Tucker Cooker Company

[DATsBBQ]

Cpt Ron, who just recently joined the forum, has a website (you can click the link via Membership button) for his Susquehanna Blue Smoke comp team. Anyway, on his site he has link to the manufacturer of his cooker.
http://www.tuckercooker.com/index.html

This cooker has captured my attention. It's not a huge beast by any means but looking at some of the owner photos, it can easily hold 16 butts. It can also doulbe as a grill.

So.....anyone here (other than Cpt Ron who hasn't posted anything yet ) know anything about these cookers?

[ChileFarmer]

I have never seen one in my neck of the woods. But looking at the photos there are lots of happy campers. The pit looks good. CF

[DATsBBQ]

The site says the walls are 11 gage (1/4"). Wondering if thats thick enough? I've seen other cookers that are 3/8", which seems to be the standard for commercial pits. What am I missing?

[RonH]

I don't know but when I was in the fab shop 10gage was about 1/8" thick, the higher the number of gage the thinner the metal, this was just plain black sheet metal

[Papa Tom]

US Standard for 11 guage is .125 inch or 1/8th inch.

[DATsBBQ]

I don't know but when I was in the fab shop 10gage was about 1/8" thick, the higher the number of gage the thinner the metal, this was just plain black sheet metal

You are so right. I read the chart I found on sheet metal wrong

That said, I can't even type. The body is 11 gauge and the fire box is 10 gauge but double walled. So, I'm thinking less than1/8" is pretty thin for a the body. But they weight about 1,000lbs, all that sheet metal must add up fast.

[RonH]

They are good looking cookers, I would'nt be afraid of one

[JamesB]

I've never seen one in person, but the first I heard about them was 4 or 5 years ago over on Basso's forum. The few reviews that I remember were favorable, but as mentioned, the this wall construction always came up as a concern.

I sure would like to lay hands on one for an up close inspection.