New build 60x24!

[Chad Peterson]

What’s up ya’ll! Starting another build . I built a reverse flow last year using Dave’s calculations & it runs so damn good! I sold that one & I have a few guys that want them now so I’m going to build a traditional offset now to have plans on them aswell! Here are a couple pics of my reverse flow from last year…it was a 40x24. Also a pic of my new cylinder I picked up yesterday…I have my local shop roll it & I weld the seam together. It’s a 60x24

 

[clifish]

Looks nice, I like the rec tecs in the background. What year Jeep is in the garage?

 

[Chad Peterson]

Looks nice, I like the rec tecs in the background. What year Jeep is in the garage?

Yes sir! Recteq’s are great pellet rig…I have the new Lonestar pellet rig aswell . That’s actually a 65 c10 that we’re building! It’s now a quad cab

 

[Chad Peterson]

Lots of progress in the last couple days! Still not sure on what type of baffle/deflector I’m going to use…I’m thinking I’ll try it without anything but put a shelf for a water pan about 4” above the great level just over the FB/CC opening.

 

[culpepersmoke]

Really nice craftsmanship.

 

[Chad Peterson]

Really nice craftsmanship.

Thanks bud!!!

 

[Chad Peterson]

UPDATE!

Finished the build & finally settled in on the deflector/baffle…it’s something totally different but it works great!!! Runs outstanding & got the bottom grate within 2-3 degrees from left edge all the way to the right edge with no hot spots & no tuning plates. First meal on it tonight was salmon & it was very good…noticeable difference in smoke flavor from the reverse flow I built last year. I love that smoker aswell…Daveomak’s calcs are spot on!!!

 

[seenred]

That thing’s a beauty! Very nice build! I like those hinges on your main CC. I’ve got a RF build in progress, and I’m trying to decide whether to build or buy hinges…did you fab those, or did you buy them somewhere?

Red

 

[Chad Peterson]

Thanks Red! I had my buddy cut them out on his CNC plasma…along with the other brackets aswell. Saves a lot of time lol! I’m actually looking into one myself…we’ll see . This smoker runs very good! My reverse flow did aswell…really appreciate Dave’s input & time on this forum. His calculations are awesome

 

[seenred]

Thanks Red! I had my buddy cut them out on his CNC plasma…along with the other brackets aswell. Saves a lot of time lol! I’m actually looking into one myself…we’ll see . This smoker runs very good! My reverse flow did aswell…really appreciate Dave’s input & time on this forum. His calculations are awesome

Yeah, it’d be nice to have access to a CNC plasma table. I don’t have either the room in my shop, nor the room in my budget lol! I’ll have to either fab something by hand or find an affordable weldable hinge I can buy

Red

 

[Chad Peterson]

Yeah, it’d be nice to have access to a CNC plasma table. I don’t have either the room in my shop, nor the room in my budget lol! I’ll have to either fab something by hand or find an affordable weldable hinge I can buy

Red

I hear ya bud! I’m fortunate that I have a lot of friends in the fab business . Is your build thread on here?

 

[seenred]

I hear ya bud! I’m fortunate that I have a lot of friends in the fab business . Is your build thread on here?

Lucky…the only friends I have are always borrowing my stuff! Maybe I need better friends Lol!

Haven’t started a build thread here yet…thought I’d get a little farther along with it first. Are you a member over at Smokerbuilder forums? You can see my progress over there if you are.

Red

 

[Chad Peterson]

Lucky…the only friends I have are always borrowing my stuff! Maybe I need better friends Lol!

Haven’t started a build thread here yet…thought I’d get a little farther along with it first. Are you a member over at Smokerbuilder forums? You can see my progress over there if you are.

Red

Lol! Yeah I am I’ll go check it out

 

[bauchjw]

Amazing craftsmanship!

 

[Chad Peterson]

Amazing craftsmanship!

Thanks brutha!

 

[mcokevin]

Very nice beads! That looks great, and built like a brick shithouse. Love a BBQ pit that can double as a fallout shelter

 

[Chad Peterson]

Very nice beads! That looks great, and built like a brick shithouse. Love a BBQ pit that can double as a fallout shelter

Ha ha ha! Thanks for the good words man, runs very good aswell!

 

[trlbl]

Nice work, that is man size bling right there! What did you end up doing for a baffle?

 

[Chad Peterson]

Lol, thanks! I ended up settling on this set up to push the smoke/heat straight up out of the throat into my water pan shelf…then it enters the chamber settling down & accross. Works really good but rather than a hot spot on the bottom right, it created a cold spot as I figured it would lol! Thinking ahead I welded tabs in to mount this baffle…so I took it out & cut a rectangle opening in it to let some heat through the baffle aswell as going up. It resulted in a very even bottom rack all the way accross…love it. Ofcoarse the upper rack is hotter to no surprise, but I like that! So here’s what it looks like but now I have a 2.5” x 15” opening cut out of it .

 

[G8trwood]

Nice looking welds!