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    Questions on air/smoke flow for a build...

    Thanks for the replies. I believe one of my questions was misunderstood. As for the CFM question.... I was trying to find out if there was a set reduction in CFM required for proper smoke flow on a smoker. 1. Firebox to Walls 2. Walls to Cooking Chamber 3. Cooking Chamber to Chimney 4...
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    Questions on air/smoke flow for a build...

    Any ideas? Dumb questions? Wrong forum? /tap /tap This thing on? Haha.
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    Questions on air/smoke flow for a build...

    So I completed my first build of a smoker. Works great. I don't see any issues with its airflow so far. Now I'm working on plans for a bigger smoker. Something about the size of a Backwoods Competitor. Here are my questions: I would assume the CFM should slowly decrease throughout the smoker...
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    Quick question please.

    Thanks. I think most of my weight issue came from using random gauge metal that I could get for a good price from a local machine shop. Some of it was rather thick but they were "drops" that were cheap.
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    Quick question please.

    Thank you! I thought qview were the pics I was posting on this thread. Is Qview something else? I searched the forums and qviews are just pics of people's food they cooked and they were in random forums.
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    Quick question please.

    Well the maiden voyage went very well! The party was very satisfied. I cooked one fat side up and 1 fat side down to observe the differences on my own. There were 8 people at the party and 5 said fat side down was better and 3 said fat side up.
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    Quick question please.

    Weighing in at 210lbs.... El Guapo! Heavier than I wanted but it's still awesome! Also needs some touch up paint but no big deal. It's home and I'm seasoning it right now!
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    Help finding grates please.

    Thanks again. I'm just going to the machine shop near my work. I can get them for free. :)
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    Quick question please.

    I made end caps... or pans... 1/2 inch deep and sunk them in to the frame by a 1/4 inch. Then put 1 inch insulation in the cap. Then I sheeted over the insulation. You can kind of see that a few pics up..the end caps that is.  I used some rigid foil back insulation. It all came together rather...
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    Quick question please.

    Ok... should be done with this beast tomorrow!
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