Appreciate the comments. I agree that it will not be an efficient smoker and will consume more fuel than I would like. I did take the advice of Mr. Bones and ran a couple of practice smokes just focused on fire management. The first lesson was that a moisture meter is your best friend as the "seasoned" wood that I was sold turned out to be less than advertised. Having appropriate wood certainly helps. I also found that with the correct wood I was able to get up to temp quicker and it held for a reasonable time. The temps front to back and side to side were within 5 degrees which I view as a positive. I am thinking the pipes coming up from the bottom may be for water pans --- any reason why I should not pursue that theory? This is truly more difficult than my MES but rewarding. Again --appreciate the comments.
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That beast looks scary & bad ass at the same time! Do you think that you can run a fan with it? Looks like it might need help getting enough oxygen.Last edited by kenrobin; July 3, 2020, 02:07 PM.Comment
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That looks more like abstract art than a smoker - its a face when seen from the front, and maybe an octopus from the back! It certainly wasn't designed with smoker efficiency in mind.
If you can put a water pan over the exhaust of the lower pipes, feel free - but most offset cookers don't use water pans. That's more of a bullet smoker or vertical charcoal smoker thing.
Hope you get it all worked out, and enjoy cooking on it.Comment
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If the temps are running even, and smoke is going from the firebox to the barrel....
Let ER rip!Comment
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That thing should be named The Octopusâ„¢
Seriously, cut that crap up and remount the firebox like Ahumadora says.
Or find a Flux Capacitor on Craig’s list, plug it in and travel to the future 😄Comment
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Wow, if H R Giger did smokers...Comment
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