had some stainless tanks, so we made an offset.

Sam77

Soooo... started off smoking stuff about a year or 2 ago on my gas grill, had a lot of good food off of it but the more I learned the more I wanted a proper smoker. Cut the bum out of a spare kettle I had and welded a cylinder I got onto it and turned it into a bullet/uds sorta thing (got pics if ya want, funny lookin' thing) but it chewed through way too much coal so ended up putting a gas burner in that as well, still makes awesome food but back at square one. We(the old man and me)have been making kegs into rotisseries on and off for a while and last time I went 'round to his he'd knocked one up out of a couple of LPG tanks. Beautiful I said, now we gotta do an offset,
got an 80 kg tank, cut out the lid

welded in supports for the grill

plasma cut holes for the intake and firebox and mocked it up

oh and cut off the fire box door

seeing as the intake pipes enter horizontal I hope it should have good heat/smoke flow whether I have tuning plates or RF, it's set up for both just gotta see what works best

mock up with fire box door and weird/mushroom stacks

Two days in so far, will post more very soon, Cheers Sam

k.a.m. · Posted: Jan 14 2011 Post subject:

Sam, I love it. Very Happy

That is gonna be an awesome looking cooker when y'all get through with her. Very nice work, I will be watching for more pics and updates. Smile

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Wreckless · Posted: Jan 14 2011 Post subject:

Wow!
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ckone · Posted: Jan 14 2011 Post subject:

That is looking real cool.
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roscoe1960 · Posted: Jan 15 2011 Post subject:

Awsome work Sam77, really like the looks Cool

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BRBBQ · Posted: Jan 15 2011 Post subject:

Nice

feldon30 · Posted: Jan 15 2011 Post subject:

Ahead Warp Factor 5! Smile

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mtnside · Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2009 Posts: 51

Reverse flow and it looks like the next decidiam for cookers.Scotty beam me back down to earth.Wow Wow Wow!

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Mr Tony's BBQ · Posted: Jan 15 2011 Post subject:

Looks like that thing may actually fly! Way cool lookin unit!!
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Soapm · Posted: Jan 15 2011 Post subject:

Looks like a winner...

Sam77 · Posted: Jan 15 2011 Post subject:

Ok... well the first bunch of pics were of work we did over xmas/new years, these are all from last weekend and today! Very Happy

Made up a frame and welded everything in place

My brother built a bed the other week so we grabbed some of his leftovers to deck it out

Welding in the intake pipes distorted the hell out of the firebox so we made an annular to pull it back into shape. Also cut a circle out of diamond plate to get the firebox to about a 1/3 of the cook chamber volume and used the grill to hold it in place

Got the lid and brackets welded up. Rolled some 1 1/4" X 1/8" s/steel strap to seal up the sides and front

On Sunday we made the vents and fitted the stacks and built a hinge for the firebox door. Nearly there Very Happy

Oh yeah, turned some handles out of hardwood for it too

So today I just made a cover for the hole in the lid and a vent for the firebox(used the same pattern we had for the chimneys), cleaned up the welds a bit and there you go!

Got it home in one piece but got a lot of strange looks on the way

hanging out with its new mates

mtnside · Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2009 Posts: 51

Im in 2 feet of snow and you have the citronella burners out for bugs,now lets see some smoke.

Cat797 · Posted: Jan 15 2011 Post subject:

Good on ya mate...........looks awesome. Now let's see it in action. What's first? Aussie Lamb Kabobs?

With all the snow we're having, I would love to be down under right now!!! (unless you're in Queensland).

Cheers
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ua_piper · Joined: 13 Nov 2010 Posts: 15 Location: winnipeg, MB

thats a sweet ride almost like the old el camino Mr. Green

what diameter tanks did you use?
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biker.chef · Posted: Jan 16 2011 Post subject:

That ranks as one of the cooler builds.
I really like the mushroom stacks, look like a Van de Graaff generator.
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BBQMAN · Posted: Jan 16 2011 Post subject:

Nice stainless work to be sure! Cool

Why no stainless shelves (or ATP)? Crying or Very sad

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