First time Papa Bear owner

The later years the brick clips were one angle iron piece. We put a brick in the front and one in the back and put the 24" angle on top of the brick. It was raised about 1/2" and then we made the gap at the bottom wider by raising it. (like the ones you cut out) This way it was not installed parrell to the sides if this makes sence. it was tacked and welded in place in 3 places in the 24" this would make it easier to put it back and it holds all the brick.

I will look on my computer to see if I have a program I can do a drawing then post it. I have a hard time posting pictures here for some reason. I also have not tried it in quite a while

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1366795

Check this out if you have an Ace hardware near you.

I have been told tractor supply sells bricks too. My wife has 4 pallets of them. She sells them in here shop. We bought a tractor trailer load, I think 13 pallets of 880 per pallet, But she thinks alot of them. lol They do not ship well. The ones that come in new stoves are not as heavy as ours are. More dense. Find a Lopi dealer in your area and they should have brick too.

Most Masonary stores will carry them also, someone who sells EP-Henry pavers should also have them.

Very nice !

Great Job! If it's in the work shop, I do perculated coffee on mine and cook stews all thie time.

Gearhead36 said:

Now I have to decide what to cook on it first!

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It is fun cooking on a stove. I used to put a pot of beans on then cook some corn bread and people would come to eat. It was at a business I had. I have an oven that we used to sell to cook the cornbread in. when we were making stoves 2 guys came in and the guy not looking for a stove told me this story about cooking on his stove. He took a grinder and removed all the paint off the top of the stove. He then smoothed it up with lighter paper and he would get his fire going and put pork chops, hamburgers, eggs or what ever right on top of the stove. It was used like a griddle in a restaurant. He would just scrape the grease off and tried to hit a bucket. This was in his shop. Another guy I knew would go to the store and buy anything in a can. beans, soup or whatever was on sale. He would remove all the labels. He kept a pot of water on his stove and when he cooked he would grab 3 cans and put them in the water. He did not know what he was having to eat until he opened the cans after heating them. This guy was a confirmed bachelor, and one step from homeless. I found a real cheap stove for him, that is when he told me the story. I have no clue what kept them from blowing up.

That's a sweet rig! I do a lot of smoking and cooking here, Just have an old converted oil barrel. It's stationary here in the yard...
Did you build that rig?

Nice! I've built a few myself! I just don't have any room for something that nice! I'm in the process of building a log splitter now, and Ironicly I have a Fisher stove I'm going to incorporate into a smoker down the line. I've built a few for clubs I belong to and when I retire I plan on building a stationary one in my yard with a brick prep area. I'll drop some pics of mine after work., Can't do it on this computer.

Heres my yard cooker, I can do a 100lb pig in it, we usually do two a year That one pic was a 16lb Turkey.

Thats my 5th one I have built here, They only last 5 or 6 years till they rust out. That's my design, not copied from anyone, but I can cook a whole pig with less than 40lbs of charcole in 6 hrs. I usually don't do it that fast though, I usually smoke/cook them about 10 or 12 hrs. That one been there for about 5 years now and she is just about on her last leg, I'm expecting the bottom to fall out of it this summer. Then I scrounge for another tank and build a new one. I cook my Thanksgiving turkey on it every year so the wife is free to cook pies and stuff in the house oven, It's used all year long.

Gearhead36 said:

First food on the Papa.....just grilled cheese but it'll only get better!

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Here's a really easy item to bake on top of a fisher. It's called peasant bread. I use a Dutch oven for it and it turns out great. Do we have a thread for cooking on our stoves? I'd be happy to post this recipe and some of the recipes we cook on our stove.

Mjdavidson1 said:

Here's a really easy item to bake on top of a fisher. It's called peasant bread. I use a Dutch oven for it and it turns out great. Do we have a thread for cooking on our stoves? I'd be happy to post this recipe and some of the recipes we cook on our stove.

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The inglenook is where you can post it.

Ok it's official I'm kinda jealous. I have a mama bear in the work shop. But was in a pinch to get her up and running. 19 below zero will cause this type of thing to take place. I replaced the bricks set it up and got her running. She really needs a good going over to make her pretty But I have to wait till it gets warm enough to take her out and give her the beauty treatment. My grandpa bear needs a wee bit of clean up. I got real lucky on that stove. It was well maintained when I got it. So it doesn't need that much restore work. Mostly the bling with this one. The baby bear I'm pickin up needs extensive restore. New door, bricks, sanding polishing and painting. Yours looks really nice. I will say this Mine aint pretty, now, but she makes up for it with ease of use and tons of heat. I love messing with the baffles. And am beginning to know what she's doing just by the sound.