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Topic: Building my first real pit, need advice from those before me |
topdawg11
Replies: 65
Views: 15714
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 10 2008 Subject: good luck |
Jeff_From_VA,
I can't give you any solutions to what you have going on, but I wanted to wish you the best of luck in hopefully making that smoker into reality. I have some similar circumstances as y ... |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 10 2008 Subject: wondering |
mrcustomsteel,
just wondering why you thought I should cut the bigger hole under the current pipe if I don't use a diffuser pipe, instead of making a cut around the top of the current pipe and removi ... |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 09 2008 Subject: pictures worth a thousand |
To all,
I found some pictures of Tejas smokers online that really showed the size of the opening between firebox and cooking chamber. It makes the five inch change I need to make, well, small. I h ... |
Topic: Check my home built smoker |
topdawg11
Replies: 23
Views: 11970
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 09 2008 Subject: good progress |
Rudegar,
I too am new to the science of smoking and have had similar issues as you with the smoker I purchased. It was homemade. I had similar responses about the size of opening between firebox an ... |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 08 2008 Subject: cc entrance and raised fire |
| I think it would be wise to make only one big change at a time, then after the change, see if I can't retry mrcustomsteels test at that point. Thanks mrcustomsteel for all your replies. I think I wi ... |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 08 2008 Subject: follow the flame |
| well dang it, I tried the response by mrcustomsteel, thanks for the try, and there was no flame that followed the airflow. I will now make the changes that BBQMAN has offered, though I have some ques ... |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 07 2008 Subject: BBQMAN TIPS |
| BBQMAN-thanks for the reply. If I move the stackpipe up to level of the grates, and change the intake to the cooking changer(I have a 3 inch diameter pipe, would that be enough?), and could I have a ... |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 06 2008 Subject: pictures |
Here are some pictures Great tutorial for putting pictures on posts it helped alot
http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk331/topdawg11/Sn851690.jpg
http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk331/topdawg11 ... |
Topic: Hello |
topdawg11
Replies: 11
Views: 2540
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Jul 06 2008 Subject: thanks |
just a quick note to say thanks to all on the welcome and hoping that everyone got through the fourth safely.
topdawg11 |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 06 2008 Subject: picture help |
| I have taken some pictures of my smoker, I need to have some pointers as to how to get it to a forum posting. I don't know if I understand all of k.a.m. It might be a grey matter thing. Farmers m ... |
Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 04 2008 Subject: pictures |
| Thanks to BZArcher and BBQMAN and mrcustomsteel for their quick replies. I will talk to the smarter person in my group (my wife) and see about posting pictures. And to all a happy Independence Day.
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Topic: Homemade smoker help |
topdawg11
Replies: 22
Views: 6911
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Forum: Cookers Posted: Jul 04 2008 Subject: Homemade smoker help |
Hello again,
I have recently joined and and posted to Introduce Yourself. This site is so awesome I know I can get the help I need. I purchased a homemade smoker that a gentleman built using an ... |
Topic: Hello |
topdawg11
Replies: 11
Views: 2540
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Jul 04 2008 Subject: Hello |
| I would like to say hello to all. What a incredible site this is. I have a homemade smoker that I bought that seems to need some help. So why not go to the experts? I will post to the equipment fo ... |
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