What is a smudge pot?

[@misctony]

I have three of these we use them in the sand dunes camping at home in the winter time smudge pots are great for fuel, we use diesel, Cooking oil kerosene. enjoy your smudge pots

[@alexjweyer]

They are awesome!!!!!

[@brettarcher2459]

does it smell bad when you use diesel?

[@dirtcurt1]

The comments were not liking what I was writing. But diesel will run best, but it's expensive. Mix diesel with waste oil and find the right mix to keep clogging minimal. They will run on straight oil but will clog. Start them with a cup of gas on top of the cold oil. Here in California, they delivered smudge pot oil to farmers. It was a mix of oil and diesel or thinner oil. NEVER run these inside a building that can't handle a fire on the ground. They can boil water under the oil and it will look like a plane crash fire when it flies out on fire.

[@alexjweyer]

Thanks for the heads up!!

[@akbychoice]

Heating oil #1 or #2, no road tax.

[@Humanhell666]

Cool. Was looking up this thing that's supposed to be eyeshadow so glad I stumbled and learned something new.

[@alexjweyer]

Lol wut

[@shia3231]

​@@alexjweyershe was looking up a makeup product and stumbled onto this by accident and thought it was cool

[@BlueSharkRides]

I would highly suggest keeping it at least 10-15 feet away from anything you don't want on fire. We had one blow up on us at the dunes and almost took out two trailers and 3 machines. Burned a few chairs to the ground, covered the rest in oil. They can be relatively safe as long as your fuel source has ZERO water in it and you aren't fiddling with the intake.

[@alexjweyer]

Holy moly!!!! Good to know. I’m pretty particular making sure it stays covered (with Smudgepot’s cover) under our overhangs when not in use.

[@akbychoice]

@@alexjweyera drain valve in the bottom would allow draining off any water.

[@andrewbetts8282]

I nearly choked to death laughing at the end of the video!

[@alexjweyer]

Lololol

[@nathanielplenge]

"How dare you!" 😂😂😂

[@METALMUNCHERS77]

What is the return side pipe for what does it help and is it 90 degrees facing down in fire

[@alexjweyer]

It’s almost like an EGR if you’re familiar with diesels, kinda. Helps it burn cleaner

[@dirtcurt1]

It pulls hot exhaust from the pipe and blows it down on the liquid fuel making it vaporize better. It tunes the burn and if it's good it flutters. The tank burns fuel and wants more air than available, the low pressure in the tank sucks exhaust gas from the stack heating the fuel.

[@alexjweyer]

Great explanation!

[@Bwatt5000]

How long will take to burn through the 7 gallons without the damper? I assume you can’t add diesel while it’s burning? lol

[@4csfabrication621]

Just curious, can used motor oil be used in these? Thanks and great content.

[@akbychoice]

Yes but best thinned with some heating oil.

[@wemcal]

Great video and great pot

[@alexjweyer]

Great!

[@andrewsmith2948]

Can these be run on a mix of oil and diesel or oil and gasoline?

[@alexjweyer]

Oil and diesel, yes. DEFINITELY NOT GASOLINE

[@110697ryan]

Maybe only 1 drop of gasoline to start it without mixing it in. Probably less than a quarter cup and it will flash but it gets the oil diesel mix warm enough to atomize and sustain flame easily

[@smudgepotdirect]

So good!! Thanks for the review! Glad we can keep you and the Mrs warm!

[@alexjweyer]

You’re welcome!!!!!!

[@israelgalindo6600]

GREAT VIDEO!!!! How do you turn it off when you still have fuel in it?

[@erxvlog]

Close the dampener....chokes off the oxygen.

[@Ben-sv9op]

How lomg dose rhe 7 gallon last ?

[@alexjweyer]

Depending on conditions, up to 14 hours

[@Hf0205]

I just got one. How do you use it using recycled motor oil. And how do you put it out safely when I'm done. Thank you

[@alexjweyer]

You put the used motor oil in the tank like you would anything else. When done, close the lid and damper

[@Hf0205]

Any recommendation for stand base or accessories to buy. Thank you​@alexjweyer

[@alexjweyer]

@@Hf0205 the stands are one SmudgePot's website. buy one of those!!!

[@Hf0205]

Thank you!!! ​@@alexjweyer

[@danielreynoso8981]

How many hours will it run for with one gallon of diesel? And how many hours for a full tank? Thx

[@alexjweyer]

About 2 hours per gallon depending on conditions, 7 gallons total

[@soundspark]

Did you give KOTV permission to use your video?

[@alexjweyer]

What??

[@alexjweyer]

I did not. Is there action I can take?

[@soundspark]

@@alexjweyer They used their video in the news article 5 BURNED, BEING TREATED AFTER SMUDGE POT EXPLOSION

[@alexjweyer]

I most definitely did not give them permission

[@soundspark]

@@alexjweyer I'd give the URL but KZbin won't let me.

[@tcdelano]

Could you burn waste oil in this?

[@alexjweyer]

You can, yes!

[@calebmendez451]

Can someone tell me how hot they burn been looking for an answer. Can’t seem to find one.

[@tRRickedOut]

Too many variables. Different fuels burn at different temps. How much oxygen it has will make it differ also as well as size. But mine will hit 500-700*

[@tymagdos6255]

Would you be able to put this on TREX decking with the stand?

[@alexjweyer]

Place it on a piece of wood, and yes you’d be fine! Make sure you get the stand like I have. You won’t be disappointed!

[@dirtcurt1]

I would not. If you get water in them it will boil under the oil. The oil will blow out of them on fire.

[@MiyamotoMusashi9]

Stainless steel?

[@akbychoice]

It’s galvanized, it will rust.

[@TonySqrd]

Looks cool but feels a bit expensive, doesn’t it? For $400+ I feel I can buy a nice propane generator and produce heat in a number of ways. Maybe I am looking at this wrong.

[@vicsglobal1]

Love you putting in Greta there! How dare you!

[@qili-zx4lo]

Can this device only use diesel as fuel?

[@alexjweyer]

Drain oil (used engine oil), cooking oil as well!!

[@dirtcurt1]

Straight drain oil will clog the pipe. It's nasty to clean.@@alexjweyer

[@sailingyemaya9781]

How about waste oil

[@stevenbruce2659]

I run mine just on waste oil drained from my cars. Just make sure absolutely NO water or antifreeze mixed into your waste oil.

[@alexjweyer]

You can! But it’s dirty

[@dirtcurt1]

For some reason I'm getting censored talking about gas???? I will try again. It's easy to burn a tank in these at 7-10 gallons a night that's $50 bucks. It got too expensive burning more fuel than it took to get out to the desert in my truck.

[@alexjweyer]

I would highly recommend not putting gas in here. Only diesel is what I use. How much is fuel a gallon by you?

[@dirtcurt1]

@@alexjweyer Diesel is currently just under $6 gallon. The reason gas is not that bad in them is evaporation keeps it cool in the tank. Take one in the middle of a field and try it. The best part is the gas runs clean.

[@alexjweyer]

I would not recommend putting gas in the tank!!!!!

[@therealgoku7329]

Dude seen this on the news

[@alexjweyer]

Great

[@thomaslynch9016]

HOWNDARE YOU😂

[@FixNewsPlease]

Trying to reduce carbon and...nevermind.

[@alexjweyer]

I use my gas powered generator to charge my car

[@Bigmoneybagz1]

@@alexjweyer😂😂😂

[@scottparsons2031]

Co2 is plant food

[@FixNewsPlease]

@@scottparsons2031 So are people

[@joeyreed8013]

Looks cheaply made and not worth the price.

[@alexjweyer]

I’m sorry you feel that way.

[@Corey497]

wood is free... so....

[@alexjweyer]

Takes time to cut, collect, stack. And I don’t care to smell like burnt wood at the end of the night

[@buildingbuildercip8292]

Wood is work!

[@Blutnase]

@@buildingbuildercip8292 and I need to get rid of all this waste oil. I wish they made a miniature version.

[@user-neo71665]

@@Blutnase My grandpa had a small one he built back in the late 60s/early 70s. He worked for the county road dept and got used oil for free, pretty sure he built it from scrap parts from work. He used to burn it out at our cattle waterers in the winter to thaw them out (here in southern arkansas). I know plenty of pecan orchards that run them even when I was a kid so they aint unheard of in the south.

[@Blutnase]

@@user-neo71665 Thank you for taking the time to write your message to me. You are one of the good people. I am on my way to building my own. Be well.