Walkthrough of Trailered 500 Gallon Mill Scale Smoker
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2022
- Going over my 500 gallon offset smoker on a trailer made by Mill Scale Metalworks from Lockhart, Texas. This includes the walk around, burn in, seasoning, and temperature test. Thanks for watching!
More info:
fikscue: linktr.ee/fikscue
Mill Scale: millscale.co/ 
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Excellent video,thanks for taking the time.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for the walk through!!! Hope to see future smokes!!!
Thanks for watching! Cooking vid on this pit coming out soon
Beautiful, you ain’t messing around, congrats🎉
Thank you!
Beautiful piece of equipment.... Artwork!
Love the new smoker!!
Thank you!
Wow that's an amazing cooker! My dream!
Beautiful pit! I’m about to start building a 500. Also using a half 250 gallon for the firebox. Video was very informative for me! Enjoy it man
Thank you James! Good luck on your build
What do you use for a firebox? Do you insulte it?
What a nice pit!!! I am looking into ordering one myself. keep the videos of it coming please!
Thank you!
FIRST FIRE YALLLL! millscale... 🤣🤣🤣 Love this guy and his videos! I probably watched this video about 30 times already. Godwilling Ill be purchasing a 500 in December. Can't wait!
I know I said it before, but I'm so excited for you. I'm about 3 weeks out from my 500 from another vendor and your journey has me so pumped!
Thank you! I'm sure you're gonna enjoy yours too 🍻
Congrats brother...that pit looks 🔥🔥🔥.
Thank you brother 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great looking cooker. Congratulations!
Thanks my man!
Such a beautiful pit mas Fik!
Makasih brother
That is a beautiful cooker!
Thank you!
LOVE how it has that echoe...echoe...echoe! 🤭
But seriously, nice offset! Heavy doors is what sells most of my customers. Most started their offset search at a big box store and we all know what their quality is! So when they feel the heft of a 1/4" door, it screams quality. Thanks for the walk thru! 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for watching!
One that’s 3/8” thick is really heavy!
Nice show. Good consistent temps. Every design has its good and bad. Off sets have that real-estate at the fire box area your going to loose because of heat. That's where I place a big water pan to help reduce the extreme heat and add some additional mass for temperature steadiness and also add moisture to the cook chamber. I'm hoping you do a video on your first cook. It's a long way from your Pecos,enjoy. 😁👍🔥
Thank you, Victor! Unfortunately, the first cook was not on video. Not enough for RUclips, at least. But short clips of it are on my instagram. Will put out a cooking video soon! 🙏🏼
@@fikscue no need to apologize sir. Have a great day 🌤 😀
Nice pit, and well built.
It is. Thanks for watching!
Heck of a Smoker! Looks like it cooks great too. Congrats. 15K Smoker, C’mon Mill scale, drill the man a probe port if he wants it. Lol. Super nice pit though.
Lol right? Thanks man
🤦♂️😂
I’d be very satisfied with that biscuit test wow 🤩
Yeah it cooks pretty evenly so far
Nice looking smoker. I'm in CA also someday, I would love the opportunity to it in person before I order my smoker.
Great video
Thank you!
The spinning handle also keeps it a bit cooler. That's why I originally put them on mine.
Great video!!! Can you let us know what size splits do you use and diameter of splits please!!
Congrats!!! I've been waiting on my Fat Stacks 500 for over a year, was supposed to be 6 months LoL, thanks for sharing
Thank you! Oh man, do you know how much longer you got on your 500?
@@fikscue hopefully by November, I have other coolers in the rotation so I’m just being patient, appreciate your thorough walk through
@@lkapigian Thanks! I had a friend who got a 750 from them and got delayed like 8 months. Apparently they're notorious for their long delays. Hopefully you'll get yours soon
@@fikscue lol, my 120 was the same, love the end product… I have a Stumps XL Stretch and a Pits by Klose Trailer in my hip pocket …. You would love a large Gravity Feed
@@lkapigian Oh you already got a 120 from Fatstacks?
How much room is in between the grates (bottom to top)? Thanks man!
Love it gro.
Thanks brother
Now that it's been about 2 years, how has it been? Anything you wish you could/or have changed?
About how many briskets you think will fit on the bottom grates.? Thanks and congratulations my friend.
Thank you! 16 briskets max
Hi Sr I would love your opinion on a 250 versus a 500 I order a 250 from primitive pits but I noticed you bought a 500 I'm still in the in the waiting list and it's coming up but should I change it to a 500 I would love your opinion on the matter
Brother if you had to buy again would you recommend the 250 or the 500 gallon?
I'm about to tow my smoker from Texas to Michigan. Did you have to use a temp tag when towing it? Also, how bad was the tralior sway?
I didn't use a temp tag. Just had the bill of sale. Very minimal, if any, sways. Towed almost flawlessly. What smoker are you getting?
Nice Looking pit what is wall thickness of tank, I might have missed that. Looking forward to some cooks.
No, you didn't miss it. I forgot to mention it. The tank thickness is 5/16"
I heard you say the firebox was a 250 which is 30” in diameter but how long is the firebox? (I’m building my own and that’s what size I’m using but I can’t decide how long to make it.
42 inches
Comparing the two smokers you have, which one do you prefer? Build quality and temp management between the Big Phil and Mill spec. Thanks man they are both in my short list.
I like them both! Build quality goes to MS. Temp management is great on both. Runs differently, but no issues whatsoever. I'll do a comparison soon
Let's goooo!
As for a probe port - just get a step bit and drill hole between the two therms on the middle and install your own probe port - I have done that for a few of my smokers - very easy
Thanks for the tip. Will look into it. Right now I'm just using the bottom ports for the teltrus to run my wires in.
Its ridiculous they couldn't do it if its thats easy.
Shout out From South Texas #Come on :) #500 Gallon Mill Scale #Yeah Buddy 👍🏼 #Awesome :)
Hi Robert! Thanks for stopping by 👋🏼
What size tires does the smoker have?
Which do you like better the 250 or 500? What are the differences from the 2 that sticks out the most?
Depends on the need. Like em both about the same. The most difference is the obvious, which is size, which affects fuel consumption and the way they run.
What’s the update man after a month?! I’m going to order one. I have to 90 gallon now. Love it
Everything's good. Mill Scale cooks like a champ. Check out the new video I just uploaded on cooking on the 500.
🔥🔥🔥
If you don’t mind what is the measurement for both deflector plates
There's only one and it's 3' x 2'
Cool smoker but after I heard you say they wouldn't put a E port for you thats a hard pass for me, pretty ridiculous they couldn't add a simple thing on a 20k smoker and the fire box door seems to have a flaw if the ground isn't 100% leveled.
Hey Fik - I'm a little late to this but was curious as to why you didn't have Big Phil build you a 500? I am looking at getting the 250 from him and wanted to know your thoughts.
I wanted the 500 on a trailer that wouldn't drag on my sloped driveway. The firebox on Phil's 500 trailer design seems to hang too low for me.
That firebox is fully insulated? Are you getting good blue smoke?
Yes, fully insulated. You can get clean, dirty, or any kind of smoke you want depending on how you manage the fire.
Hey Fikscue, any reason you didn't get your 500 from big Phil?
His square firebox hangs lower to the ground and will scrape my slanted driveway. I also wanted to try another builder.
Guess ain't nobody eating those biscuits. Cause you made hockey pucks by leaving them in as the grill cooled.
I'm looking to purchase a smoker...how you like ur so far...how long did you have to wait..
Love it. Waited about 10 months
Nice and even, good video dude. what does it corner like? looks one sided!!
Thanks! It's pretty balanced. Can't even notice if one side is heavier or not.
Get an RTD smoker probe from FireBoard it screws right in
What in the world do you do for living having alll these beast in your backyard!? That’s amazing I wish I was you lol
I'm just a caterer man. Appreciate you watching 👊🏼
what does one of these babies run in terms of cost?
I talked about it at the end of the vid.
FYI... I sent you some info on messenger about installing easy probe ports that are small, look good, and you can run three (3) wires through... 😎
Got it. Thanks so much!
So would a 500 gallon offset be too big for a backyard? ☺️
Great question 🤔
Hi Fiksque
You have such a big backyard, why didn't you get 1,000 gallon smoker and park it along the back fence!...LOL
I didn't get the approval for 1000 gallon from the HOA president (read: my wife) lol
@@fikscueThe old saying goes "It's Easier to Ask Forgiveness Than It Is To Get Permission!"
@@kevink2877 Excellent quote. I will give it a shot. Just not on a 1000 gallon, as I still like being married to her lol.
@@fikscue A 750 on a trailer would've been a nice compromise!..Just saying!
For curiosity sake, you being from California and Fat Stack having a good reputation, what made you go with Mill Scale over Fat Stack.
Mill Scale had way better communication with me during the process. I also like MS design over FS.
understand, thanks for the reply
Sick pit!! It’s a left handed one 😮 or am I missing something
It's a passenger side orientation, which is unconventional, but I wanted it this way to fit my driveway better.
@@fikscue I ordered my 500g passenger side too in case I ever park it on the street I can access it from curbside. I chose Primitive Pits in Georgia. Did you consider them at all?
Congratulations on buying the cadillac of smokers!
Thank you!
There's no reason to use expensive tallow to season the smoker. All seasoning is doing is the same thing you'd do with a cast iron pan; create a protective coating to prevent oxidation (rust). Olive oil spray cans are cheap and work well.
True. I make my own tallow from my brisket trimmings and have a ton just lying around.
@@fikscue funny I just did that today! lol
fckn bad ass smoker bro!
Thank you!
You need a 3/4 ton pickup to toe the cooker
What is tallo
Tallow is rendered beef fat. Like lard is from pig fat.
You should’ve sprayed down with cooking oil or duck fat
I like tallow better
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐖whats gonna be your first cook?????
Brisket
@@fikscue that will be fun to learn on that bad boy!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Galindo smokers out here in houston tx love mine insulated fire box full grates better to me 🤷♂️
No point spraying the fire box. Fire will just burn it off. Get way to hot in that box for grease or oil to survive. No cooking oil will survive 8-900 degrees.
Agreed
But, i also understand going the extra mile to take care of something you just spent a gazillion bucks on too. Im a fabricator, I build trailers, either from scratch or rebuild them back to their factor luster. With that said i have been batting the idea around of building smokers. Ive built a few in my welding career i just never thought the demand would ever be high enough to just focus on them. I just cant imagine there being a calling for that many commercial size smokers. Ive got one im working on now. Im designing a deflector to stop the hot spot and adding a water tank basically inside at the top of the fire box for steam hydration. Proto type. I would let you know how it turns out but i dont know how to post pictures here.
You got the wrong pit if you plan on being inside a lot while you are smoking. Let me know when you want to resale it.
There's more to our operation than just smoking the meat. I'd say at least 75% is done in the kitchen.
watching paint dry is more exciting! sorry bro
All good. Definitely less exciting than zombie training.
What a waist of cooking space
Waist?
@@fikscue he means waste and should have been on the website you wouldn't be able to use that space for cooking and they dont do custom work that's a big NO on my book wont be buying from this vender. my advice to others only buy from pit builders who will do custom work when you are paying up big bucks they better drill that dam hole for my digital thermometer. Congratulations on the new business
Gay
Thanks
I like the curbside access. 90% of these builders put the doors on the street side or the driver side of the truck. Why? If you ever do any catering with it and there's a sidewalk involved, do you want to stand in the street or on the sidewalk?
Not sure why that's the norm, but I requested passenger side doors due to my driveway location and for the curbside access too.
Rig is nice didn’t realize you lose that much cooking space. So glad I went with a shierly fab instead
Thanks! What did you get from Shirley?
@@fikscue 20x50 elevated straight back with warmer on a modified trailer. Thing is over kill for my needs but no regrets.
How do you get all the water out?
There's a drain on the bottom of the tank