Reverse Flow Smoker 😬

[scottranda]

This popped up on my Facebook Marketplace as a reverse flow smoker for sale. 😬

Not sure what else to say, but... eek!

[texastweeter]

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[scottranda]

They look good to me (the pictures are there). But, these are a little different. I had to screenshot them off Facebook.

[texastweeter]

I see spotwelds on the door of the firebox. Is it all that way? How thick is the steel?

[scottranda]

Ahhh, I only uploaded 3 photos. No idea on the thickness. The builder didn’t give much info.

[HawkerXP]

Smoke stack over firebox. Not such a good idea I think.

[HawkerXP]

But I guess that is reverse flow….?

[Red Man]

More like no flow!

[tbob4]

Is the vent directly over the smoke box? I’ve never seen that before. I would be cautious about the welds as texastweeter pointed out. Three photos only showed up. I know why you wrote "eek"

[scottranda]

I only needed 3 photos to show the "eek" factor.

Advertised as "reverse flow". It’s only $995!

[mrteddyprincess]

I tried to look at the pics up close to see if there was any way that's reverse flow. If you look closely at the firebox, it does appear to be cut in two. It looks like where you build the fire is half as tall as the whole box on the end. There does look to be a place in the firebox where smoke/heat can enter the cooking chamber. We have no idea if there is a plate under the cooking area. The smoke could go into the cooking chamber and back out the top half of the box to the smoke stack. This is pure speculation on my part looking at the pics as best I could.

I wouldn't bother looking at it unless I knew what the cooking chamber looked like and also how thick the steel is.

[Ahumadora]

Looks like a great place for grease and ash to accumulate and block or start a chimney fire......

[texastweeter]

the smoker equivalent of a flue fire. Ahumadora Hope there is an access hatch to clean it out.

[texastweeter]

Smoke stack in correct location. Smoke exits firebox into cook chamber, Circulates under, up and over, then back into another chamber on the firebox and exits at the top.

[scottranda]

I guess maybe there’s another chamber above the firebox. I didn’t notice that. Never seen that design though.

[texastweeter]

but the legs look kinda spindly...must no be a very thick gauge material for body.

[Ahumadora]

Stay away from it.
As usual someone who has little experience tries to re invent the wheel with their new design.
Firebox looks to be 1/8" steel. Not a c.o.s. but a p.o.s smoker.
Anyone who spot welds a 1/8" thick firebox has no experience building pits.

[Sweaty Paul]

It’s efficient. Smoke goes straight up from the firebox and doesn’t have to travel all that way through the cooker.

[Beefchop]

I vote no. Spot welds on the part of the cooker that gets the hottest. Bad sign.