500 gallon offset build- The birth of "Hoss"

[ShencoSmoke]

^^^^i hope to give it to him one day, if it makes it that long this will be a really cool picture!

 

[Timmy Mac]

Very nice!! Time to get a hog in there!:becky:

 

[ShencoSmoke]

Early results are incredible. Thin blue right off the bat, fire is clean. I'm setting up the thermos across the grates now but it was at 250 in the center in less than 30 min.

 

[ShencoSmoke]

Ok temps are good across the grate, but I'm having some weld failures on the corner of the firebox. The outside of the box is hotter than I thought it would be, I guess from heat Transfer from the end of the FB, which isn't insulated

Paul-I welded your light boxes on the outside of the firebox in an area that is lower then the bottom of the box, thinking that they would not get hot, thinking that was a mistake at this point . I can hold my hand on the boxes for 5-6 seconds before it gets too hot. Will this melt the plastic on the light components? I'm fearing I already know the answer.

 

[landarc]

She's a beauty, and the good thing is you can weld, so those bits and pieces can be addressed. Hopefully the light boxes don't melt.

250F that fast is nice

 

[SmittyJonz]

^^^^i hope to give it to him one day, if it makes it that long this will be a really cool picture!

Make him wear the same shirt and do same pose. :mrgreen:

 

[bbqwizard]

op2: I like this show! Very exciting to watch:grin:

 

[Fwismoker]

^^^^i hope to give it to him one day, if it makes it that long this will be a really cool picture!

It depends on who made the welds! :wink: LOL, kidding of course. I'm passed impressed with the work you've done shenco. That monster should last a long long long time if you take care of it which there is no doubt you will.


Speaking of welding i should practice more lol

 

[ShencoSmoke]

You knew this was coming.....

 

[ShencoSmoke]

 

[Bob in St. Louis]

MMmmm pron....already......mmmm.....

 

[tgstrang]

Awesome build brother!

 

[Blownmope]

Is the exhaust just welded to the end of the tank or is there a box or anything inside?

Thanks! nice build btw, I am planning a 500 gallon build right now.

 

[ShencoSmoke]

Is the exhaust just welded to the end of the tank or is there a box or anything inside?

Thanks! nice build btw, I am planning a 500 gallon build right now.

I used water pipe flanges to make the exhaust removable, I think there are pics a few pages back

 

[ShencoSmoke]

250 wings for the game tonight, why not?

 

[Blownmope]

I used water pipe flanges to make the exhaust removable, I think there are pics a few pages back

I saw that, very cool. How about where it meets the tank its self?

 

[ShencoSmoke]

I saw that, very cool. How about where it meets the tank its self?

we cut the pipe at a 45 and made an elbow. I then cut a hole in the tank and slid the elbow in, marked the inside and cut it off flush. so there is no box like a jambo or franklin, just a simple elbow welded to the tank. teh main reason we did it like this was to keep it simple, but we also didnt have much room in the front with the very short tongue.

 

[aawa]

My cod that is a thing of beauty. Great lookin cooker!

 

[Fwismoker]

250 wings for the game tonight, why not?View attachment 116135

Too bad the game didn't go as good as most of us hoped it would and the wings turned out much better.

 

[Chuck_NE]

Found some time to get back to work. Got the FB insulated and the outer skin is now on. Next step is some hard welds connecting the tank to the FB. Then on to the exhaust stackView attachment 114724

What did you end up using for insulation?