First time poster but I gained a lot of great information from the board and figured I’d try to give back to the knowledge base. I also scoured the web looking for similar builds with little luck, so maybe this may help someone else in their journey.
Onto the build which as of writing is complete. The goal was primarily a grill that could also work as a halfway decent smoker (full disclosure - I haven’t smoked on it yet so it could be a bust). The build is pretty typical of what most folks are doing for smoker fabrication but with the addition of a direct propane heat source. All parts of the build were fabricated minus the propane valves / venturis.
Started with a 50 gal air compressor tank:
Greasable bullet hinges:
Bending the flanges:
And the easy part done:
Onto the build which as of writing is complete. The goal was primarily a grill that could also work as a halfway decent smoker (full disclosure - I haven’t smoked on it yet so it could be a bust). The build is pretty typical of what most folks are doing for smoker fabrication but with the addition of a direct propane heat source. All parts of the build were fabricated minus the propane valves / venturis.
Started with a 50 gal air compressor tank:
Greasable bullet hinges:
Bending the flanges:
And the easy part done: