bvbull200's Gravity Fed Cabinet Smoker Build Thread - Under the Tutelage of Maner

$300,000in labor...they just showing off...lol plus when it rains its not like they can still grill all the water would run straight on to the burger...FAIL!

 

I’m sure it does nothin’ to eliminate the dreaded brisket stall either.

 

I mean that's neat and all but it's just a big holder for a commercial gas grill base. Turn that whole thing into a giant smoker and then were talking.

 

Exactly. I know a guy that could do it...

 

Now where do we get a Jet Engine that doesn't cost more than a Lamborghini????

 

You're in charge of sourcing. I'll be the marketing guy. Maner handles fab work and Zach takes the pictures.

 

We may need a HUGE webserver and bandwidth with Zach taking the pictures.

 

Fan Boys. Gotta have lotsa fan boys.

 

Im just a food tester.quality control

 

Can I have beer/whiskey too?

 

Giant smoker was my first thought as well, then my second thought was an airplane engine manufacturer would not want to have videos going viral of one of their engines belching out smoke! Not a good visual, marketing wise.

 

Great day again today. Not a ton of work, but Maner had the shop packed with TW members working on a front and rear end. He cooked a whole mess of food that was DAMN good, too. Brisket, pork shoulder, sausages, beans, taters, poppers...the works. On top of that, I had a very special helper with me today. My daughter, Stella, joined in and got her first welding lesson. She's 6 and was really excited about coming out. Went to bed early last night and everything.

Here we are packed up and read to head to Maner's:



We tackled the door handle for the cook chamber. Maner cut and bent it during the week, so it was pretty much ready to go. After getting it lined up, Stella started getting her instruction on what was about to go down:



Then we got to welding! She helped put on a few tack welds:




She was very proud of herself:



Here she is by her first weld!




She got a lesson on the bandsaw as well:






She then helped with the firebox door latch.




Her and I held the gun together and ran a pretty nice weld!




She went and asked Maner to come look at her weld. Maner looked at it and said, "Stella, it's beautiful. We don't need to buff that one down like we do with your daddy's."

As for progress pics, here is what was done today.

The handle on the cook chamber door:



A handle on the firebox side to help with manually pushing/pulling the smoker:



90* latch added to the top of the charcoal chute (still need to clean up that seam):




90* latch added to the firebox door:



My tie-down straps came in yesterday. Maner pointed me to a site where I could order the width/length/strength I needed. I was able to get a custom color, too! 2" straps in maroon to match the smoker!



Here are the proud workers after putting in an honest day.



A lot of fun. Stella had such a good time meeting Maner, Frank, and the rest of the guys. She ate some damn good brisket, gets to say she's welded, met and played with Buzz, and just enjoyed being out there. She was talking about it for about 5 minutes straight in the truck going home, then she crashed and slept the rest of the way .

Until next time!

 

Excellent work by the little one. That smile is infectious. I bet you one super proud papa. Pit is really shaping up.

 

awesome! Hope this doesnt happen...

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolls-Royce-511-8-Turbo-Jet-Engine/173663329804

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolls-Royc...noa=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1