Offset smoker repair and new firebox. Then modify to reverse flow. ( Successful)

[Timmy]

Ya you should be fine, I used the same stuff on my first attempt at protecting the drip channel. I used it and some aluminum angle stock, all of it burned up, including the aluminum, on the first test fire. That's when I went all stainless in this high heat area.

Here's the before and after on that fail.

Yes that is a fail, also in contact with direct high heat. My install is mostly to keep water out.

 

[RustyJake]

Rev Tec uses high heat red silicone to seal their barrels from factory. On their website under parts they sell Permatex high heat silicone for repairs. They don't seem to have issues with it burning off from anything I've read.
I am sure there is some temperatures it'll burn off at, but maybe their airflow is better than Traeger's so they don't have those hot spots like we have

 

[Slimpicker]

Traeger uses black high temp silicone... reach up inside the drum skirt, they use it to seal the skirt to the drum

 

[Timmy]

Ok, so im considering make a last minute change and make this into a reverse flow smoker. Will this make temperatures more even throughout the barrel?

 

[Slimpicker]

YES but you probably needed to LOWER your intake hole to get the flow to go straight across... then up....
reverse flows are AWESOME but like I said, I should have stopped you while you were welding cuz that's exactly what I was gonna do with the same rig I had.

 

[Timmy]

You dont think the intake is low enough now?

i should also mention i play the wind.

 

[Slimpicker]

See my previous post

 

[Slimpicker]

Also my PM to you

 

[Slimpicker]

BASICALLY LIKE THIS

Then you might have to ADD a bracket to the bottom of the firebox cuz it might need better support but this would be IDEAL for a reverse affect

PLUS move your stack of course....

 

[Timmy]

BASICALLY LIKE THIS

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Then you might have to ADD a bracket to the bottom of the firebox cuz it might need better support but this would be IDEAL for a reverse affect

PLUS move your stack of course....

Ok. I would weld a flang across the bottom instead of on the inside as i did.

 

[Slimpicker]

OH I now see you DID support that firebox with a bar across the legs... That's what I meant...

 

[RemE]

I can't wrap my head around what reverse flow means in that setup.

 

[Slimpicker]

All heat travels the length of the smoker in a lower chamber, comes up a 2-3" wide opening at the far end, travels back across your food and exits thru the stack moved over to the firebox side...., meanwhile the PLATE that made the chamber heats up and can be used as water shelf or what ever.

 

[RemE]

Yeah baby, that reverse flow looks to be the bomb!

 

[Timmy]

Ok. Reverse flow it is.....

this is after cutting what i already fixed

this is after reverse flow mods.