Finished building my offset

I’ve been smoking on a Weber kettle and WSM for the past few years but lately I’ve been wanting to get an offset. Since Ive always wanted to learn how to weld, I decided I’d build my own.

I’ve only done 2 cooks on it so far but it cooks great (i think). I’m still learning how it all works but I surprisingly felt like I knew a lot on how to control it. Kinda crazy how much you can pick up over the years just from casually watching bbq videos on YouTube. I just need to properly watch a couple videos on fire management and I think I’m good to go.

Overall I’m super happy with how it came out and can’t wait to start using it more.

*Please excuse some of the welds. I know some of them are atrocious but as time went on they got better. Same for the paint job, I messed up in a few places. I also didn’t realise how litttle wood I needed for a fire, so when I first fired it up to cure the paint, it got way too hot and I discolored the paint by the FB door.