Barbeque grills & smokers

[1havnfun]

Here is a picture of the last one we did.

This is Big Red, it's a rotisary type with a grill on the back of the trailer

[Harvuskong]

It is just about the season for BBQ isn't it??

[nocheepgas]

Here's one we just finished. You can still have a chance at winning it if you hurry, the raffle is next Saturday. http://www.millerwelds.com/resources...ad.php?t=20921

[Harvuskong]

Anybody else got any ideas and etc for this subject??

[niels dh]

single weeks I ago made is 750 mm long two Bbq here single photographs 1 Bbq and am 1000mm long 500 mm broadly
2 the bbq and has been made 500 mm broadly it from steel plate of 3 mm


MVG niels

Belguim hobby welder

[garybdavis]

You did right when you cut most of the door out, let it cool and then finished cutting the tabs, but most doors will spring anyway. I used a plain old hydraulic press to reshape them until they were close. My pits have all been made from 1/4" plate. The thicker metal, the less it should spring, so 3/8" should be much better.

I hear rolled plate will not spring as bad as seemed pipe, but the only pits I've built were made from straight seemed pipe.

Once you'e pit has been cured in, the buildup on the inside will help seal up the doors, so if you can get to within 1/16th on the gaps you will be happy once the pit is seasoned.

Also, when you first start up the pit, the doors will leak pretty bad. But once the pit gets up to temperature, the air will not leak out the doors, but be drawn in. It will give folks the impression your doors don't leak and must have been welded by someone who knows what he's doing Get the gaps small enough and it won't affect the way she cooks.

[pipeline Dan]

BBQ pit

Those are real good looking pits guys, So of course I do have some questions for ya, I now have picked up some welding contracts and of course guys are starting to phone me about getting a pit built. My first pit (its now painted up) was 18" 5/16 wall spiral seamed pipe, when I cut the door out of it warped real bad, I got it back to where I was happy, and cut the hole in the doors for the temp gauge and it warped real bad again, so is it that its spiral
seemed pipe? is it cause I cut it with the torch? or is it cause its to thin of wall pipe? Keeping in mind that I layed out my doors cut them out with a torch
but kept 1" tabs on all 4 sides plus at each corner to help it while it cooled
then the next day I cut the tabs out and it still warped a bit but as I welded it it got real bad. I guess my concern is, my next pit is going to be made out of 30"x6' 3/8s wall pipe which will cost about $80 per foot. I think what I'll do is always buy straight seemed pipe or seemless from here on in but I thought
I'd ask for your input as well.

[fatfrank]

Here is a couple I built.

[HOTROD]

reply to garybdavis

That's excellent work I also like the rottissere idea for the trailer.Comes in handy I bet.

[garybdavis]

Here is an iteresting experiment I did with some ceramic insulation. Some folks use this for insulation in the firebox. They make a double wall with this stuff in between. I wanted to see how it stood up to the welding heat, so I placed a piece of it in this metal box that I had tacked together and then I welded up the seems with the insulation inside. The scond picture is of the insulation after I removed it after welding. Notice it didn't burn at all. The steel is 1/4" thick. and I cut the end off the box after welding it so I could see how well the corner welds penetrated.

I have yet to build another pit and haven't had a chance to use this to insulate a fire box, but when I build my next one, I'm going to use this stuff.

[garybdavis]

More pics....

[garybdavis]

More pics...

[garybdavis]

I built my first pit a few years ago. Just a cheap firepower cutting torch, and old MM35 and lots of grinding and blending. No brake or press. Here are some pics.

[Railmen]

Bbq

Here is one that I built for a guy that i worked with..............

all material come from scrap from building a new Ethanol Plant.

all 304SS

24x30x1/4" pipe to start, grill is made from SS tubing, legs 2" sch 40 308SS

wish i hade more pictures of the inside work where i made crossover tubes to light the other burners.

the guy in the picture is who i built it for.

it all started cause he goes up to the next door neibours cottage and the BBQ is always junk, old ones that other family members have replaced with new ones so old one go up there.

any ways there is a new BBQ for the cottage and should out last him and my years.

Railmen

[Leons2003]

Dan, I think we talked about this before, this 'un is 26"sch 40x5'. You need only enough room for the porker to rotate or if it's flat. Just low and slow.
First pic is of the pit, 2nd&3rd are from last weekend at the Texas Bowhunters blow out, now ya talk about cookin some pork, those rascals do it.
As far as odor from the propane tanks, we just remove all valving, plugs, etc. flush w/water and let it set for a while, maybe smell the Mercapatin(sic) but taint propane, cut away.
L*S