Another Smoker/BBQ

[gizzardgutz]

This is a BBQ/Smoker I'm building for a neighbor. He has an old Shorthood and several pieces of large used oilfield pipe, so I'm in the process of teaching him to weld. It's been a slow process because the gastank is coming apart from the inside and the carb stays dirty!

[gizzardgutz]

I couldn't figure out how to explain between photos, so we'll do it this way. The first photo is jack stands I built to handle large dia. pipe. The BBQ side is 22" dia. x 54"long and the fire box is 19" dia. x 36" long. The flat plate on top of the fire box is 1/2" as is the end plate between the fire box and BBQ. There is a baffle with a swedge cut out of the top 3" from the endplate (or separator?) and the same swedge is cut in the 1/2" endplate at the bottom. That way the smoke has to make a serious "bend" to enter the BBQ/Smoker side w/o letting in a lot of the heat. He wanted a "Western Theme", so the door on the fire box and the door on the end of the BBQ/Smoker have six pointed US Marshall star, the handles on the BBQ doors are horse shoes w/axe handles (hickory) and the hinges are some rough spurs made of 1/4" plate. When it's finished there will be more of the western theme, but I'll not give it away yet. The bottom of the fire box and BBQ/Smoker also have a sliding air vent built into them as this is the key to controlling heat, smoke,etc. There is still a long way to go before it is finished, it's awful heavy, so we will mount it on a tandem axle trailer. He wants an awning built over the top of the trailer and coolers, etc. built in too. So you can see this is just a good start. Hope you like it, I've liked most of what I've seen here, so thought I'd throw in a bone of my own!

[Oldtimer]

That is quite a rig and you certainly achieved the western look. The spur hinges are great as are the horseshoe handles.

[fluffy]

awesome job... could you go into more detail about the spurs? I am thinking of making a smoker soon and those would fit the bill perfectly.

Thanks!
Fluffy

[lugweld]

Gizz,

That is probably more folk art than anything. But the best thing about it is that it looks like it will actually work. Is that thing going to fit into a portable BBQ shack?

[Magnetic Mechanic]

Maximum awesomeness!

[Graydevil]

Build me one to while your at it..lol thats to cool..

[neat-o]

Very Cool. I will be stealing many ideas from you.

[gizzardgutz]

Thanks for the flowers guys..you too Fluffy??

Lugweld, Folk Art is kinda' pushin' the envelope idn't it? Anyway, it will work as I have built seveeral of these, just not as elaborate. They work very well. I guess you could call it a portable BBQ shack, if you wanted to, a party barge...

Fluffy, I don't really know how to go into detail about the spurs. They are cut from 1/4" mild steel plate. Heated and shaped around a piece of 2 3/8" pipe, polished a little with a flap disc...requires patience is all. We used to make real spurs as govt. jobs at a local jobsite here from stainless, they weren't as heavy duty as these are tho, as they didn't have a lot of weight to support. These do, hence the 1/4" plate.