How To Build a Smoker Firebox! | Chuds BBQ
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►Full list of things I use and recommend:
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Pots & Pans
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►Made In Stainless Clad Set
►Made In Carbon Steel Set
►Made In Wok
Knives
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►8″ Chef’s Knife
►6″ Nikiri
►Boning Knife
►Bone Saw
Meat Processing
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►Meat Grinder
►Sausage Stuffer
►Meat Mixer
►Meat Slicer
Appliances
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►Weber Kettle
►Chamber Vacuum Sealer
►Sous Vide
►Toaster Oven
►Deep Fryer
►Vitamix Blender
►Kitchenaid Mixer
►Food Processor
Ingredients
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►Chud Rub and 16 Mesh Black Pepper
►Fogo Charcoal
►Wagyu Tallow
►Dough Conditioner
►High Temp Cheese
►Pink Salt
►Sodium Citrate
►Hog Casings
►Sheep casings
Small Cooking Tools
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►Pepper Cannon
►Instant Read Thermometer
►Flame Thrower
►Fire Blower
►Cold Smoke Generator
►Injector
►Scale
►Rub Tub
►Burger Press
►Butcher paper
►Paper stand
►Cutting Board
Welding Tools
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►Blowtorch
►Welder
►Angle grinder
►Grinder Blades
►Chop Saw
►Pipe Level
Camera Gear
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►Camera
►Camera Lens
►Tripod
►Drone
Welding in shorts??? Owwww!
enjoying this series. also like your insight into build strategy and what you have learned.
This series is making me want to order a welder and head to the metal shop so bad 😂 idk if my wife would approve of me getting into pit building on top of everything else….
Wow!! This is lookin good!!
As much as I would love to buy one of your pits, the shipping to Canada would SUCK!! LOL
That being said, I do have a couple questions for you??
1) How would you gauge the gap for the air gap or whatever insulation system one uses? Whether it's a square Or round Firebox.
2) What measurements, formula or percentages would one use to figure out the V shape for the square Firebox?
3) How would one gauge the holes for the exchange and or door systems??
Within this question, what measurements would one use to figure out the door placement??
4) What gauge of expanded metal do you use for the grates and the bottom of the cart?
Thanks brother for all the awesome content you put out!!
Gordon Flug
It’s gotta be hard cleaning ash out of that beauty….
What's the name of your local fabricator in Austin? I need something fabricated.
You should work a pizza oven into that firebox.
I started smoking on a reverse flow back in college a few years back and have stuck with my crappy store bought pit since then. I would love to buy this off of you when completed. Met you at Windy City Smokeout last year, which confirmed I want a Chud Pit. You're the man
Quick tip, always push a mig don't drag it. You drag stick. The only time to drag mig is if your filling. Your welds will much flatter and cleaner.
Love whatcha got going on, I've learned a lot on the bbw and cook side of things, a few tips from an old welder when you have your tubing square take a cutting wheel and run it down the seems bam instant bevel weld and will give more weld less grind and to reduce porosity in light gauge metal hot and fast down hill welding is the way to go, when done right it'll give a round over look to your corners also less grinding.. because we're welders not grinders😂
What no one talks about is how expensive steel is 😫
Next video gonna need you to do a Norm Abram safety talk tho. 😂
Hey I build custom smokers here in Missouri and if you put the stack dead on top of the fire box it will heat the stack up and wait will turn it in to a vacuum and it will make you have great draw
I am amazed at your all around skills! and the cooking is over the top! Cheers from Michael in Oregon
I think you should wear some kind of gas mask when welding such a lot of stuff, cause afaik those metal fumes aren't exactly healthy 😉 Btw love your videos!
How much are ure smokers?
Hey Brad been watching you for a couple years+. Always great vids learned alot from you from trimming brisket to weber kettle series. I'm super glad you are building a reverse flow smoker. I have one on a trailer and I'm interested to see the cook times an results you get. I find running 250 degrees (average) a 14lbs brisket 9hrs. Very interesting seeing how your build goes! Thanks
Where can I get a holey table like that? Did you make it?
How big do you make the hole between the firebox and cool chamber?
Chud’s should collaborate with fireball tool. Maybe pay him in brisket or ribs. He has perfect fixture table for you!
Way cool setup you've built up over time, Mr. R.. One thing I discovered when you learn how to weld….your neighbors either love you or hate you. Myself? I keep the garage door down when welding or grinding.(tough to do here in central Texas, but it keeps the neighbors from calling false alarms to the Fire Dept., lol.)
I'm Jonesing after your slow speed chop saw. I have the much cheaper abrasive high speed chop saw….sounds like ten freight trains when running. But like you said, a few angle grinders can do most any job…just takes a little longer.
Enjoying this series. Probably will be as great as your Weber Kettle series.
kudos to ya, Brad.
rocket
(Weber Kettle with Slow N Sear, DIY hybrid pellet fed barrel smoker, commercial 8" electric hot plate, Ninja SP101 oven/air fryer combo and a small Costco air fryer)