Hey B2B...finished my pit! (pictures)

[CosmicCowboy]

And yeah, I know it's ugly, but this baby tunes like a guitar string...

Left side...
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3328/1001151.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001151.jpg)

Back...
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8157/1001152r.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001152r.jpg)

Right side...
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6740/1001155edited.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001155edited.jpg)

[CosmicCowboy]

Adjustable/removeable grill and tortilla warmer/griddle...

I like having a fire outside my firebox so I can shovel "ready" coals into the firebox when necessary...
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/985/1001153edited.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001153edited.jpg)

Steam injection into the firebox located under the tortilla warmer...
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1783/1001154edited.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001154edited.jpg)

Cook box...there are sloped 1/4" plate pans under the grate that go to a drain...heat/smoke comes across under the pans then back across the meat...I can set it up to vent there if just using the cook box or divert back to the smoke box...
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5646/1001157edited.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001157edited.jpg)

[Sportcamper]

It is bigger than my entire kitchen...

[leemajors]

not ugly at all. nice work!

[samikeyp]

Awesome, CC! :toast

[JoeChalupa]

Fire it up!!

[I. Hustle]

All I see is beauty

[mrsmaalox]

That's very nice. :tu

[Bukefal]

What is that? A mobile kitchen? What are you using it for? Picknicks? camps? or something. Or are you going to sell fast food at events?

Anyway, seems a nice accomplishment. Good job!

[koriwhat]

my buddy's friend has one of those but 3-4 times as big. he brings it over to my buddys house from time to time just to cook a small amount of food which cracks me up cause you could serve a whole army if he actually cooked massive amounts of food on it.

nice rig.

[CavsSuperFan]

Dude…It smokes mass quantities of red meat & Cosmic made it himself…What else is there to know?...That’s like asking “why do you need such large tires on your 4x4"?

[CosmicCowboy]

What is that? A mobile kitchen? What are you using it for? Picknicks? camps? or something. Or are you going to sell fast food at events?


Besides being intelligent, handsome, and well hung, I'm a good cook too!:lol

I frequently cook for 40+ people and also will probably do a few BBQ cook offs...I've done them before on other pits and I wanted to build my own...I've been working on this thing off and on for 5 years...

[BacktoBasics]

Fucking awesome!!!!!!!!! :bigboner:

[CosmicCowboy]

my buddy's friend has one of those but 3-4 times as big. he brings it over to my buddys house from time to time just to cook a small amount of food which cracks me up cause you could serve a whole army if he actually cooked massive amounts of food on it.

nice rig.

Yeah, I didn't want to get it TOO big...I can cook 12 briskets if I double stack which is about all I will ever do...I didn't want it to be so big that it took a cord of wood to fire it...

[Bukefal]

Besides being intelligent, handsome, and well hung, I'm a good cook too!:lol

I frequently cook for 40+ people and also will probably do a few BBQ cook offs...I've done them before on other pits and I wanted to build my own...I've been working on this thing off and on for 5 years...

5 years! Wow That's cool! :toast

I love cooking too :king

[mrsmaalox]

Haha Cowboy I remember you laughed when I suggested the resemblance...

http://img195.imagevenue.com/loc749/th_42291_2174466448_09ea482cf5_122_749lo.jpg (http://img195.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=42291_2174466448_09ea482cf5_122_749l o.jpg)

[BacktoBasics]

Yeah, I didn't want to get it TOO big...I can cook 12 briskets if I double stack which is about all I will ever do...I didn't want it to be so big that it took a cord of wood to fire it...That's always been a sticking point for my next pit. I want something large but I have to stop myself because I rarely cook for more than 15 people. Fuel isn't cheap. I think I paid almost 15 bucks for a large bag of lump. Plus the cost of mesquite and pecan seem to be going up.

[BacktoBasics]

Here's a good forum for you CC...if you're not already a member. Gotten a shit ton of good ideas from there.

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/index.php

[Taco]

Adjustable/removeable grill and tortilla warmer/griddle...

I like having a fire outside my firebox so I can shovel "ready" coals into the firebox when necessary...
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/985/1001153edited.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001153edited.jpg)

Steam injection into the firebox located under the tortilla warmer...
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1783/1001154edited.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001154edited.jpg)

Cook box...there are sloped 1/4" plate pans under the grate that go to a drain...heat/smoke comes across under the pans then back across the meat...I can set it up to vent there if just using the cook box or divert back to the smoke box...
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5646/1001157edited.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001157edited.jpg)

WOW nice job CC

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Ugly, my ass, CC... that's a nice looking pit.

Food on a big-ass pit, you say?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/3021440461_d343c985ba.jpg

http://austin.craigslist.org/for/1166704237.html

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3286218909_06fab2984a.jpg

[lebomb]

http://www.bbqdan.com/images_bbq/cuz-bbq-pit002.jpg


took me about 2yrs to build my BBQ pit. It was worth it as well.

[SpursStalker]

Besides being intelligent, handsome, and well hung, I'm a good cook too!:lol

I frequently cook for 40+ people and also will probably do a few BBQ cook offs...I've done them before on other pits and I wanted to build my own...I've been working on this thing off and on for 5 years...

You should have entered the Rib Cook Off we do over at my work every April for fiesta!!!

So CC ... when are you hosting the next bbq gtg?

:D

[I. Hustle]

my buddy's friend has one of those but 3-4 times as big. he brings it over to my buddys house from time to time just to cook a small amount of food which cracks me up cause you could serve a whole army if he actually cooked massive amounts of food on it.

nice rig.

Well MMMMYYYYYY Buddy's best Friend has one that is 8-10 times as big. He brings it over to my buddy's house to cook ONE hotdog. It makes me ROTFL cause he could serve a whole country if he actually cooked massive amounts of food on it.


Did I mention that you just have to talk into it to tell it how you want it cooked and it has a massage chair attached to it that has a fridge under it that holds a case of beer?

[Blue Jew]

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[BlueMen]

:lmao

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/fire-hog.gif

[duncan228]

That's really cool.

[BacktoBasics]

Someone needs to make a huge turkey leg with an Obama head.

[France B-boy]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/tpork.gif

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/tpork2.gif

[BruceBowenFan]

Thats a badass grill dude, im jealous.

[Mugshot]

Thats a badass grill dude, im jealous.

+1

That thing is slick!!!!

[DarkReign]

Thats some steroetyping shit, rite dur.

Badass though, CC

[Summers]

What is that? A mobile kitchen? What are you using it for? Picknicks? camps? or something. Or are you going to sell fast food at events?

Anyway, seems a nice accomplishment. Good job!

It's a Texas thing. We like giant chunks of meat.

So, CC, when are you hosting a Spurstalk barbecue? :)

[tlongII]

Gotdam richer! Unbeavable.

[timvp]

Damn. Do you deliver?

[Richard Cranium]

I've got a nice custom made one I bought a few years ago but it is not nearly as big. It was made by somebody named Weber.

[BacktoBasics]

I've got a nice custom made one I bought a few years ago but it is not nearly as big. It was made by somebody named Weber.
I hear he only makes like 2-3 a year.

[koriwhat]

ok i take that back now that i found a photo of the pit on my buddy's myspace... 3-4 times bigger? uh i think i exaggerated a little there. anyhow...

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/48/l_ac3805b655514c53b620f6f71c5e03ca.jpg
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/60/l_d9ea44c382ae43a8bc85f1892fa2b23d.jpg
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/35/l_f4864119284a4ec4bd95685677763ce1.jpg

[BacktoBasics]

The only issue I have with a pit like that is the wheel is right in the way. Thats why I like CCs. Less obstructions.

[koriwhat]

The only issue I have with a pit like that is the wheel is right in the way. Thats why I like CCs. Less obstructions.

he has a tabletop thing that connects to the bbq i believe... similar to cc's pit.

i don't know, i think it's all overkill unless you're making money selling steaks and the such around town all day. i have a shitty $20 bbq at my pad. haha

[SpursWoman]

Damn. Do you deliver?


:tu :lol

[Col. Sam Daniels]

I hope you don't plan to cook out tonight with this swine flu going around!

[Blue Jew]

WTF?.......No Love for the photoshops? I make animations that will make Pixar wet their boxers and you can't give a Jew his Props? WTF?

Man........... fuck all you ...........................

[cornbread]

Respect!

[marini martini]

Besides being intelligent, handsome, and well hung, I'm a good cook too!:lol


Dayum, four outta five ain't bad cowboy!!!:toast


Bet your PM box is full!!!:lmao

[MiamiHeat]

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8157/1001152r.jpg

[Avitus1]

That is awesome. We need to have that at a g2g or something.

[baseline bum]

That's a thing of beauty :toast

[Quasar]

Great achievement! You gave it a great finish for a DIY - could've been a professional custom job!

I'm not sure about the use of all the other parts outside of the grill, as I've never seen such a huge BBQ contraption before. The 'wired' area seems to be for storing firewood, judging by the picture of the other system... but
1. what is that big vertical standing 'shelf' for?
2. And what about the longer horizontal shelf behind it (with 2 dials)?

Is it for smoking meat in addition to BBQ'ing? If so, why put a smoker on wheels? I understand that smoking meat is a long process and therefore not something suited for 'on the road' cooking...

[leemajors]

the vertical shelf is for smoking. i would imagine the pit is stationary when in use.

[Quasar]

Hey Lee, ok!

But as smoking meat can sometimes take 12-24 hours, or even longer, what's the purpose of bringing such a machine to someone else's house for a party if the food won't be ready on time? (assuming that this is the purpose of creating such a trailer)

[Summers]

Hey Lee, ok!

But as smoking meat can sometimes take 12-24 hours, or even longer, what's the purpose of bringing such a machine to someone else's house for a party if the food won't be ready on time? (assuming that this is the purpose of creating such a trailer)

You can park the pit overnight whereever you're going to have the party and start the food at night. You can have a big family party at the park or anyplace. Not everyone has the equipment to host a big barbecue; this is portable.

Slightly off-topic, but this reminds me of the guys who drove one of these from Texas to New York after 9/11 and fed the volunteers and firefighters and people who were cleaning up the mess and looking for bodies.

[leemajors]

Hey Lee, ok!

But as smoking meat can sometimes take 12-24 hours, or even longer, what's the purpose of bringing such a machine to someone else's house for a party if the food won't be ready on time? (assuming that this is the purpose of creating such a trailer)

it was just a joke :lol

[Summers]

2. And what about the longer horizontal shelf behind it (with 2 dials)?



Those are thermometers, so you can have side slightly hotter than the other.

You know how I know I've lived in Texas all my life? It really boggles my mind that there are people who aren't sure what this is, and more mind-boggling, don't understand why we'd want one. :lol

[Quasar]

hahaha... we do have BBQ in Mauritius, but that's usually out of a half metal barrel. The below image is as an *extremely* souped up version of what we use :)

http://www.barrel-barbecue.co.uk/original-barrel-barbecue-open.jpg

So going from that barrel to the Bat Tank posted above is quite a stretch in understanding :)



2. And what about the longer horizontal shelf behind it (with 2 dials)?

Those are thermometers, so you can have side slightly hotter than the other.

Why are the thermometers separate? Doesn't the wood burn beneath the grill???

[travis2]

nice work CC!

[leemajors]

hahaha... we do have BBQ in Mauritius, but that's usually out of a half metal barrel. The below image is as an *extremely* souped up version of what we use :)

http://www.barrel-barbecue.co.uk/original-barrel-barbecue-open.jpg

So going from that barrel to the Bat Tank posted above is quite a stretch in understanding :)



Why are the thermometers separate? Doesn't the wood burn beneath the grill???

the wood goes in the smoke box out back, and most cooking is indirect, esp with the smoker part.

[BacktoBasics]

Traditionally the idea of dual thermometers is to monitor each side of the pit to ensure consistency.