybro]

Ii guess 920 lbs.

Do we win a prize if we're closest?

[BBQchef33]

get the Cupie Doll from KC...



yeah yeahh i know.. its a "Kewpie" doll.

[Solidkick]

get the Cupie Doll from KC...



yeah yeahh i know.. its a "Kewpie" doll.

ROTFLMAO

yeahh
Mavis double keystroke mod.........but you're gettin' better!!!!!

[spoon]

question now is -- what happens to the original dera? first guess is phil keeps it (too good a friend to let go), but i'd like to think there is a Q museum somewhere that would love to get it!

nice unit phil. enjoy.

[jt]

Welcome to the site, Spoon. Head over to Cattle Call and introduce yourself.

[Neil]

BTW... As is custo-mary..

We are all involved in the naming cermony.. first entry.. MOAB. :)

How about the Bionic Bandera (BB)

[cayenne]

More pictures please when you get a chance..would like to see with doors open...fire box, smoke box...etc.

Very nice indeed!!

cayenne

[racer_81]

nice unit phil.

<ahem>

[Samichlaus]

Bionic Bandera is great!

[Samichlaus]

Or a porn name.

Marilyn- vertical -Chambers

[MrSmoker]

How about BOS(Bandera on Steriods)

[BBQchef33]

More pictures please when you get a chance..would like to see with doors open...fire box, smoke box...etc.

Very nice indeed!!

cayenne


Cayenne, Did ya see these??? link was in the first post.

http://www.bandera-brethren.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album26&op=modload&name= gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

[BBQchef33]

So far i like BOS(Bandera on Steroids) and Proud Mary. :)

[Bill-Chicago]

So far i like BOS(Bandera on Steroids) and Proud Mary. :)

I like:

Long Island MoFo

SumBy

Dentyne

or best yet,

Wrong Design Mod

[parrothead]

Just call it Dave. As in Klose.

[Neil]

Here's one for your heritage: Mia Bello Bambino = My Beautiful Baby

[417bullelk]

That is farking incredible. Congrats to you on the new GRAND Poo-bah rig.

[jminion]

Phil Nice looking pit!
Have you asked Dave for the birth certificate yet, it just may have a legal name.

[tommykendall]

Have you asked Dave for the birth certificate yet, it just may have a legal name.


You mean like those old Cabbage Patch kids?


So far i like BOS(Bandera on Steroids) and Proud Mary


Go with BOS (luv u BOS) :mrgreen:

[BBQchef33]

WEll guys.. Are you sitting down for this???

BOS is going back to the creator. The damge was prettty nasty. I sent Dave pictures and he called back tellin me if he dont get it fixed, he will be having nightmares about that pit.. Seems you are not aloud to get a damaged pit from Dave Klose. He insisted that if I didnt mind waiting, he will take that pit back do the repairs and and complete the mods that I was going to do myself and then re-ship it back. After discussing some design issues I didnt like, he said he would just rebuild it from scratch with the issues fixed and the mods installed and he'll sell the old pit at the shop. So version II of Bandera On Steroids is in the makings. This will be a true cutom designed pit with all the tweaks that were missing in the first.. I am psyched!!

[MrSmoker]

:cry: :wink: :D

[BBQchef33]

:cry: :wink: :D

my feelings exactly..

sucks it got damaged.
sucks its going back
but its coming bck even better, so i just gotta be patient.

While ocookin on it the first night i seasoned it, i saw great features and potential. Just the waterpan was a real nightmare and the i think it was too wide and cutoff too much of the chamber. I was going to gut and reweld the waterpan. But the biggest problem was the 1/4 inch firebox. That to me was the show stopper. Original design was a 1/2 inch firebox and 5/16 pit so i agreed to ship it back and start over. sucks today, but ultimately a good thing.

[racer_81]

Nice wrapping job. Looks like you spent your youth tp'ing houses.

What did you not like about the 1/4" firebox? Worried about rust/burn through?

[tommykendall]

Poor BOS. Born damaged, disfigured an disfunctional. I'm gonna miss ya BOS :(

[BBQchef33]

The wrapping is shrinkwrap that they do on boats and stuff fro the winter. My neighbor does it for a side job.

I got spoiled with the 1/2 inch firebox on the BYC. Maintains 250 with a matchbook. besides, i paid for 1/2 inch why not get it?

[frognot]

To be continued . . .

[racer_81]

When Son Of BOS shows up with its 1/2" firebox, and you place it next to your BYC, do you worry about a localized subsidence problem?

:shock:

[parrothead]

Just ship it to my place. I'll fix it.

[Samichlaus]

Wow!

Good luck. It sucks to wait but I'll bet you'll be much happier with version 2.0.

[BBQchef33]

When Son Of BOS shows up with its 1/2" firebox, and you place it next to your BYC, do you worry about a localized subsidence problem?

:shock:


I'll have to avoid the muddy spots.. :) but kiddin aside.. i HAVE to get that slab poured. Aint no way im dealing with rollin this one around on plywood to get inot the pit. Its nearly 7 foot high and 3 foot wide. Makes it top heavy. I have already had one fall over and it aint purdy. Part of the new design will be foldout outriggers to prevent it from tipping over when I move it. Easy to do, just a piece of angle mounted to the the bottom frame that folds against the lower shelf with a piece of 1/2 inch steel welded downward about an inch short of the ground. When your rolling it, move them 90 degrees out. if it starts to tip, the outrigger will stop it.

Wheelie bar mod. :)

[Bigdog]

When Son Of BOS shows up with its 1/2" firebox, and you place it next to your BYC, do you worry about a localized subsidence problem?

:shock:


kiddin aside.. i HAVE to get that slab poured. Aint no way im dealing with rollin this one around on plywood to get inot the pit. Its nearly 7 foot high and 3 foot wide. Makes it top heavy. I have already had one fall over and it aint purdy. Part of the new design will be foldout outriggers to prevent it from tipping over when I move it. Easy to do, just a piece of angle mounted to the the bottom frame that folds against the lower shelf with a piece of 1/2 inch steel welded downward about an inch short of the ground. When your rolling it, move them 90 degrees out. if it starts to tip, the outrigger will stop it.

Wheelie bar mod. :)

The moving co. would agree with its ease of tipping over. :oops: I say build the next one wider. More stable and less tippy. You may also want to bury some threaded rod in the concrete and bolt that farker down. :idea:

[jt]

You may also want to bury some threaded rod in the concrete and bolt that farker down.
That is a good idea. I ran a 2X6 between 2 posts behind my smoker & grill and then bolted them to it with 1/8X1 1/4 steel. No more tipping. The threaded rod sounds like a much nicer method.

[BBQchef33]

You may also want to bury some threaded rod in the concrete and bolt that farker down.
That is a good idea. I ran a 2X6 between 2 posts behind my smoker & grill and then bolted them to it with 1/8X1 1/4 steel. No more tipping. The threaded rod sounds like a much nicer method.

in the pit they are up against a fence so cant tip over and at 1000 lbs aint blowing over. So the only time its an isue is when im moving them. The BYC doesnt have locking wheels, so that one is chocked from and back ot he wheels. the new one has locking wheels so it cant roll around.

[chad]

So, which one is going to be permanently mounted in the competition trailer? Or are you going to get a third Klose just for that?? :D

[BBQchef33]

I thought about a trailer rig. Even emailed that guy witht hte chuckwagon trailer on ebay. Problem there is no place to put all the other **** I bring..... tents, coolers, WSM's etc. Back of the escalade fills up quick and a trailer rig just wont cut it.

[chad]

Huh?

Take less ****! Every time Tim and I go out we pare down stuff.

I'm guessing you mean mounted on its own axle. I agree that you carry a lot of **** -- but which one are you getting mounted on your flat trailer? :D

You need to compete more so you'll pare down the amount of excess crap!! :twisted:

[Bigdog]

PooBah, what you need is a chuckwagon like Greg's. 8)

[chad]

PooBah, what you need is a chuckwagon like Greg's. 8)

But then he wouldn't have room for a cooker!! :D He just needs to get out more so he can remember what he actually needs for a cookoff as opposed to what he thinks he needs "in case". We hauled more food BACK to Long Island than we took down the NJ -- extra trips to Costco, ya know. :twisted:

[BBQchef33]

yeah yeah, i know im a pack rat when it comes to luggin stuff.. but look how good we ate. :) I'm going to put som ecabinets on the trailer so i dont have to load/unload, and i already hafd 3foot high walls installed. I am considering selling that one and getting a closed trailer so I can store the stuff in it permanetly and only have to load the cooker. I'll get there, it just takes some trial and error.

[chad]

So, with an enclosed trailer: where you gonna put the cooker? Or are you going to wise up and go with the WSMs for competition? :D

[BBQchef33]

I havent decided if im only using WSMS for comp yet. If not, i would still roll the bYC or BOS in the trailer and then roll it out on side. Depends on how well the new cooker performs, although, the unattendance of the WSM is looking more and more appealing. what stops me is I like having the cooking platform. It keeps people away from the cooker.

[parrothead]

It keeps people away from the cooker.

And makes you look taller.

[jt]

LOL

[racer_81]

It keeps people away from the cooker.

And makes you look taller.

And thinner.......

The blue hat makes you look wiser.

[parrothead]

The blue hat makes you look wiser.


And not as bald.

[BBQchef33]

done yet?

[BBQchef33]

and im am not bald, i am follically challenged.

[racer_81]

done yet?

Spartacus needs a blue hat too.

[Jorge]

I'm more worried about your avatar...you need to give him some nuts...might get rid of that green tint to his skin

[Samichlaus]

follically challenged

phallicly


It's spelled phallicly.

[tommykendall]

It's spelled phallicly


Don't even tell Margaurita Mary how to spell. :roll:

[spicewine]

You need this pit ! I will even paint it blue to match your hat.

Plenty of storage for everything.

[BBQchef33]

oh wel.. snif snif.....its gone.. snif snif.... Truck came and got it today. Waybill was listed as "salvage". That hurt. Was a fiasco getting it on the truck. The send this truck with a puny little liftgate that was just about big enough to fit the pit. The lift was 2 sections with a 5 inch rise over 3 inchs which is pretty steep to push 900 lbs up onto, especially with snow on the driveway. The gate itself, once the pit was on it had about 3 inchs on the sides and front. the back was right at the edge. Almost toppled it twice when he kept moving it around and one wheel would fall off the gate.. twice the side of the truck stopped it from falling completely over. When he finally got it centered on the gate, he started the lift, it jerked up and the second outside section dropped about 2 inchs launching the pit off the gate and toppling it over, of course right where i was standing. Caught it from falling completely over but that was one heavy farker. The driver kept insisting how easy it was gonna be.. Wouldn't believe me when i said its falls over easy.. Now I know how this thing got damaged.. If all the drivers are like this guy, it fell over a few times. Figured from the beginning that the only way enough force can be generated o bend the stuff the way it was.

[BuckSpin]

What is the clearance/space between the shelves? The 56sq ft of shelf space is very nice.

[BBQchef33]

i didnt measure it, but i made sure a full size rib rack fit. It did with about 3-4 inchs of clearance above it. Thats enuf to stand spares on end. Only think id have to remove shelves for is to do a turkey.

[BigAl]

Name;
Tipsy :shock:

Maybe Dave should fly you down to test out Tipsy2 before he ships her! :wink:

[Heimelswine]

As usual, I'm days late and dollars short. That was an awesome smoker. It's alot like what I'm looking for in my new smoker. I have to say that it's a beauty. Too bad it had to go back. I saw that you said you were going to have to do biscuit testing. How does that work? I haven't heard of it, yet I can see something like that identifying the hotter spots in a smoker. Sorry this is so late after all the messages, but I just sat down to read the WHOLE string.

Roy

[BBQchef33]

biscuit test: Get a few packages of pop-n-fresh biscuits. enough to put 6 or 9 per shelf. With the smoker at 250-300, start cookin ght biscuits and keep an eye on how things cook and where. it will map out the characteristics of the chamber. Hot spots cookin faster cold spots cook slow... real hot spots burn the bottoms.

[BBQchef33]

Figure since the thread re-opened, i'd update. Dave called me up the day the pit arrived back at his shop. Seems it arrived with even more damege than when it left here. Steel was gouged out and the back panels were bent. He said it looked like it got hit by a forklift. I will be working with Monty as soon as I get a chance t work onthe redesign of the firebox and waterpan. stay tuned.

[jt]

Sounds to me like you better plan on picking it up yourself if you want it to arrive in good shape.

[BigAl]

:idea: I'll drive down and pick up Tipsy2 for a small fee and a week of Q'ing and Boose at your place. I don't drink all THAT much,,,,,,,. :roll:

I might even bring Tipsy2 all the way back to NY! :P

[BBQchef33]

Holy FARK!!!!


It showed up TODAY!

After shipping MOAB back to Klose and it being more destroyed on the return trip, i was hesitant about having another shipped up and was considering alternatives(thanks Tim). I spoke to Monty, Dave Kloses Fabricator and told him some of the stuff i saw wrong with the old design. The plan was to get together and work on Version II. WE never hooked up, so I thought stuff was still on hold. I was seriously considering going with a differnt type cooker this time, but Oh well...guess I'll just have to settle. :mrgreen:

MOAB v2 showed up today. SURPRISE to me. Called Monty and he said it was tested for 3 days and works amazingly well. It seems seasoned allready, opened up and the smell of mesquite hit me right tween the eyes.

Due to the lowered firebox its not top heavy this time.. It shipped with a medical equipment shipping company that ships MRI equipment and such.. Trucker said they specialize in shipping highend or fragile equipment. Behind the smoker on the truck were 2 $60,000 choppers(motorcycles) shipped form southern california. I asked if he'd drop them off instead, but he declined. :) The pit was shrinkwrapped, wrapped in padding and strapped to the wall. Other company had it rolling around the back of the truck and bouncing off walls. Guess Dave switching shipping companies. This puppy arrived in pristine condition. Not a scratch.

Got a little work to do and then gonna find something to cook. :) Rob.. u still comin out tomorrow?

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album33&op=modload&name= gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

[Bill-Chicago]

Is that a grill/griddle over the firebox, or is it a heat shield to force heat into the pit?

[chad]

Congratulations! :D

[MrSmoker]

That looks great Phil.I'm sure it will get a work out at Bash V.

[jt]

Sweet!

[BBQchef33]

Its both. Under the plate(1/4 inch steel/), is a grate. The plate can be used as a griddle, I am goint to leave it in place all the time just as more insulation. Top of the firebox stays pretty cool with it there. Preheat wood mod may be an issue. :)

I discoved the atkins version of the Biscuit test. !!

The bacon test.

Scatter bacon around the chamber and see how it cooks where. Shows the hot and cold spots.. and IMO.. bacon beats biscuits to eat after you mapped the chamber. :)

[racer_81]

Good idea, Phil, to put in the reminder to wrap.

So....what's that white stuff on the ground?

[chad]

So, are you going to use either of the Kloses for competition or is there another rig being planned?

[Bigdog]

Go figure. Even a stupid fark like me knows that you have to tie something like that down or it rattle all around and get busted up. There are sure a lot of losers out there that take no pride in doing a good job. It sounds like that is not the case at the Klose factory. :D

[Cuelio]

Wow, man. I'm jealous - it's beauteefool!

Long live MOAB v1.2

[Bill-Chicago]

Those slabs of ribs look tiny.

They even look boneless from this angle.

[BAG3]

Very, very nice! Obviously you put a bunch of thought and dreams into this one. You could have put Brian inside to monitor the shipping and then he could help you test her out.

[BBQchef33]

Those slabs of ribs look tiny.

They even look boneless from this angle.


nope.. the pit is just REALLY REALLY Big.. those are full slabs of spares. 8)

[parrothead]

It showed up TODAY!

Holy Fark. I can't believe that it is there. Can't wait to see it up close in June.

[Jorge]

Very, very nice! Obviously you put a bunch of thought and dreams into this one. You could have put Brian inside to monitor the shipping and then he could help you test her out.

Well, it is about as big as the....traillllerrrrrr

[CosmicCookin]

Cooker's lookin' good but ya need some rub on those skinny a$$ed boneless ribs! :wink:

[spicewine]

Damn!!!! Almost reeled him in with a Spicewine Smoker.

The Big one that got away MOD!!!!!

Congrats brother !! Many years of happy cooking to you.

[BBQchef33]

Cooker's lookin' good but ya need some rub on those skinny a$$ed boneless ribs! :wink:

Bacon.... baconnnnn bacon bacon bacon bacon
BACONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

and BTW.. it had some head country on it.
8)

[BBQchef33]

So what was my day like.. you ask?? .. lets just say i didn't get much work done. :)

Day was speant out in the driveway, getting the wood to dry... cooked up 5 lbs of bacon, in 1 lb clips. do u know how fast u can eat bacon one slice at a time when neighbors are coming by cause the whole street smells so good??? .. anyway.. 5 lbs of bacon. 3 fatties, 3 chicken boobs, a small package of wings, 4 vidalia onions and 10 shell steaks.

Tomorrow will be a couple salmon fillets(thanks Tim):) some country ribs and whatever else i head to costco for.

The pit performs great. Very even temps.. hot spot is similar to the vertical in the BYC. Bottom shelf is coolest, hottest is directly below the chimney, one shelf down from top.

It pushed over 450 degrees with a chimney of lump and 2 splits. 1 oak, one hickory. Once the coalbed was there it ran at 250 for nearly 4 hours before needing a reload for a coalbed at 210. Used up a log or 2 of cherry in the meantime. 2 scoops of lump and a log got it back up to 300 and closing the damper halfway brought it to 250 again. it works well enuf to hold 210-250 on a very very small fire....once stuff gets hot.



Pit performs excellent. I ran it the entire day without the waterpan. It seems to big. i think i may modifying it a bit, but will try it with the waterpan tomorrow and see what it does.

One of my neighbors came over while i was sitting in the drivway, enjoyin a sliced shell steak smothered in bacon and onions. Had a beer in my lap, feet up on the shelf to the cooker,, life was good. Its been a long winter, felt good to hang out, catch some sun and tend a fire for a few hours. I forgot how relaxing that is. I really was just kicked back, something i didnt intend on doing today, and havent done in a while. It amazing how the swett blue can mellow ya out. :) Gelnn came over, we shared the steak and onions.. he sampled the fatties.. then was heading home and stopped,,, thought for a minute and said.. ..."after eating THAT.. i have to go home and eat some CRAP my wife is going to make fro dinner.. thats just not right.... ". I suggested a costco run.. :) told him grab a prime rib or some steaks and I'll cookem up.


He was back in 25 minutes with 2 4packs of shell steaks!!!. and i get to cook some more. :) made up 6 more steaks for him in the chamber.. grilled 2 over the coals. All in all. a great day.. instead of working at my desk and delaing with meetings.. sat outside.. just me and the smoke. :) and a bigass new Mother of all Banderas. :)

[Bigdog]

Those slabs of ribs look tiny.

They even look boneless from this angle.

Those arn't ribs, they're flatties. How long do you cook a flatties Phil?

No need for 3-2-1 I'm sure.

And just what the fark is a shell steak? Ya get those at a Shell station I suppose? :roll:

[Samichlaus]

That thing is impossibly cool.

What are the dimensions?

[BBQchef33]

Those slabs of ribs look tiny.

They even look boneless from this angle.

Those arn't ribs, they're flatties. How long do you cook a flatties Phil?

No need for 3-2-1 I'm sure.

And just what the fark is a shell steak? Ya get those at a Shell station I suppose? :roll:


Shell Steak, NY Strip, KC Strip. All the same. The same cut thats on the big side of a Porterhouse. Thats whats in the above pic.. 6 shell steaks. I dint make no stinkin ribs today.. just bacon, steaks and fatties and a couple boobs.

[BBQchef33]

That thing is impossibly cool.

What are the dimensions?


cooking chamber is 26x26 square 48 inches high. 7 inches clearance between each shelf. 676 sq inch per shelf, 4056 sq inchs total cooking area. Bottom shelf can be interchanged with a water pan, a food grate or a coal grate. Bottom of the cook chamber is 26inch pipe. firebox is 26x26 square 20inchs high, with 3 height adjustments for grilling. .


I smell like smoke. :)

[Samichlaus]

The firebox is lower & heavier. Seems like a good thing.

That thing has a small footprint for such an amazing capacity.

[Bigdog]

Those slabs of ribs look tiny.

They even look boneless from this angle.

Those arn't ribs, they're flatties. How long do you cook a flatties Phil?

No need for 3-2-1 I'm sure.

And just what the fark is a shell steak? Ya get those at a Shell station I suppose? :roll:


Shell Steak, NY Strip, KC Strip. All the same. The same cut thats on the big side of a Porterhouse. Thats whats in the above pic.. 6 shell steaks. I dint make no stinkin ribs today.. just bacon, steaks and fatties and a couple boobs.

Phil, don't call them bacon, they're flatties...they are what you eat while you are waiting for your fatties to finish cooking. (think of them as prefatties)

[BBQchef33]

oh sheet.... I didnt even read that right... Yup.. they be flatties.:) and i ate a whole boatload of em.. one at a time. :)

[Samichlaus]

lol@ flatties

& lol@ Phil cooking half the animals on Noah's Ark...pig, chickens, cows, more chickens, more pigs, more cows

[racer_81]

oh sheet.... I didnt even read that right... Yup.. they be flatties.:) and i ate a whole boatload of em.. one at a time. :)

Familiar with a flattie are ya......

[BBQchef33]

oh sheet.... I didnt even read that right... Yup.. they be flatties.:) and i ate a whole boatload of em.. one at a time. :)

Familiar with a flattie are ya......

:oops: ouch....

Thanks for the reminder.


next time your eating one.. think of me. :roll:

[Neil]

How about talking to Klose about offering a MOAB to all Brethren members at a reduced price?!!!

[parrothead]

How about talking to Klose about offering a MOAB to all Brethren members at a reduced price?!!!

That would be nice, but shipping alone is a grand.

[BBQchef33]

Yup, shipping for that beast was 900 bucks the first time around.. the second time it was 1500 but klose absorbed the difference.

[racer_81]

You guys should live kloser to the factory.

:-)

[david]

looks like it needs a drain-mod :)

[Ron_L]

lol@ flatties

& lol@ Phil cooking half the animals on Noah's Ark...pig, chickens, cows, more chickens, more pigs, more cows

I think we've finally figured out what happened to the unicorn... Unicorn steaks, unicorn ribs, unicorn brisket... :lol:

[Samichlaus]

How much does that thing weigh?

Shipping for mine to California was $825 & it weighs 1,500.

[BigAl]

Phil,
Help the old..... your link does not show your new toy when I click on it,
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/modules.php ... _album.php
so where are the pics? I wanna see it :!:

[The_Kapn]

Just got home for a few days from Braves Sprong Training and have my own confuser back--YIPPEE :lol:
Leave again Sunday for "confuser hell" back in Tampa'Orlando area :cry:

Now, I need to figure out how to be PooBahs neighbor without actually moving there. They are obviously getting fat and sassy on the MOAB Que :lol:

PooBah--DO NOT WEAR HER OUT! :twisted:
The Bash is still a couple of months away!

Glad she is home.

TIM

[cntryblues]

Introducing....

M.O.A.B.

The 900lb
Mother of all Banderas.

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album33

Nuff said. :mrgreen:

Tried to pull up the picture and couldn't see it...
I am a newbie rookie though so it is probably something
I did or didn't do....:becky:

[Ron_L]

No... It's just an 8 year old post :-D Some old pictures were lost in a forum upgrade a while back.

[BBQ Bandit]

No... It's just an 8 year old post :-D Some old pictures were lost in a forum upgrade a while back.

True - however that smoker is currently under the care of another Brethren Brother known as 'Bigdog'.
And here's an older pic once it got relocated somewhere in the midwest...
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30976&d=1252335952

[nucornhusker]

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/husker9903/holythreadresurrection.jpg (http://s1202.photobucket.com/user/husker9903/media/holythreadresurrection.jpg.html)

[Bigdog]

True - however that smoker is currently under the care of another Brethren Brother known as 'Bigdog'.
And here's an older pic once it got relocated somewhere in the midwest...
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30976&d=1252335952

That's a fact Jack! :thumb: