building a smoker

[raktrakr]

anybody built their own? how'd you do it?

[BaconRind]

you wanting a metal smoker or a wood smoker?? how big do you want it? I can send pictures of mine, I have a few on the Ranch for examples......

[wildwolf59]

baconrind......if you dont mind put up some pics or send me some pics of both and a little of how you bouilt them and how big are they......my e-mail is mickshari@consolidated.net.....thanx

[buglinfool]

baconrind I'm interested also can you pm or email me with pictures and info. cuttplug@comcast.net

[raktrakr]

post some pics if you dont mind, i just need a general idea of how they're made

[Texas Dave]

Good info..

http://www.askthemeatman.com/how_to_make_smoker_art_updated_9300.htm



...more info, check out Jim's post...

http://www.huntingforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18680

[slowjimbo]

TD,
That was for a cheap little one. Metal is the way to go if you want something to years to come. Thin gauge metal for a cold smoker, and the thick gauge for a hot smoker. One of the neatest cold smokers I've seen was one made from one of those 6ft tall lockerroom lockers and a old BBQ grill. The locker was a section with three doors. Hot smoke would come off the grill and be piped through the different compartments, where you'd hang the meat.

raktrakr,
You are probably going to want what is known as a hot smoker (where the fire and meat are in the same compartment or right next to it). Cold smokers are more for adding smoke flavor and drying. A hot smoker will cook the meat as well as flavor it.

I've had to cut back on smoking now that I live here in the city. Sure do miss the country!

[poppa]

Believe it or not.
The man that lived in front of me a few years ago was the local banker. He loved to cook outdoors. For a smoker, he would get an old refrigerator and remove the gasket from the door. He would put some bricks in the bottom and set a big pot with his fire in it on the bricks. In a big refrigerator he could hang half of a deer. If he was cooking a roast, he would just put one of the refrigerator racks in it up high. It was pretty strange looking to be coming home from work and see a reffer in his back yard with smoke coming out of it.

[Texas Dave]

For cold smoking my jerky, I'm wondering about using an old filing cabnet.... hmmmmm

[slowjimbo]

Just make sure you pump the hot smoke in the S to Z draw and hang the meat in the A to J draw. :lol1)