Hard to tell a lot from the pics. Ask for more better pics before driving out there. You want to see that the doors shut welll with no air gaps. Ask what guage steel it is made from.
Looks ok to me. Check for burn throughs, and make sure it seals up (the food chamber door). Except for that, if it looks good, buy it. If the steel gauge is 5/32" or thicker you're good.
You can tweak it later if you feel like it (and have a welder or knows someone who does).
Grill/Smoke/Roast = SnS Grills Kettle + SnS Deluxe Insert & Drip n' Griddle
Grill/Smoke/Roast = Hasty-Bake Gourmet Dual Finish with HB rotisserie and Grill Grates
Smoke = Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5"
Pizza = Blackstone Propane Pizza Oven (Stacy's, but she let's me use it sometimes)
Indoor Cooking = LG Studio 30" gas range
Camp Cooking = Coleman 2 burner white gas stove
Thermometer = FireBoard FBX2 with 2 ambient and 6 meat probes
Thermapen Mk IV = Light blue
Thermapen Mk IV = Black
PID Controller = Fireboard Drive + Auber 20 CFM Fan (FB gen 1 fan)
PID Controller = Fireboard Drive + Fireboard 20 CFM Fan (FB gen 2 fan)
Knives
Wusthof Classic Ikon set: 9" carving knive, 2X 8" Chef's Knife, 7" Santoku and three utility knives
Kamikoto Kuro set: 7" Santoku, 6.5" Nakiri, 5" Utility
Amazing Ribs Brazilian Steak knife set
Favorite wine = whatever is currently in the wine rack
Favorite beer = Sam Adams Boston Lager or Shiner Bock
Favorite whisky = Lagavulin Distiller's Edition 16 year old single malt
Best Cookbooks - Meathead's "The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling", Chris Lilly's "Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book", Aaron Franklin's "Franklin BBQ"
Cookbooks to check out - Raichlen's "Brisket Chronicles" and anything by Adam Perry Lang.
Current fanboy cookbook - "Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around the Levant"
The welds are solid, there is a bit of rust on the top of the fire box from expansion/contraction but it's fairly superficial - nothing a bit of brushing and a bit of hi temp paint couldn't fix.
The tank itself is probably a 100 gallon propane tank. It's around a quarter inch thick too, and the fire box is 1/4 inch plate.
It has a fixed plate in the middle of the tank, and a drain at the bottom near the fore box. Grates are stainless steel. The door is pretty tight and has a replaceable gasket too.
Now I just have to convince my wife (shouldn't be hard). And get a truck and trailer since my Tacoma is a bit too lifted to haul a trailer 🤦
Smokin-It 3D
Weber Kettle with an SNS
Masterbuilt kettle that I call the $30 wonder grill
Bullet by Bull Grills gasser
Anova WiFi sous vide machine
Thermoworks Thermapen and Chef Alarm
Glad to know it looks solid - I had spotted the drain as a pipe nipple hanging down near the firebox in one of the photos on Craigslist. Good luck getting the Mrs. convinced, and getting it home!
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