Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

If it's not frowned upon I would be willing to pitch on the cost of the plans.

 

Just a thought, lets build three and sell one to cut down on the costs of yours and Zach’s.

 

I could do that. You're about an hour from me. I'd be able to put in a full day on the weekends for a while to get them built.

We need to explore this a little further and figure out what sort of time and money investment is required to start making it happen.

 

not a bad idea! Not sure how long it would take to do one of these?

 

@bvbull200 you could always sell tickets and raffle it off

 

Maybe! If you get the raffle in front of the right crowds, you could sell a hell of a lot of tickets.

 

Would need to do a minimum ticket raffle at set price to ensure costs are covered though... might be tough

 

Once they are received from water jetter it’s just a puzzle and will tack together very quickly then just get in the welding chair with your mug of cold beer and get it. If we preserve the metal correctly no sandblasting will be needed

 

100 tickets at $50 will cover a lot of it.

 

@bvbull200 @Misplaced Nebraskan i cannot commit the shop space till mid November, I have two builds going on now. But will give us time to get it planned.

 

maybe its that particular tree. If you get the chips from the store its not as strong. Like others said maybe less smoke time and try apple wood.

 

A little chip in is never frowned upon .

 

Just let me know when you guys decide to get it.

 

This! Mig is damned easy. Just practice on some scrap, get the setup right. And stay away from flux core wire, use gas. I have a setup for mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. As long as the welding is horizontal it is easy. Vertical or overhead, not so much.

 

@Bigdaddy4760, @Misplaced Nebraskan, and I will be in discussion, I think, for the next month or so to see about what it would take to pull this all together.

I think I can dedicate the funds towards it. If my once-a-week spare time is enough to help it progress at a reasonable pace, then I should be ready to green-light the project for the end of this year or beginning of next.

It would hold enough meat so that, provided I get an appropriate trailer to serve out of, I could start looking really hard at picking up legit food-service gigs. That's a long-term goal of mine anyways.

If the build is planned right (wheels/casters) and my backyard is updated accordingly (covered spot for storage, concrete path for transport), then this thing could easily transition from personal use to event use.

I'm getting giddy just thinking about it.

 

Sounds good to me

 

In thinking about transport you should probably add in additional hooks for tie downs and a hook so that you can use a winch to pull it up on the trailer and control it coming off the trailer.

 

Really good idea. I would want the ability to carefully load and unload this thing by myself if necessary.

 

Ya that's what I was thinking. I have moved enough stupidly large and heavy things (not including myself lol) to try and make things easier when the need arises.

 

@bvbull200 , what is the deal with nomenclature of single pan and double pan? Talking about rack size for catering style pans? can fit 2 vice 1? best I can guess...