Building a Modular 250 Gallon Offset Smoker

[@phillipcarroll6625]

Why was this so enjoyable? I don't think I blinked during the entire video.

[@CoolJay77]

You are skillful to have achieved precision cuts and good welds on your first project! Looking forward for more videos related to this smoker.

[@brandtmiles2373]

Filming this must've been a giant pain in the butt...designing it must've been fun for someone like you (tenacious, detail-oriented). This channel just...rose above the others, imo. Great work..

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thank you man! It took a ton of time and effort

[@taccosnachos]

Impressive build. That 90° smoke stack cut was very satisfying.

[@djrx22]

So bad ass dude. Love it.

[@dawgfather6345]

Listening to your tips on BBQ and Smoking is one thing but watching you build an entire smoker is inspiring, satisfying, informative and still very entertaining. Thank you sir, more videos of builds would be awesome in your line up!! Very impressive

[@Keasbeysknight]

NGL, I watch a lot of KZbin "makers" so I was hoping for a whole build series, but that's not your style. Great work and great looking welds. Must be great seeing it in the back yard.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

I'll do another video soon where I walk through my thinking on the build and how it runs

[@BehindTheFoodTV]

Welding ASMR turns out to be strangely satisfying!

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

@@BehindTheFoodTV haha!

[@ReviewyCA]

What a lovely bit of ASMokeR! Thanks for sharing the build :)

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Haha! Thanks!

[@Dennon21]

I literally watched the entire thing. Wow steve you are fantastic!

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thank you!

[@AlaskaBrisketCo]

Great job Steve!! I hope you have a patent on it. This is a great idea and I could see this being really useful for restaurants. You can start with a certain size and buy additional sections as you capacity needs increase. Also shipping a full size smoker somewhere. It’s gonna be a lot easier shipping smaller crates than a giant 1000 gallon tank. Keep it up brother. I can’t wait to see how it cooks.

[@startupbusinesscoaching]

ALWAYS fun to watch you! J

[@stelp7617]

Been a while now that I've been thinking of something similar, but holy crap, that looks like a sweet setup, easier to move, not a crazy amount of time to setup, Looking forward to seeing what you do with this beauty!

[@Smoke_N_EmbersBBQ]

@smoketrailsbbq I love your channel. I have followed you for a while on my personal channel. I just started my bbq channel. Best to you Steve.

[@JaredJanhsen]

Neat concept and built, Steve. Love the quick cut no comment assembly process as well. Can't wait to hear how it cooks.

[@The_Monkey_King]

You are quite a capable welder! Nice build sir!

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thank you very much!

[@bubbaburgess2823]

Thank you, I was wait for this one can't wait for your 1st cook

[@simpletechreview3632]

Simply awesome!!!

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thanks!

[@drewmeldrum6233]

Nicely done and cool idea! Looks like it went way smoother than my first build lol

[@Cray2TheZ]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! What a BOSS!!!

[@oldshovelhead]

WELL DONE!!!! Very well done! How liberating! Awesome awesome - wow! Great job, Steve, great job!!!!!

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thank you! Yes it's satisfying haha

[@rc8rsracer1]

People can either weld or they can't. You got the skill!

[@wg8304]

Who says you don’t need another smoker? Props to you for a really cool build!

[@Thunder00017]

Amazing job

[@Psalms144_1_2]

Steve, you really impressed me, your love of cooking on smokers was verified by this build, you kicked (Donkey rear), I am definitely looking forward to the other video, I'm already subscribed, so far your are doing a great job. Question, what was that spray you used? Take care brother.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thank you man! I really appreciate it!

[@oleksiikolesnyk1833]

This is awesome! Great job! It’s mesmerizing to watch someone work 😂 Watched it from start to finish. Have a lot of questions, but I’ll wait for your review of your work. Hopefully you plan to make it.

[@thomascee]

That was an incredible video... do you have part two? That was incredible.

[@GavM]

It’s beautiful. Well done buddy

[@jonbuettner270]

Wow. Great job. Great video. Can’t wait to see the first cook. Brisket?

[@DeltaCharlieMike]

Excellent vid. Thanks Steve. Love this channel.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thank you!

[@therealalexdumas]

Great job, we'll forgive you for the manbun lol awesome work, inspiring

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Haha! Thank you!

[@jeremeymagda9467]

Great idea. What type of tanks are those?

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

@@jeremeymagda9467 120 gallons

[@mh_360]

Great video like always What kind of welder did you use?

[@chadcooper7348]

It may not be the prettiest, but that smoker looks heavy duty, and I can’t wait to see how it runs! No small task building that by yourself. The weight alone is a big challenge. Great work, Steve!

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thanks Chad! I appreciate it man

[@richmann5746]

great welding job i know it was a ton work by your self how's the old back holding out here's a tip for the seams in stead of using flour mix go to the good old hardware store and pick up some furnace/wood stove cement in a container its like 5 lbs that will work great and if you need to remove it you can just break off. now that you made a monster smoker don't forget you have to feed it $Rich Mann$

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Haha! Thank you for the tip I'll check out furnace cement

[@ollygee]

Very cool Video dude

[@twitchshorts2697]

insane build man! well done!

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thanks a ton!

[@twitchshorts2697]

@@SmokeTrailsBBQ Keen to see the first cook on it! you ever think on adding your steamer idea in to the build? could set it up on a raspberry pi for auto spritsing for the brisket and another for overall humidity in the chamber.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

@@twitchshorts2697 thinking about it for sure!

[@insertmetalusernamehere]

Its so beautiful

[@TM-Earthling]

Wow nice work!

[@isaacpena9590]

Very impressive man

[@printingwithpeek4897]

Steve, you need to do a review on a rotisserie smoker.

[@isaacpena9590]

I love the old school look my type of smoker made with love and blood. Hwmf

[@SteveRix78]

Wow, that was awesome.....not that I don't like hearing you talk, but this was f'n cool!

[@ricksulzer7056]

That looked like a ton of work. Not to mention the cost of equipment and materials. Any idea how many hours you had in that? Great job.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

I'd say 2-3k all in. Hundreds of hours of planning, sourcing equipment, materials, doing the work

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Actually probably closer to 3 or 4 k accounting for buying the welder, equipment, consumables haha

[@toddpower4674]

How many cutting disks you use. I made a 80 gallon out of a compressor tank and it was only 3/16 thick and i used about 10. Id say 40 for sure. A lot of work

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Probably around 150 to 200

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Actually... not really sure but maybe you are right. Closer to 80 to 120

[@welovedji1116]

STEVE GOW

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

@welovedji1116 recently I've been foil boating around 170 and covering the very tip of the flat with the end of the foil boat. Prevents it from drying out

[@toddpower4674]

Man that is thick metal in the tank

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Yea it's quarter inch. Half inch in some places like the ends of the tanks

[@MAGAMAN]

That was impressive. I had no idea you were capable of this kind of work. Was that flour and water just being used to seal the gaps ? Is this going to be left in sections for transportation? What kind of tanks did you make this out of?

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Yep just regular dough. It works really well. Yes it's so I can move it around in sections for my small backyard. I'll add wheels to it.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

I made it out of 3, 120 gallon propane tanks

[@Jones572]

Awesome!!🤙🏾💯

[@jrmichel1975]

Steve!!! F'in A bro!!👍👍

[@williamhernandez369]

Just putting in work

[@rotaryperfection]

Nice craftsmanship! Now you just need some wheels to make it easier to pull apart and change size. Pretty sure you've already done that by now.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Working on some adjustable casters to help with leveling

[@breth9276]

She’s a beaut Clark! How many hours you think you have into it Steve?

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Hundreds haha!

[@primemac3dstudio18]

Hmm. I wonder if he has ever tried to smoke fish. That said this was a interesting video. You Got skills.

[@glennevitt5250]

That’s Cool 😎 ❤

[@ghostwriterinme5050]

Awesome

[@MiclaveesEl7]

👏🏼 bad ass f***** smoker congratulations 👍🏾👌🏾

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thanks!

[@lonestarsmoked]

Well, that's something I've never seen. Koto's for taking that on by yourself. Looks like you could have used a helper. lol

[@stryeson3327]

Wow

[@benwagoner9741]

Me: Why would he build a modular smoker? Steve: Watch me get it into my backyard. Me: Ahhh! That makes so much sense!! What a great build! I can’t wait for more content about and with the new smoker!

[@chipsammich2078]

You need a torch brother..

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Next buy!

[@jeromemaxwell143]

Wow!

[@HughJassill]

This isn’t your usual but I gotta say that was a really cool video regardless. You gotta be a welder/metal worker by trade, right?

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thanks! No I just learned to weld on youtube haha

[@MasrTrip2008]

Aren't human beings amazing?

[@J.C.Clements]

DUDE!

[@Mr_D555]

At timestamp 0:23 he cut the end off, at time stamp 4:42 he welded it back on, why did he have to do that?

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

I just tack welded it back on to work on the connector strapping. I cut the tacks later

[@toddpower4674]

I just found a source of these tanks. They got 12 tanks at $150 each. So I'm gonna get 4 3 for the smoker part 1 for the firebox and make it my winter project this coming winter. Also I think I want to put in a trailer.

[@philipp594]

What are the specs for the tanks?

[@toddpower4674]

@@philipp594 I just bought some. 125 gallon 1/4 thick or so 40 something long 30 in diameter

[@philipp594]

@@toddpower4674 thanks for the reply. Sadly it’s so hard to find something like that in Europe …

[@DimmyK]

F**k me! Great job! Bloody well done mate!👍👏👏👏🫡

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mattbenskin538]

Ummm, did you just build a a smoker that changes size?

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

@@mattbenskin538 yea!

[@bbqlvr6137]

👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@slideoff1]

Hmmm.

[@danielploy9143]

That looks really good Mr Steve. I gotta wonder if Donald Trump taught you these crafts? He is such a wonderful person despite what the media says.

[@wambambbq2023]

Great job SIR! 🫡 I like the modular concept, love to see different designs, not always the same thing over and over again. QUESTION: What is the spray you used on the firebox at the end of the video? I am guessing a cooking oil used to season the outside.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Yep! Cooking oil

[@hankt2792]

Steve started with a $150 Masterbuilt electric smoker on his condo balcony. Now he's building 250 gallon offset smokers....what's our excuse. Get off the couch and go build something... or go fix something... or go help others... or do all three...

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

@hankt2792 haha love it! Yes I still have that old MES

[@FakeName39]

next evolution in BBQ, if you dont make your own and know how to weld, you are someone that buys prebuilt PCs and thats disgusting.

[@SmokeTrailsBBQ]

Lol