I'm bringing SEXY back!

bwram1 · Mar 17, 2017

The SEXY Bandera that is, the cooker that got this whole train a'rollin'. Unboxed this lovely creature...assembly on Sunday and seasoning likely on Monday evening after the RTV cures.

pjtexas1 · Mar 17, 2017

Best puzzle I've seen in a long time.

Stlsportster · Mar 17, 2017

It would look much better with some bolts to hold it together....

:bolt:

SmittyJonz · Mar 17, 2017

Get On with It.!

bwram1 · Mar 18, 2017

Bored at work, so thinking about stuff. Ordered 2 River Country 3" thermometers with 4" stems and 13/16" thread...will hafta bore a hole down low for the 2nd one.
Am contemplating a fire basket in case I wanna catch some Z's on a long brisket cook...the fire grate is 15 3/8 x 16...wondering if I should make it 14 x 12 x 6 or stick with the perceived OKJ standard 12 x 10 x 6...also if I should make some dividers for snake or just go regular minion top to bottom...

Any thoughts?

Big George's BBQ · Mar 18, 2017

Just do it Looking forward to your pics

SmittyJonz · Mar 18, 2017

bwram1 said:
Bored at work, so thinking about stuff. Ordered 2 River Country 3" thermometers with 4" stems and 13/16" thread...will hafta bore a hole down low for the 2nd one.
Am contemplating a fire basket in case I wanna catch some Z's on a long brisket cook...the fire grate is 15 3/8 x 16...wondering if I should make it 14 x 12 x 6 or stick with the perceived OKJ standard 12 x 10 x 6...also if I should make some dividers for snake or just go regular minion top to bottom...

Any thoughts?

I'd get it together n see - go biggest charcoal basket that would fit And be easy to take in and out. . A maze probally wouldn't get it hot enough - probally need more charcoal burning at once....but I dunno.

SmittyJonz · Mar 18, 2017

How about now?

Stlsportster · Mar 18, 2017

Did ya remember the bag-o-bolts?

bwram1 · Mar 18, 2017

Assembling the wheels n legs to the base...on the den floor. Wife was ok with it...she was less ok with it when the axle refused to hit the hole opposite me and I had her on the floor with a light in the hole to tell me left, right up n down! :mrgreen: Pics will be forthcoming...assembling some of the smaller components tonight and will stick the firebox to the cabinet tomorrow...since no one wants to come out at 11pm and help. Perhaps I need new friends?! :shock:

bwram1 · Mar 19, 2017

Got the base assembled, stack on the cabinet, handle on the fb lid, handle and damper on the fb door. Before you ask, Smitty, I don't know why I RTV'ed the stack...I just did! :mrgreen: Couldn't do a lot more...could have installed the rails for the cooking grate in the fb, but I am contemplating just sticking the bolts in the holes and RTV-ing them closed...no need for the rails if I don't intend to grill. The rails are 1" each at front and back...which means I can make my fire basket 2" wider without them. Basket will be 15x13x7 with...15x15x7 without.

Titch · Mar 19, 2017

Should have been done by now, fencing wire and duct tape.:becky:
seems your over complicating it mate.:laugh:

bwram1 · Mar 19, 2017

Nah...didn't get home from work til 10pm...firebox is a bit too heavy for me to hold while trying to get the bolts through the holes and the nuts on. Got my cousin coming tomorrow to help me wrap it up. Not in as big of a hurry like the spectators seem to be.

ModelMaker · Mar 19, 2017

It's not everyday we get to put together a new smoker without any of the financial crap involved.
Ed

Nuco59 · Mar 19, 2017

Many of those instruction sheets for smokers, storage buildings etc *strongly recommend* using 2 people. Some of it you can "MANage" by your self but mostly they know what they are talking about. Waiting for help is often best- then if something goes south, you can blame it on them :-D

pjtexas1 · Mar 19, 2017

All I can hear is Lauren Hill singing "killing me softly with his build".

SmittyJonz · Mar 19, 2017

I say use your auto floor jack and a board and get that firebox on. And put the dome lid in the recycle bin and get a flat lid.

bwram1 · Mar 19, 2017

SmittyJonz said:
I say use your auto floor jack and a board and get that firebox on.

I used redneck ingenuity to get the firebox on...I do own cinder blocks ya know!:mrgreen: It was getting the thing upright, on the base and the holes lined up that required a second set of hands.

Nuco59 · Mar 19, 2017

If you were older, it'd be Roberta Flack in your head singing that song...and better IMO

bwram1 · Mar 19, 2017

Done for now. Waiting on the thermometers I ordered and planning to order 2 more grates. Waiting for my buddy to get back in town to build a fire basket...he has all the FREE materials I need at his shop. RTV needs 24 hours to cure so I will be running my first fire tomorrow after I get home from work...7:30-ish.

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