Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Yes. It is the size pan(s) that it can fit. I'll have to double-check the measurements, but a the double-pan should be the equivalent of a full-size hotel serving/bun pan. I have a few of those at home and can compare their size to the dimensions listed on the build.

I registered for the site, but haven't received my admin approval yet. I'll start asking away when I do .

 

I'm trying to avoid joining there as I already have a lot of distractions... but I may cave too

I think in reading more it is based on catering pans. The model we are discussing is definitely larger than I need... by a lot. but if we're gonna do it... may as well go big maybe someday I'll build a mini version once my skillz are good enough

 

Oh, it is a VERY large cook chamber. It is nearly 3 times the surface area of my UDS with 2 racks in it. With that style, though, your fuel consumption for a small cabinet isn't much different than for a big one. The difference will be in the up-front cost, much more so than in the continued cost of running it. When you want to cook a LOT of food - even if just semi-annually - that real estate will be real nice. At least, that's how I'm rationalizing it .

I'll still have a drum or two for poppers and such, but even just two racks of ribs in the big one will be roughly the same fuel as in a small one. And when you get Kingsford for $5/bag... Just saying .

Good timing on all of this. It sounds like the double-pan version will be available in a complete kit by this weekend. We could buy everything needed for assembly at once, have it shipped to @Bigdaddy4760 's shop, then do the assembly there. Fingers crossed it comes out cheaper than adding in the process of buying steel separately and having it cut.

 

I missed the kit, where did you see that

 

Go to this page:

https://smokerbuilder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=6602&start=25

It is the 2nd to last post on that page. Later on in the thread he said they are building a few kits this weekend and should be announcing price/availability then.

 

Hmm so his few days is line with the time for the new mystery rub?

 

I deserved that one.

We did a lot of great things this weekend with the mystery rub, so I might be a little more confident rolling it out .

 

Oh I'm already justified on the larger one It's all just up front costs...

super interested in how this prices out... Gonna go out on a limb and say it'll be cheaper to DIY it all, but the convenience of a complete kit is enticing!

 

Found it, still want to price it out and compare, shipping might kill us. Did you see where it would ship from?

 

I did not. I'm going to keep checking back over the weekend and see what info gets posted.

 

I signed up also, if it’s close I can pick them up

 

I think the guy running it is from Missouri. The "Contact Us" page where the plans are purchased shows a Missouri address, too.

 

hmmmmm..... super curious to price. hard to even guess... $2k-$2.5k shipped?


please be <1k

 

I'm going to Nebraska in December... could detour

 

There are multiple posts throughout the subforum of people pegging the cost of parts (assuming you acquire/cut yourself) at around $1,500 or so.

The guy releasing the kits said they will be "shockingly affordable". I'm taking that with the grain of salt required when listening to someone trying to make a sale, but who knows how much he thinks the effort of buying/cutting steel is worth to people?

 

Is a anything actually close to you?

 

The kit will save a lot of material chasing down. But will compare. I would expect to be under 1K for materials.

 

Now I have another forum that’s probably going to end up costing me money. Hmmmmm wonder how much a Flo-Jet is?

 

Only if you need cows or stay away from the Zombies.