The original unit had been stripped of the exterior stainless and doors, and the compressor was gone... so all I had to do was chisel off the foam to reveal two really nice SS cabinets. That much was free.
I have the second interior shell in the back yard today, and am thinking of cutting it down to make a mini with 3 racks (eventually...some day maybee)
I built a exoskeleton out of angle iron and insulated everything with 2 inch rock wool.
I riveted in 8 pairs of angle iron rails and built the 24x24 racks. To get a reverse flow action going, I put the stack vent holes towards the bottom of the CC. The outer skin is aluminum.
I started down the path of wanting to make it a pellet burner, and decided to build the pellet system from scratch. Just a few pictures of that work to show I gave it a good try.
I ended up dropping the pellet drive motor/auger assembly, and it never worked right after that, so had to I built a quick and easy (and really light) gravity fed firebox to get it ready for a large event.
Since then, I have done a few large cooks around just over and under 200 lbs, and several more around 125, 100, 75 and 50 lbs.
The quickie firebox has lasted 6 years.
The firebox needs rebuilding so thats why I'm here. Planning to go thicker in some areas, since the original was 1/8 inch plate and a really thin stainless chute.















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