Smoker build

[RidgeRunner]

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Fire box on the bottom, four holes for indirect heat, drainpans, fairly well configured but not a tested design...

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

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Fire box on the bottom, four holes for indirect heat, drainpans, fairly well configured but not a tested design...

That design is pretty good for conserving wood as you don't get much heat loss. They all have there pros and cons from what I can find out. Been using alot of info fro mthis site http://www.smokerbuilder.com/ , has a calculator to punch in sizes and dimensions to tell you the required firebox size, chimney size and length, air inlets, and the rest. Heres another http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html .

[RidgeRunner]

Foreign, strange and novel an idea as "finishing a project" may sound to some--- I did finish the refit on that skiff. AND In my defense I have been sicker than any dog I ever had, SO I really don't know where to stop, just opened another can-o-worms with a bathroom remodel... Which I intend to FINISH before X-mas so help me.. If I ration my time better: 12 hours a day Ridge- 3 hours Melissa - 5 hours Rest - 1 hour SSS - 1 hour to eat and prepare meals, LOL what does that leave me? Good couple hours a day, unfortunately none during daylight hours, LOL! PLUS Weekends are mine for the taking..

[Destroyer]

I still have my smoker I built from an old refrigerator. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done. Friend long ago gave me an old, old Frigidaire refrigerator. (The kind with a porcelain interior and a locking latch on the handle). Gutted it, put an adjustable vent hole on the top, made several rack shelves and a couple bars for hanging fish. I fill an old cast iron fry pan with wood chips soaked in water overnight (I like Hickory and Apple best) and put it on top of an electric hot plate on the bottom of the refrig, put my fish or whatnot on the respective shelves, close the door, plug it in. About 12 hours later I have some truly fine smoked fish, turkey, ham, or whatever. The steam from the water actually cooks the food, and after all the water is gone the chips smolder and add a wonderful smoked flavor to it. Like I said, it's nothing fancy, but it works and it's good eats...

[phatdaddy]

i'm with you D, this is an old salad bar out of the local papermill, i do the same thing with the hot plate & fry pan

[THEFERMANATOR]

Yesterday ended up being a bust for getting work done by the time I got home from getting steel and running errands, BUT I had a pretty good afternoon today. Got most of the firebox plate cut out, cut the opening in the drum for the smoke to go through, welded the top plate onto the drum for the smoke chamber, got 3 sides of the firebox welded on, 1 support leg welded on, and the legs are cut waiting for trimming and welding. Still alot of work left, but it's starting to take shape.

The 3 sides of the firebox welded on


Smoke chamber, reverse flow baffle, and the side of the smoke box


Smoker opening


Don't criticize my welds to much

[THEFERMANATOR]

Was just going over my numbers again on the calculator, and it looks like I'm pretty close for most all of it. My firebox will be just slightly oversized at 105%, but most say to go 103-108% on the sizing(I should have probably undershot considering my design will utilize more of the heat). Planning on an 18.5"X3" opening out of the firebox for 55 cubic inches of volume, and the calculator says I need 52 but with the 180 degree change in direction I want to be al ittle over. My calculations come out to 58 cubic inches of volume for the reverse flow baffle chamber so it should flow planty and not bottle neck there. And I'm planning on a 30" tall 4" ID stack which is a bit taller than what the calculator calls for, but I want to keep the smoke away from me as best as possible. Hopefully this thing works out good as all the math says it should be sized right, and I will have a good 36" long, 23.5" wide, X 12" tall half circle cooking chamber to work with(may drop the cooking area down a tad deeper, will finalize my decision on that shortly.

Link to BBQ Pit Calculator

[bradford]

Sounds like its gonna be perfect! Next V20 get together at Ferm's place!



Phat, that is some straight up country right there! Your Cracker image has increased yet again.