- Feb 13, 2022
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Hey SMFers,
After first speaking with Craig at Bell Fab back in October, I got a call from him a couple of weeks ago to go over the build (24"x48" patio with 4 wagon wheels, 3/8" thick all the way around) and late last week I got the word that he's done with construction and will be arranging shipping from OK to NJ soon. Having learned on a WSM for the last couple years, I'm excited to join the ranks of offset owners, and have to give special thanks to y'all at SMF for cluing me in to Bell Fabrications. I've passively absorbed so much information in the research phase by reading your posts from the last few years and am grateful for the depth of knowledge you all have shared. That all said, I still have a couple of questions that I hope you might be willing to chime in on. If you don't want to keep reading this diatribe, just keep scrollin' for a few pics of the build. Thanks in advance!
After first speaking with Craig at Bell Fab back in October, I got a call from him a couple of weeks ago to go over the build (24"x48" patio with 4 wagon wheels, 3/8" thick all the way around) and late last week I got the word that he's done with construction and will be arranging shipping from OK to NJ soon. Having learned on a WSM for the last couple years, I'm excited to join the ranks of offset owners, and have to give special thanks to y'all at SMF for cluing me in to Bell Fabrications. I've passively absorbed so much information in the research phase by reading your posts from the last few years and am grateful for the depth of knowledge you all have shared. That all said, I still have a couple of questions that I hope you might be willing to chime in on. If you don't want to keep reading this diatribe, just keep scrollin' for a few pics of the build. Thanks in advance!
- For those of you who have received your smoker shipped terminal to terminal - what do you think the best way is for me to get this behemoth back to my house? I don't have a trailer/truck with a tow hitch, so I'd probably be looking to rent a truck from UHaul - would it be necessary to get one with a hydraulic lift gate, or would the ramp take the load? I'd be curious to know how others have gotten their smokers from the shipper to their house. It's all paved where I am so I wouldn't be dealing with any questionable terrain.
- For general offset smoker use and maintenance, I'd be looking to pick up a few tools, including a galvanized ash bucket, a maul or kindling cracker for cutting splits down to size, and some kind of shovel/ash rake to move coals around and get ashes out of the dump. Anything else you've found particularly handy to have around? I've already got tongs, gloves, probes, and stuff you would imagine having around running a WSM, so I'm trying to think of anything I might want that would be specific for running an offset.
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