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Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Jerry516Planes — Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:18 am

Author: Jerry516Planes

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:18 am

What a great project! Tons of great ideas and innovations.

Thanks for sharing.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:38 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:38 pm

I have cooked on her twice now. first time cooked a case of ribs and rib tips, about 24 - 36 chicken thighs, and some sausage. she hummed along at 245 deg.

Second time was last weekend. did a vending job and cooked 18 pork butts and some sausage. it got down to 34 degs that night with about a 10 MPH wind. again she just chugged along at 245 deg. used about 75 lbs of wood (50 lbs of apple & 25 lbs of Hickory).

I would say not bad. she gets to tme in about 30 - 35 min. I am very happy with how she cooks and the color of the meat.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:08 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:08 pm

Completed smoker.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:06 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:06 pm

stainless steel truck smoke stack. put handles on is so that I can rotate it so the wind doesn't blow down the stack cooling the smoker down and stagnating the smoke.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:35 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:35 pm

Latches for door. got them at Granger.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:34 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:34 pm

close up of cleaver. used a cut off wheel to cut a slot into the smoker then we welded the cleaver in place from the bottom.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:31 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:31 pm

Cleavers for door stops.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:29 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:29 pm

front mount for chain sytem

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:28 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:28 pm

rails for counter chain. just 2" flat stock and rebar.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:27 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:27 pm

counter wieght works!

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:26 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:26 pm

used a chain counter wieght system.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:25 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:25 pm

door mounted into place.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:23 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:23 pm

here is the middle shelf. there is a top shelf as well.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

Christo — Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:51 pm

Author: Christo

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:51 pm

I welded flat stock to the door to stiffen it up and to cover any gaps. The current plan is to put fire place door gasket around the door and us latches to seal the door. Yes there is a damper in the heat transfer tube. This is to help with heat control and because the plan is to build a vault smoker/oven above the wood stove. Since that unit would be smaller the damper in the heat transfer tube would allow me to isolate the large smoker from the vault when I just need to cook a small amount.

Re: 275 Gal. Oil Tank Smoker

smokinJim — Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:23 pm

Author: smokinJim

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:23 pm

Moving right along Chris. Are you planning on framing the door opening with angle iron as that will need to be stiffened up some. You will have no problem with the heat and smoke getting into the cook chamber with that tube. Are you putting a damper in the heat transfer tube to help with temperatures?