While going through my brother in-laws building that is scheduled to be torn down I spotted what looked like a smoker. I asked him if I could have it and he said yes. At the time I knew nothing about Bradley smokers in fact never heard of them. When I got it home and opened it up it was a stinky mess burnt on food everywhere and it smelled of mold. Using Oiil Out degreaser (Purple Power works well also) spraying it and letting it soak for a few hours (did this 3 times) I managed to clean it back to bare metal. Took the SG apart and cleaned it as well, it sure is made well. The smoker looks like it had been abused and left outside uncovered for a few years. The box had some of the metal eaten away by corrosion (red silicone and a aluminum patch will fix it). The drip tray and water bowl both have pinhole eaten into them. Long story short (or is it to late) it was a stinky mess but I managed to get it operational again after buying a new front base plate and slider control. Thanks to this forum I was able to realize the full potential of my lucky find. THANKS TO ALL THE POSTERS
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o649/Russell_Mack/myOBS.jpg)
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o649/Russell_Mack/smokegen.jpg)
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o649/Russell_Mack/inside.jpg)
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o649/Russell_Mack/corosion.jpg)
here is the area eaten away. Everything else was fine.
Nice score
Great rescue!!
Hey a little handy work and your good as new...ly.......aquired rescue smoker. WOOT WOOT! Welcome to the forum.
Looks good. Well went out to fool with mine and see I have a lower hinge or something broke. Think its the door.
I bought all the mods for the smoker but haven't installed them yet. From what I have read I think it's best if I take the door and hinges off before I start installing the fan, second element and extra shelf supports. Don't want to break anything. Already have $300 into my free smoker
Hehehe.....nothings free when you start smoken ;D ;D
Good find and welcome
Quote from: DetroitSmoke on November 09, 2012, 06:53:55 PMAlready have $300 into my free smoker
My goodness. Amazon has the OBS brand new for $227.19 right now.
Noticed you said part of the inner lining of the tower has been eaten away but aluminum and red silicone would fix that. Were I you I would do a little research on that "red silicone" before I put it in the tower subject to heat where I was going to be cooking anything.
Quote from: KyNola on November 09, 2012, 09:50:22 PM
Were I you I would do a little research on that "red silicone" before I put it in the tower subject to heat where I was going to be cooking anything.
Some of us found that Permatex high temp red RTV is food safe. We were using that to seal the TC probes on the Maverick ET-732 in the Maverick 732 problems again (http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27257.msg325013#msg325013) thread.
When I said "red silicone" I meant high temp RTV. the Permatex RTV is rated to 650F. Also I am just using it to glue a aluminum patch. Need to patch it because who knows what is in the foam insulation. Thanks for your concerns. Thats what I like about this board
Quote from: TedEbear on November 09, 2012, 10:06:32 PM
Quote from: KyNola on November 09, 2012, 09:50:22 PM
Were I you I would do a little research on that "red silicone" before I put it in the tower subject to heat where I was going to be cooking anything.
Some of us found that Permatex high temp red RTV is food safe. We were using that to seal the TC probes on the Maverick ET-732 in the Maverick 732 problems again (http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=27257.msg325013#msg325013) thread.
And now that DetroitSmoke has identified "red silicone" as Permatex high temp red RTV, I have no issue TedEbear. I used to do a lot of auto body work and trust me, there is a lot of "red silicone" you would not want to put in anything you were going to cook with.
That is cool!
Bringing a old abused Bradley back from the dead like that! Great story ;)