Building my own - Page 2

Browser · 09-05-2007, 04:46 AM

For a second there I thought you were going to say you'd used the mixer drum off the cement truck

(d'you think the rotation of the drum'd keep the heat more evenly spread during the cook?

)

txschutte · 09-05-2007, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Browser

For a second there I thought you were going to say you'd used the mixer drum off the cement truck

(d'you think the rotation of the drum'd keep the heat more evenly spread during the cook?

)

Don't laugh. Our comp cooker is 1/2 ton Ford pickup truck made to looke like a mixer truck. And the drum is where we cook! Although the drum doesn't turn, it has a electric motor that turns the rotisserie.

Pipin' Pig · 09-05-2007, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txschutte

Don't laugh. Our comp cooker is 1/2 ton Ford pickup truck made to looke like a mixer truck. And the drum is where we cook! Although the drum doesn't turn, it has a electric motor that turns the rotisserie.

Now that I would like to see. Can you post pictures?

txschutte · 09-05-2007, 06:02 PM

You asked for it...

N8man · 09-05-2007, 06:35 PM

Impressive!!!! Bet you can smoke more than one or two shoulders and briskets
in that there!!!!

txschutte · 09-05-2007, 07:09 PM

Yep, Eats a helluva lot of bricks, too.

Sawdustguy · 09-06-2007, 12:30 AM

Dang, now I think I've seen everything! Nice Job txschutte!

Pipin' Pig · 09-06-2007, 07:42 AM

Amazing ... .just plain amazing. I assume that thing hanging off the end that looks to have fake wheels painting on it converts to a table or something?

txschutte · 09-06-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by meanmna

Amazing ... .just plain amazing. I assume that thing hanging off the end that looks to have fake wheels painting on it converts to a table or something?

wheels come down to provide a track for the three fuel trays that slide out from the back. The cooker works similar to a reverse offset. but instead of having a firebox, the lower 2 foot of the cooker is the firebox.

tkuehn5410 · 09-06-2007, 06:48 PM

That is a pretty sweet cooker! I wish I woulda thought about something like that. Maybe I will need to make one out of an old schoolbus.

Browser · 09-07-2007, 08:00 AM

One further question about construction materials. I'm probably gonna make my own grilles from expanded steel mesh, is it necessary for hygiene resons to make them from stainless mesh or can one use plain carbon steel and rely on the initial seasoning of the smoker to hygieneify it?

wnkt · 09-07-2007, 12:28 PM

I cook on cast iron grates...so regular steel couldn't be much different.

River City Smokehouse · 09-07-2007, 03:06 PM

I think that cement truck cooker is COOL!

txschutte · 09-07-2007, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Browser

One further question about construction materials. I'm probably gonna make my own grilles from expanded steel mesh, is it necessary for hygiene resons to make them from stainless mesh or can one use plain carbon steel and rely on the initial seasoning of the smoker to hygieneify it?

If your'e lucky enough to get stainless, go for it. I use reg. steel tho. Easier on the budget.

txschutte · 09-07-2007, 09:11 PM

Browser, how do you plan to weld the stainless to carbon? You can TIG or even MIG with the right alloy wires, but they are spendy. Just asking.

09-05-2007, 04:46 AM	#16
Browser Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-28-07 Location: Crowland, Lincolnshire. UK.	For a second there I thought you were going to say you'd used the mixer drum off the cement truck (d'you think the rotation of the drum'd keep the heat more evenly spread during the cook? ) __________________ Founder member of the Wheel Re-Invention Society. 57cm Weber One-Touch Silver. Weber Go Anywhere. Inter-stellar UDS :cool:

09-05-2007, 06:35 PM	#20
N8man Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-09-07 Location: God's Country Ossipee-Osceola NC	Rather Large....and Impressive!!!! Bet you can smoke more than one or two shoulders and briskets in that there!!!! __________________ N8man Average Joe Backyard Enthusiast How I Fire Up That Ugly DrumPit Smoker!!!!

09-05-2007, 07:09 PM	#21
txschutte Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-02-07 Location: Cozad, Nebraska	Yep, Eats a helluva lot of bricks, too. __________________ "Bring it on, you bananna thong wearing killer of brisket!"-Chambers If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Your beard is so stupid, it took two hours to watch 60 Minutes.

09-06-2007, 12:30 AM	#22
Sawdustguy Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-14-05 Location: Vernon, Connecticut	Dang, now I think I've seen everything! Nice Job txschutte! __________________ Guy (Pitmaster) BBQ Team: Lawn Guyland Smokers Stupidity for Dummies …because sometimes, you just can’t dumb it down enough…

09-06-2007, 07:42 AM	#23
Pipin' Pig Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-25-07 Location: Charleston, SC	Amazing ... .just plain amazing. I assume that thing hanging off the end that looks to have fake wheels painting on it converts to a table or something? __________________ Derrick "Mor Muc" Russ Charleston, SC The Citadel co '93 Bag piper Cookers: - Stumps 223 - CB Bandera - Jen Aire Gas Grill

09-06-2007, 06:48 PM	#25
tkuehn5410 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-16-06 Location: Lubbock, TX	That is a pretty sweet cooker! I wish I woulda thought about something like that. Maybe I will need to make one out of an old schoolbus. __________________ New Braunsfels Vertical Smoker, Webber Drum Smoker, Char-broil Gasser, and a turkey fryer

09-07-2007, 08:00 AM	#26
Browser Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-28-07 Location: Crowland, Lincolnshire. UK.	One further question about construction materials. I'm probably gonna make my own grilles from expanded steel mesh, is it necessary for hygiene resons to make them from stainless mesh or can one use plain carbon steel and rely on the initial seasoning of the smoker to hygieneify it? __________________ Founder member of the Wheel Re-Invention Society. 57cm Weber One-Touch Silver. Weber Go Anywhere. Inter-stellar UDS :cool:

09-07-2007, 12:28 PM	#27
wnkt is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-08-06 Location: Upstate South Carolina	I cook on cast iron grates...so regular steel couldn't be much different. __________________ Chargriller Super Pro with a big ol rust hole and a mouse nest ------ Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood --saying in a fortune cookie--

09-07-2007, 03:06 PM	#28
River City Smokehouse is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-25-05 Location: Jefferson City, Missouri	I think that cement truck cooker is COOL! __________________ "Please let me be the person my dog thinks I am." ~Author Unknown 8 x 18 Haulmark Trailer Fast Eddy FEC 100 Traeger Texas BBQ 075 UDS "Cool Hand Luke" 3 Weber Kettles and a Yellow Thermapen KCBS Certified BBQ Judge #8425

09-07-2007, 09:11 PM	#30
txschutte Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-02-07 Location: Cozad, Nebraska	Browser, how do you plan to weld the stainless to carbon? You can TIG or even MIG with the right alloy wires, but they are spendy. Just asking. __________________ "Bring it on, you bananna thong wearing killer of brisket!"-Chambers If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Your beard is so stupid, it took two hours to watch 60 Minutes.

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