Charcoal Maker

[Chuck_050382]

I have pictures of my smoker build on my BBQ teams Web Site.

www.CastandQue.com

Chuck

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Probably so, The 2" oil field pipe I used is holding up, so I will be making some supports out of more of it....

[Chuck_050382]

Black pipe hasn't held up to support a load in a fire in my use.

I used it to support my charcoal maker and have 2 nice curved pipes now.

here you can see how there were to begin with.


edit: here is a link to more info on the charcoal maker http:...

[Chuck_050382]

Here is a smoker I built last winter/spring.



Its an old fuel oil tank, with a reverse flow design. I will try to help if you have any questions.

Check out http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/ they have a cooker section that has a lot of really neat b...

[Chuck_050382]

If you can get it wo seal with some latches, I wouldn't try to bend it a lot.

I think the Metal Doctor was on to something as well. The pit will grow while in use. My smoker leaks some as it comes up to temp, but once it all gets hot it doesn't leak enough that I am going to worry...

[Chuck_050382]

is the gap so big that some latches won't hold it down enough to seal?

[Chuck_050382]

here are some ideas from a bbq board.
these aren't my pits , just thing i have seen others do.





Hope this helps.

You can check out pictures of my smoker build by going to my BBQ site.

http://www.castandque.com...

[Chuck_050382]

Thanks for all the responses.

It was a really neat project.

Hopefully the barrel last for a while. I plan on making a lot of charcoal.

I spent yesterday cutting wood.

[Chuck_050382]

just lay what ever you want to cook on the top.

It will be done fast.

couldn't hardly get close to it while it was going.

the goal is to use scrap/trashy would in the bottom to cook good wood into charcoal.

I am going to cook up another batch...

[Chuck_050382]

here is the finished product.




More information about making charcoal with this method can be found at
http://64.176.180.203/charcoalretort.htm

A video of the charcoal maker in action can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krZfXKiR...

[Chuck_050382]

and here is the first burn after the wood started out gassing.



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here is the wood loaded in the barrel

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here is the assembled charcoal maker.


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[Chuck_050382]

I have built a charcoal maker so I can make my own charcoal to use in my smoker that i am building.

It is actually a Charcoal Retort.

here are some pictures of the charcoal maker and the first batch.




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[Chuck_050382]

your ship is awesome. I would love to have something like that.