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    Hello from the SC low country..

    Welcome, good to see another guy from the SC low country. Im in Hilton Head
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    Need advice before I start buying the wrong stuff...

    Good ideas, that would be funny to use it as an icechest. You could tell people youre having a keg party- but they'll be surprised when you just open the keg and get cans of beer out of it. Sweet
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    Need advice before I start buying the wrong stuff...

    Well Im glad I found this site before i went off and did it on my own like I usually do with my random projects. I guess Ill look at some fireboxes and do some pricing, and also try to find something I could make my own firebox out of too. I guess Ill scrap the keg idea, I would only get like...
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    Need advice before I start buying the wrong stuff...

    Honestly I just want the keg cause it would look cool and be different, and thats what Im all about. 2 of my friends have the smoker grilles with the fireboxes and I just want to blow them out of the water cause they think they are world class smokers... I cant turn it back in cause Ive had it...
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    Need advice before I start buying the wrong stuff...

    I dont even know if the aluminum would hold up to the heat. How much do those Char-grill fireboxes cost???
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    Need advice before I start buying the wrong stuff...

    I had another idea- I could stand the keg up vertically, and build a stand so the top of it sits just below the level of the lid, then I could attach it easily with a little duct. Before I was thinking of having to make a 90 deg chimney deal and that is too much work. This way I could cut a big...
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    Need advice before I start buying the wrong stuff...

    I just signed up and Ive been doing a lot of reading, but since mines gonna be a little more custom I wanted to get your opinions before I waste money on the wrong stuff. Heres what Im working with- just a regular Kingsford charcoal grill Ive had for 6 months, and for the firebox- an old keg...
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    New guy from South Carolina

    I just have a Kingsford- I picked it up for $50 brand new cause it was the floor model- already assembled too. The keg next to it is what I was planning on using for a firebox. I have been welding for a long time so I can make a stand for it and I have the tools to cut it. Im just wondering...
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    New guy from South Carolina

    Thanks everybody, I was thinking about taking that 5-day course I guess Ill try it out
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    Please Tell Me About Your Backyard Offset.

    Im about to build mine after I lurk around here for a little longer to get some advice so Ill get some pics of it up soon
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    Char-Griller Smokin Pro with firebox- Mods

    Im glad I checked out this thread there was a lot of good info and some of those links helped a lot
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    New guy from South Carolina

    My names Jason and I just signed up here to get some help from the experts. Im 22 and Im a GM mechanic in Hilton Head, SC. Ive been grilling for a long time and I want to get into smoking now. Down here we do a lot of ribs and boston butts, my friends and I are pretty good at it but I think it...
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