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Bringing Home Denali
The Mammoth Dinosaur Smoker
Denali is 4 ft. in
diameter & 12 ft. long. It was built from an old boiler from
1942. It lived on the east coast most of its life. It was used
for a restaurant. It moved to Cabazon, California a few years ago to
start Spanky's BBQ. The business failed and the smoker was put up
for sale. We went in halves on this with a friend. It had to
have a name that fit its history. So we named it Denali after
Gumby's dinosaur. It takes 80 lbs. of coal to get it up to cooking
temperature.
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This is the counter weight for the
door. It weighs well over 100 lbs.
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We had to slide it down the sidewalk
(slide sounds so much better than drag or scrape, doesn't it?)
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It's progressing nicely. (with the help
of a 1 ton truck and 40 feet of chain.)
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Since it wasn't going to turn the corner,
we unbolted the handrail and set it aside.
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After several attempts, we were able to
lift it using the crane. The crane will lift 3400 lbs and this thing was
near its limit.
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We had to move it over to the trailer for transport. Here I
am just holding it from swinging on the way over. The dinosaurs seemed
unconcerned about the goings on.
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Here we are setting it on the trailer.
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On the trailer ready for tie down.
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Saying goodbye to its old neighbors.
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Being offloaded in its new home.
Denali's first 4th of July in its new
home. It was filled to capacity.
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Denali was cleaned inside and ready to
cook a BBQ feast.
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Lots of ABTs and armadillo eggs.
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Ribs, corn and hotdogs.
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Ribs, corn, armadillo eggs and ABTs.
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Smoked apple baked beans cooking in
Denali's vertical smoker.
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Pulled pork.
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The Weber and offset smoker were used for
overflow.
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