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Hi all,

New boy here, based in the great town that is Minehead.

Having been a keen BBQ'er for years and being a fan of 'low and slow' (only in the oven though) I have taken the plunge and decided to design and build my own Reverse Flow Offset Smoker:

30_inch_rf_smoker by julianbale2601, on Flickr


Should be up and running within a couple of weeks.

As I have taken a great deal of advice and info from our cousins across the pond and used their calculators, it is a metricated 30" long smoker and would be 20" in diameter if round. All constructed from 6mm plate, so should last a while!
I've even added a top lid to the firebox which will have a removeable grate that goes in its' place should I want to sear off a couple of steaks while the brisket slow cooks. I will try and get some pics during the build and post them.

I pretty much have my BBQ sauce sorted after 6 years of trials and my rub is fantastic (even though I say it myself). Once I get the 'bark' sorted in this smoker, I will be a very happy chappy.

Can't wait to get loads of help and feedback from this forum and hopefully impart some myself.

Happy cooking.

Ash

Hi Ash (pun?)

Impressed mate! would love to see some pics. You welding yourself or got someone doing it?

Got any drawings as I have a mate in engineering who manufactures gates so it would be right up his street to attempt one for me.

Hi, thanks for the reply and no pun intended (didn't even think about that!).

All welding/fabricating done by my own hand.

Have uploaded photos taken during the build and a video of a test smoke (with a piece of paper) to see how she would draw (and she did great).

WP_20150508_010 by Julian Bale, on Flickr

First coat of paint went on yesterday and she should be ready ready for the first cook this weekend, assuming the weather will be favourable.

Once I know it works ok, I should be able to sort some drawings.

Cheers

Hi Brian,

Out of interest, who is your mate? My main business is also making gates, hence having all the necessary gear.

Cheers

Ash

WP_20150508_008 by Julian Bale, on Flickr

WP_20150508_002 by Julian Bale, on Flickr

looks absolutely awesome!!!!!

well done!!!

Thanks, really pleased how it came out. Just hope it smokes as well as it looks!!

Hi Ash
my mate is paul from brightiron based in hetton co durham
he has done a number of jobs for me inc my gates

Just looked at their Facebook page, looks good and pretty much what I do!

Top job! Looks awesome.