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<title>Building a new Smoke Pit!, Chef Bob Ballantyne, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA</title>
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<p>The time came that it had to be done! The scraps and pieces laying
about..... a perfectly good welder with some time... and the dream would reshape
the iron into something WONDERFUL!</p>
<p>A picture abstract of a bbally design!</p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/xpandedmtl.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/8inchpipe.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/24inchpipe.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/cookeriron.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/metalsheet.jpg" width="336" height="445"></p>
<p>The first weld seam.... when the arc comes to the metal the beast that was
laying in pieces starts to take shape!</p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/metalend.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/24inchweld.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/heatplate.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/infirebox.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>Slowly it becomes recognized as something to put fire to food!</p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/firebox.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rack2.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rackpulled.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/racks.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/distanceview.jpg" width="336" height="445"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rawcooker.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
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<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rawstack.jpg" width="336" height="445"></p>
<p>Stay tuned in..... she leaves for the powder coater next week and I begin the
trailer she will rest on... complete with dutch oven clam shell and all the
trimmings!</p>
<p>'til we talk again, do a project the temperature is perfect!<br>
Chef Bob Ballantyne<br>
The Cowboy and The Rose Catering<br>
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA</p></body></html>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<title>Building a new Smoke Pit!, Chef Bob Ballantyne, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA</title>
</head><body>
<p>The time came that it had to be done! The scraps and pieces laying
about..... a perfectly good welder with some time... and the dream would reshape
the iron into something WONDERFUL!</p>
<p>A picture abstract of a bbally design!</p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/xpandedmtl.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/8inchpipe.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/24inchpipe.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/cookeriron.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/metalsheet.jpg" width="336" height="445"></p>
<p>The first weld seam.... when the arc comes to the metal the beast that was
laying in pieces starts to take shape!</p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/metalend.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/24inchweld.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/heatplate.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/infirebox.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>Slowly it becomes recognized as something to put fire to food!</p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/firebox.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rack2.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rackpulled.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/racks.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/distanceview.jpg" width="336" height="445"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rawcooker.jpg" width="445" height="336"></p>
<p>
<img src="http://www.prochefblog.com/public_pics/cooker/rawstack.jpg" width="336" height="445"></p>
<p>Stay tuned in..... she leaves for the powder coater next week and I begin the
trailer she will rest on... complete with dutch oven clam shell and all the
trimmings!</p>
<p>'til we talk again, do a project the temperature is perfect!<br>
Chef Bob Ballantyne<br>
The Cowboy and The Rose Catering<br>
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA</p></body></html>
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