Clay-b-que
is Blowin Smoke!
I have a tank just like this that I am going to try to build a big UDS out of. If that doesn't work, I will be turning it into something like this. Nice work!!!
80 gallon offset build
- Thread starter mnbadger
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Smoke on Badger Mountain
Babbling Farker
Looks great. It really has come a long way. Can't wait to see the first cook.
mnbadger
Full Fledged Farker
Today we got all the welding done!! Fired her up and it drafted like a champ. Now I just need to get it home, prep for paint and paint it. But right now I would be able to cook food on it which is pretty sweet.
lighting it up
fire rolling
lighting it up
fire rolling
Clay-b-que
is Blowin Smoke!
Nice work!!! Can't wait to see some Q on it. How long did it take start to finish?
KevinJ
somebody shut me the fark up.
Looks like an awesome pit, great job :clap:
The Meeper
Full Fledged Farker
Great job mate - well done
mnbadger
Full Fledged Farker
Too long... Haha. Total man hours I would guess was around 80. So much of that was just setting everything up and cleanup every day we worked on it. It was a really fun project though. I still need to tweak the door and paint it so there will be more time in that too. But I could throw a brisket on it the day I get it home if I wanted to as is
MisterChrister
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Kick arse, man!
mnbadger
Full Fledged Farker
I've got the smoker home and have been working on getting it painted. I prepped and painted the door and firebox first so I can get cooking with it on Saturday. Here's how it looks right now.
Sol00
Knows what a fatty is.
One sweet rig right there man !
MisterChrister
Quintessential Chatty Farker
This turned out beautifully! I'm planning a similar build soon with a 120 gallon 304 stainless tank. A few questions if you don't mind. Please and thank you!
1) Was your tank a seamless pipe or a rolled and welded pipe? You should be able to spot a continous weld down the length of the tank cylinder if it's rolled/welded. I ask because I wonder if a seamless pipe will spring out in the door panel when it gets cut out, or if that's something that happens in roll-formed cylinders since there's tension in the pipe. I assume the door wanted to spring open flat?
2) What was the approximate tank wall thickness?
3) How easy was it to get the warp out of the door?
1) Was your tank a seamless pipe or a rolled and welded pipe? You should be able to spot a continous weld down the length of the tank cylinder if it's rolled/welded. I ask because I wonder if a seamless pipe will spring out in the door panel when it gets cut out, or if that's something that happens in roll-formed cylinders since there's tension in the pipe. I assume the door wanted to spring open flat?
2) What was the approximate tank wall thickness?
3) How easy was it to get the warp out of the door?
mnbadger
Full Fledged Farker
Here you go!
1. It was a rolled and welded pipe. There was a defined seam where you could see that they rolled a sheet of steel and then welded the ends together. Yes it flattened out slightly after we cut it free.
2. the wall thickness on my tank is 3/16". If you have a bigger tank I think the wall thickness would probably be a little thicker than mine too.
3. I haven't tried super hard to get the warp out yet... I tried heating it up with a torch and beating on it to get it to bend in on the bottom. That didn't really work at all. I'm going to cook on it this weekend just to see how much of a problem the door really is. If I think it is affecting the cook a lot I have two clamps that are similar to the ones Meadow creek uses on their offsets. I'm going to put those on each lower corner and then I have a high temp silicone sealant I'm going to use on the rest of the door to seal it up tight.
chicagokp
Babbling Farker
Nice job on the pit!
DownHomeQue
is Blowin Smoke!
Yea I completely Dig on this.. Plan on building one about this size for my father in law within the next couple of years..
mnbadger
Full Fledged Farker
I think it's a good size for fuel efficiency and space. You could still cook pulled pork for about 100 people on it I think. But it's perfect for a couple briskets and a pork butt. For me the perfect scenario would have been a 60 gallon backyard and a 150 gallon trailer. But this will work well for me and I learned a lot which I can apply to my bigger trailer build when I can acquire a tank
mnbadger
Full Fledged Farker
Did my first cook last weekend! I didn't get too many pictures since there were a lot of mouths to feed... But the smoker held temp really well at 270 L thermo and 300-310 right. I had to put one big or two small splits on about every 40 minutes to maintain temp.
brisket shots
brisket shots
MisterChrister
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Tasty looking brisky there! I bet you're mighty proud putting out fine Q like that from a rig built with your own blood, sweat, and tears!
