Vertical Smoker Build COMPLETED!!...and welding cart 3.095674

[Dan Deter]

Next question...will the welding cart ever be truly finished?

[Jerod Broussard]

Maybe by next Sunday I'll be done with it. I need to install the drawer and finish the bottom of the back end.

[Jerod Broussard]

OK, NEXT weekend, maybe.

[Dan Deter]

LOL

[Old Glory]

Great build! Can't wait to see her rollin' smoke!

[Smoke n Beers]

I am in awe! Great build! Fire it up and let's see what it can do. Can't wait to see the pics.

[texastweeter]

You should paint it maroon and white...

[Draznnl]

I’m not from down there, texastweeter Jerod Broussard barelfly , so I may be wrong about this, but I thought Texans say “Hook ‘em” and do something silly with their fingers. Vas is dis “gig ‘em” shtuff?

[barelfly]

Maroon is like boomer sooner!

Hook’ ‘em horns! haha.. I have no skin in the game, although my son will be wearing that Texas orange next year, going to UTPB…

[Oak Smoke]

Texas is a very divided state when it comes to college sports. My daughter and son in law are Aggies with all the traditions that go with that school. If I remember right last night was muster. Groups of A&M alum gather together and read all the names of the Aggies who lost their lives serving our country. That’s just one of the traditions that make me so proud of them. I’m a born Texan, but I bleed crimson and cream, Boomer Sooner. Both of these schools have an intense rivalry with UT

[Jerod Broussard]

Grates. I'll need them for this as a warming oven. Just large enough to hold a pan.

[Draznnl]

Great job Pitmaker. It was fun watching along as you built this baby. Thanks for sharing.

[Jerod Broussard]

No problem. Can't imagine filming, not my cup of tea.

[Dewesq55]

Great job, Jerrod. Can't wait to see it cooking.

[klflowers]

Beautiful work

[Porkies]

Nice work! I bet it's also a bit of a relief to complete it all. Enjoyed watching the progress.

[Jerod Broussard]

Major relief. I was more rushed than I wanted because of this cook, but I really needed it.

[Jerod Broussard]

Initial "cooks" upgrades.

Burning chunks get the deflector plate hotter than I prefer. Chunk holders were unstable, not the least bit stable. I cut slits in the newly installed lower deflector (2, 1/8" plates welded together) for smoke to pass thru. I also need to add small divertors on the edges (meant to do that and forgot) so the grease doesn't drip RIGHT ON THE EDGE of the pans.

[barelfly]

Love that you are making the fine tune adjustments as you cook. How cool is this!

[Jerod Broussard]

Got my tabs welded on the corners so less grease drips off the edges of the two side water pans. Those two pans receive everything off the deflector plate.



Better set up to get all the excess grease off the water pans. Outside stainless sink. Two pots of boiling water and DONE.

No, the high tech drainage system was not included with purchase.

[texastweeter]

Redneck engineering at its finest

[Jerod Broussard]

Dan Deter Side rails installed. Still to cut out EVERYTHING that makes up the drawer. 14 gauge so it won't be that bad.

[Dan Deter]

Getting drawer slides installed right is one of the banes of my existence. Looking good so far!

[Jerod Broussard]

Dan Deter yeah, these are kinda tight the last bit in, but if that keeps this sucker closed, so be it.

Floor and back wall tomorrow, maybe.

[Jerod Broussard]

Dan Deter Welding Cart done.

[realdocBBQ]

Very nice, man. We need to build one, too, but the little cheapie we have now will have to do the trick, for a while, at least.

[Jerod Broussard]

Yeah, my cheapy holds my scrap metal. I think it would collapse if I attempted to move it.