Methos
02-01-2016, 12:37 AM
Hi all
You guys have inspired me to start building my own smoker.
I got my hands on a 225l (60 gal) water heater.
I am currently working on attaching the door. I have very little experience in welding so it is quite a learning curve ;) but I watched a few videos on youtube and after I got the arch going - which can take so time - I quite OK.
My question is this. The smoker will be reverse flow. The steel I got for the firebox is 5mm thick. They are cut 70 cm by 70 cm - ie 27 inch.
According to Feldon's calculator The required size is 4620.00. But the fire box I specified is 19683.00. So a size difference of 426 percent.
So the firebox is much too large. I want to know if I have to reduce the firebox size? Not looking forward to cutting the 6 plates though....
Thanks a lot.
Cheers
You guys have inspired me to start building my own smoker.
I got my hands on a 225l (60 gal) water heater.
I am currently working on attaching the door. I have very little experience in welding so it is quite a learning curve ;) but I watched a few videos on youtube and after I got the arch going - which can take so time - I quite OK.
My question is this. The smoker will be reverse flow. The steel I got for the firebox is 5mm thick. They are cut 70 cm by 70 cm - ie 27 inch.
According to Feldon's calculator The required size is 4620.00. But the fire box I specified is 19683.00. So a size difference of 426 percent.
So the firebox is much too large. I want to know if I have to reduce the firebox size? Not looking forward to cutting the 6 plates though....
Thanks a lot.
Cheers