A good friend of mine sent me the below pics of his dad’s homemade offset BBQ wood smoker. It’s a 250 gallon rig with a welded-in water pan that runs the length of the smoker. It also has a gas-fed food warmer on one end. If you’ve never heard of an “offset” smoke, the concept is pretty simple: there’s an offset fire box where the wood and/or charcoal burns and then a metal pipe that runs through the length of the smoker with holes cut in it, evenly distributing the smoke and heat from the fire box. Not all offset cookers have a water pan built in, but it’s easy to just fill an aluminum tray with water and sit it on the grill if it doesn’t. Some guys don’t use a water pan of any sorts at all…., though…I’m a big fan of them as I think water does a better job of keeping the meat moist versus opening the lid every 45 minutes or so and spraying or mopping the meat. The rig below is something that is perfect for competitions, catering, charity events or large parties. Though I’d absolutely LOVE to have one of these one day, I do pretty good w/ the Weber products I have and honestly don’t know when I’ll invest in something like this….
That smoker looks familiar.
One of his dad’s many talents.
Yep, good chance I’m going to ask him to build me one soon. I’ll prob go w/ the 120 gallon that B has, instead of this 250 gal beast…
He actually just picked up another 120 gal tank the other day. Don’t think he has plans for it yet.
you gotta find out how much he’ll do a 120 on a trailer for me? if i don’t get an estimate soon, it will cost you your life…