For the past couple of years Ive been Q'ing on a CG duo, and I absolutely love it I cant say enough about how much I like having gas and Q on one set of wheels....Ive almost totally given up on charcoal and lately Ive been getting amazing ribs using only cherry logs in the fire box....
The bottom of both sides are starting to fall apart due to rust....I can still make it through the summer but Im afraid I wont be so lucky for next year...Its time to build something sturdy and more durable.....
Through web searches I found pics of Zeeker's Fatman and this forum....That pit set my brain off....Id like to build a pit with a similar firebox and cooking grates, but longer.....And still with 2 personalities
Specifically a 150 gallon propane tank....Inside the tank would be a "bulkhead" which would divide the pit into a gas side and a Q side...Reverse flow, stickburner, 2 grates, and grease drain on the Q end....And a 3 or 4 burner gas side (possibly with a side burner similar to the Duo) with grease drain....
Some rough dimensions and first thoughts:
150 gallon tank of 1/4" steel is 84"x24" (12" domes create a 60" center section)
On the Q end: 30" cooking grates 4" over a 30" plate, 6" gap between the end of the plate and the bulkhead (for reverse flow)
Firebox similar to Fatman (I like that half the firebox is within the cooking chamber, thus conserving more heat than if it was totally outside)
On the gas end, burners arranged similar to the Duo (infact Ill be saving the grates from the Duo to use here)
Large wheels under the firebox end, smaller wheels on the lighter end. This will be a backyard baby, not a tow wagon....
I have a rough sketch on paper, once I get it done in autocad Ill post it here...
Some questions right off the top are about the firebox and the stack....Dimensions....I think Im close to Fatman dimension, but I cant find them. The main cooking chamber will be roughly 24"x 48", divided of course by the reverse flow plate and part of the firebox.....Im kind of thinking a firebox around 24x24x24 or 24x24x18?? I see Zeeker used a 4" stack 31" tall, but Im not clear on how thats measured...Will that size of box and stack work here?
I gotta run for now....I hope my words made some sense, Ill try to have a sketch up soon to make my ideas more clear...Lookin for any input I can get...Thanx guys!!
The bottom of both sides are starting to fall apart due to rust....I can still make it through the summer but Im afraid I wont be so lucky for next year...Its time to build something sturdy and more durable.....
Through web searches I found pics of Zeeker's Fatman and this forum....That pit set my brain off....Id like to build a pit with a similar firebox and cooking grates, but longer.....And still with 2 personalities
Specifically a 150 gallon propane tank....Inside the tank would be a "bulkhead" which would divide the pit into a gas side and a Q side...Reverse flow, stickburner, 2 grates, and grease drain on the Q end....And a 3 or 4 burner gas side (possibly with a side burner similar to the Duo) with grease drain....
Some rough dimensions and first thoughts:
150 gallon tank of 1/4" steel is 84"x24" (12" domes create a 60" center section)
On the Q end: 30" cooking grates 4" over a 30" plate, 6" gap between the end of the plate and the bulkhead (for reverse flow)
Firebox similar to Fatman (I like that half the firebox is within the cooking chamber, thus conserving more heat than if it was totally outside)
On the gas end, burners arranged similar to the Duo (infact Ill be saving the grates from the Duo to use here)
Large wheels under the firebox end, smaller wheels on the lighter end. This will be a backyard baby, not a tow wagon....
I have a rough sketch on paper, once I get it done in autocad Ill post it here...
Some questions right off the top are about the firebox and the stack....Dimensions....I think Im close to Fatman dimension, but I cant find them. The main cooking chamber will be roughly 24"x 48", divided of course by the reverse flow plate and part of the firebox.....Im kind of thinking a firebox around 24x24x24 or 24x24x18?? I see Zeeker used a 4" stack 31" tall, but Im not clear on how thats measured...Will that size of box and stack work here?
I gotta run for now....I hope my words made some sense, Ill try to have a sketch up soon to make my ideas more clear...Lookin for any input I can get...Thanx guys!!
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