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"I am not a cook", to quote former President Nixon. Or, something like that...My nephew's roommate had this smoker. His dad put it together, but part of it had rusted to pieces, so I told him I would try to repair it. Not knowing anything about smoking food, I am really taking a crash course. I gave it a test fire today with a turkey, yeah, my first turkey as well,  first smoke ever also!  It has been a long day, but it came out very juicy and tender. Right about 7.5 hours on the smoke. Lots for me to learn about cooking! I still need to add yet another air intake source in the fire box, but it is coming along. Time to clean up... Attached ImagesCity of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Turkey looks great to me. So how come a guy couldn't build one with the fire box underneath? You could still pipe in the heat anywhere you wanted. Having that box off the end just looks odd to me."The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:The box underneath has been done. Someone passed along this video of one such as that.[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUhfsVaBPQ[/ame]City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Originally Posted by tanglediverThe box underneath has been done. Someone passed along this video of one such as that.
Reply:So how come a guy couldn't build one with the fire box underneath? You could still pipe in the heat anywhere you wanted. Having that box off the end just looks odd to me.
Reply:Larger one I made with the firebox underneath.If you're using the thin barrel, I wouldn't let the fire touch this directly.  It's likely to burn out.  If it's just getting indirect heat from a separate firebox the barrel will probably last a lot longer.I've also seen stainless barrels.  That would be nice if you could find one for a reasonable price.  Most beer kegs are also stainless, but may be too small for a smoker.Dynasty200DX w/coolmate1MM210MM VintageESAB miniarc161ltsLincoln AC225Victor O/A, Smith AW1ACutmaster 81IR 2475N7.5FPRage3Jancy USA1019" SBAEAD-200LE
Reply:If I were to build a smoker it wouldn't be a big one at all. Down right small in fact. With just me and the lil woman no need to have anything huge. I'd bet something about the 20 to 35 lb propane tank size would work good. That would do a couple of game hens or even a turkey. I just like the more compact look is all."The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt