dwfisk
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First, thanks to ShencoSmoke for his recent thread regarding design of a dedicated hog cooker based on a concrete block pit.
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201653
Based on the discussion Brethren kpq inquired if we could put something together for him with a couple of personal touches. He also wants to cook 1/2 chickens so he wanted a smaller grid spacing than ShencoSmoke was considering and he specifically wanted to fit a case of 40 chicken halves (20 birds) at a time. Here is what we came up with:
Double rotating cooking grates 36 inches X 60 inches (1 inch angle) sitting in a 34 inch X 62 inch (ID) frame (2 inch angle). The cooking grates are a larger size 1-1/2 inch X 3 inch, 9 gauge expanded metal (most folks are familiar with the 3/4 inch X 1-1/2 inch expanded metal used on a lot of cookers). This will sit on a concrete block pit (just shown here on saw horses).
Fabricated removable lifting handles that serve double duty as locking pins out of 1/2 rod with spring handles, one in each corner that insert into 3/4 inch X 0.120 wall DOM tubing welded into the frame. Also shown are the bolts used to clamp the two cooking grates together to sandwich the meat.
Super simple self centering pivot point, just a couple pieces of angle . The lower grate has a 3/4 inch axle for the pivot. You can load the grate with meat on a prep table, added to upper grate to sandwich the meat then lift in place with using the handles.
To flip, just remove the handles/locking pins from one side and rotate with the handles on the other side.
The double grates clamped together weigh about 30 pounds. Started seasoning the grates with cooking oil and the weed burner today and will deliver to kpq on Friday. Hope to see some chickens cooking soon.
Thanks for looking.
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201653
Based on the discussion Brethren kpq inquired if we could put something together for him with a couple of personal touches. He also wants to cook 1/2 chickens so he wanted a smaller grid spacing than ShencoSmoke was considering and he specifically wanted to fit a case of 40 chicken halves (20 birds) at a time. Here is what we came up with:
Double rotating cooking grates 36 inches X 60 inches (1 inch angle) sitting in a 34 inch X 62 inch (ID) frame (2 inch angle). The cooking grates are a larger size 1-1/2 inch X 3 inch, 9 gauge expanded metal (most folks are familiar with the 3/4 inch X 1-1/2 inch expanded metal used on a lot of cookers). This will sit on a concrete block pit (just shown here on saw horses).
Fabricated removable lifting handles that serve double duty as locking pins out of 1/2 rod with spring handles, one in each corner that insert into 3/4 inch X 0.120 wall DOM tubing welded into the frame. Also shown are the bolts used to clamp the two cooking grates together to sandwich the meat.
Super simple self centering pivot point, just a couple pieces of angle . The lower grate has a 3/4 inch axle for the pivot. You can load the grate with meat on a prep table, added to upper grate to sandwich the meat then lift in place with using the handles.
To flip, just remove the handles/locking pins from one side and rotate with the handles on the other side.
The double grates clamped together weigh about 30 pounds. Started seasoning the grates with cooking oil and the weed burner today and will deliver to kpq on Friday. Hope to see some chickens cooking soon.
Thanks for looking.
