Restoring a rusty smoker

[@thetaskmaster4860]

Looks great! I just got one off the road for free and it’s a bit rusty like yours was. This’ll definitely help me out when I try to repurpose it

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Thanks! Free is my favorite price. Best of luck!

[@CazadorTejano87]

How much media did you end up using for the entire project

[@alexisrodriguez7127]

Turned out great. I’m picking up a beastly custom built smoker tomorrow. The seller made it out of 1/2” steel and has kept in in pretty damn good condition throughout the years. Only some light surface rust on the inside of the fire box. I think it’s so minimal a wire brush and a season will take care of it

[@jordanbabcock9349]

That's ridiculously thick.

[@ravenstokley8845]

Nice work, brotha!

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Thanks

[@nurafianto3834]

What a great result. That reminds me I need to do mine. Got any info/link for the sandblaster tool by any chance?

[@jamelnelson34]

What's the update on this smoker

[@yanglu8838]

Hi can you share more information in regards to your sand blaster? That grill looks amazing after all that work. Please let me know, thanks.

[@gebronthomasson6960]

Initial with grinder and the. Sand blast

[@JoeAnshien]

Can you link to the blaster you used? How much media (glass beads) you used? Was it a pain to clean up the beads? Nice job.

[@anythingmechanical3399]

They don’t make this blaster anymore. However, it was just a basic model from harbor freight. I’m sure any one you choose will perform at least as well. The whole job consumed just about half of the 25lb bucket of media. Cleanup wasn’t too bad. Hard to sweep so just used a shop vac

[@kelvinpratt89]

Thank you for the video. What size was your air compressor?

[@anythingmechanical3399]

11 gallon, 3.5cfm

[@collinnicholas271]

You don’t happen to know the exact model of that sandblaster would you? Can’t find it anywhere. You still recommend?

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Hey Collin. Mine is a Central pneumatic 34 oz abrasive blast gun item 92857. They might not carry it any more because I couldn't find it on harbor freight's website. I'm sure any media blaster would work just fine.

[@mitchaiken8737]

I just got one identical to this I wish I knew what brand it is.

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Oh, crazy. I really thought this might be either home-built or at least modified. But if you found an identical one...I guess that settles it.

[@pewsician2388]

It has many of the hallmark signs of an Old Country BBQ Pits smoker. They use a larger diameter shorter length smoke stack (for shipping purposes, I would assume). And, their biggest offset, the Angus, uses that fire box design. I've never seen one with two doors and that fire box on a single smoke chamber model, though.

[@daltonnetwork2532]

I am looking to do this with a Louisiana Grills pellet smoker. Do you think I can power wash around the electrical?

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Your call. I would probably do it, but I'm a bit of a risk taker

[@Given2Fly7173]

Do you cover this when not in use? Or does the vegetable oil film do well in weather changes?

[@anythingmechanical3399]

I don’t cover it, but I also don’t leave it out in the rain. I keep it under my covered patio. No problems with weathering. To be clear, it’s not a vegetable oil film that’s protecting it. You apply the vegetable oil and then get the smoker really hot so that the vegetable oil bakes on and turns to a protective layer of black carbon. Same as seasoning a castiron skillet

[@empoweryou1]

Nice work. I'm curious who built this? Is it .25" steel? The fire box vent looks similar to a Lone Star but I'd bet many small builders are using this style.

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Wish I knew. Only 1/8th inch steel. Looks similar to a lot of production units, but the two lids, and the square fire box are pretty unique.

[@empoweryou1]

@@anythingmechanical3399 If it's 1/8th inch then yea, it's probably a box store unit. Still a cool find.

[@dawgsfan8321]

This is an old country stagecoach smoker. I had this same one I purchased from academy around 2010-2011. I recently sold mine within the past year and she was still going strong! Enjoy!

[@jeffflannery223]

Did 1 jug of media last for the entire sand blasting?

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Actually, I only used about half of the container.

[@howellc1]

Great video and job on the smoker. How much glass media did you use on this job?

[@anythingmechanical3399]

Thanks! I only used about 1/3 of the bucket, so probably 8lbs

[@Chris65645]

nice blaster. where did you find that?

[@anythingmechanical3399]

harbor freight

[@Chris65645]

@@anythingmechanical3399 thank you very much. Great content

[@anythingmechanical3399]

@@Chris65645 Thanks, I appreciate the comment. I've got another video in the works where I add a custom shelf to the smoker. Stay tuned

[@Chris65645]

@@anythingmechanical3399 sweet. I'll keep an eye out. I just picked up a smoker for cheap and restored it. Need to make a bevel now to distribute the heat a little more.

[@presrwash]

Specs on sand blaster?

[@rustylozanolpc4227]

I’d use ospho to get rid of that rust. Ospho eats rust.