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Welders: anyone ever make their own BBQ/smoker?

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Bryophyte

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Now that I've added a MIG welder to my shop (already have a gas setup), I want a project.

Has anyone here welded up their own BBQ/smoker? I've hit google but I haven't found plans or pictures yet that I like. Most of the ones I've found are just old steel drums that were cut up and mounted on a frame.

If you haven't built one, but own a really well designed one, would you mind posting photos? I don't mind designing it myself.

Cheers,
Bryophyte
 
do it Alton Brown style

i'll look for something online, he did a show about home made smokers a few years back
 
AB made one with clay pots, right? I'm really looking for a welding project. I want to have a grill large enough for my summer parties. The 22" Weber just doesn't cut it when you have a hundred people over.
 
 
Some primitive part of me wanted to cut metal with fire, so I took some welding classes a few years ago. I had the BEST teacher. 🙂
 
I don't have any plans, but the concept is very simple.

1) fire box off to the side with a means to control air flow. Other than this "valve" which could be nothing more than a sliding piece of metal it should relatively tight. This is where you make your fire/create smoke
2) oil drum/barrel cut in two.
3) A chimney with a means to control airflow.
4) Some kind of system of racks

That should be all you need. You could also make it a grill by adding grates. Cast iron or porcelin coated cast iron would be best. A way to read the temperature without opening it will come in VERY handy. The main goal is to keep everything free of big leaks as it's difficult to control temperature.
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
i found a post on this forum that says there are a lot of plans posted there

http://www.barbecuenews.com/fo...RCHIVE=true&FORUM_ID=7


these links have bunch of pictures you can get design ideas from , did find specific plans

http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=808226

http://usera.imagecave.com/poboyzbbq/smoker_mods_07/

http://www.austinnationalsmokers.com/content/six.htm

http://www.davissmokersandgril...estead.com/Grills.html

http://www.grillnsmoke.com/Page_1.php

http://www.pigroast.com/

http://www.peoriacustomcookers...ew/Backyard/index.html

http://www.tejassmokers.com/smoker.htm
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Awesome. I'll start looking through those links. It'll take awhile on this 16.8 dialup connection. 😱
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Now that I've added a MIG welder to my shop (already have a gas setup), I want a project.

Has anyone here welded up their own BBQ/smoker? I've hit google but I haven't found plans or pictures yet that I like. Most of the ones I've found are just old steel drums that were cut up and mounted on a frame.

If you haven't built one, but own a really well designed one, would you mind posting photos? I don't mind designing it myself.

Cheers,
Bryophyte
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..good idea. How bout a wood burning stove too?? I have a Lopi stove and it's real simple. made from welded plate steel. A new wood stove goes for nearly $1k now a days. I'll bet a welder could make one for a few hundred.
 
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