Smoker build in progress

[Blacklab]

I was gonna wait till it was finished to post. But I'm just to excited not to share.

The enter walls are aluminum out from there it's plywood then 1x10 outside planking. The roof will be ceder shake with a smoke stack. The front will have two double doors. Also there will be 5 racks made from 1/4 inch exspanded metal. Hope to have it done in a couple weeks. I have to give a shout out to the man in the smoker. He's a brother from another mother an I couldn't have done it without his carpenter skills

[madmack76]

sweet i need something like that.

[highmuley]

Nice! Homemade or "converted" smokers are the best. I'm real into smokin meats. Mine is a converted naval ship oven. The manufacture date on mine is 1947. It was my grandfathers and is now mine. The only changes I've made were; new racks and a custom cut heat shield/drip guard. Works great. Good luck and good eatin

[dannysdaddy]

Just finished building one out of a 160 gallon propane tank and a fire place insert.  came out awesome and works well.  only used it once before we had t deploy though   oh well just got a half a beef so i have plenty of smokable meet...

[Kioti]

I have a small smoker compared to you pros...Smoke Vault.  Would love to have a set up like that.
But my little Smoke Vault works great for me.  I've done elk, deer, cheese, oysters, and just about everything you can eat in the smoker, with the exception of ice cream and jelly...

[Blacklab]

Been wanting this type of smoker for a while now. My other 2 are just too small sometimes mes 40 an gosm big block. Now I think I'm set, want to smoke a louie pig sometime in the near future an this fits the bill. Looking forward to getting a lot of use out of it 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Thats a cool one! Thanks for the ideas!

[highmuley]

Somethin else you may consider, if your going to use wood walls is, untreated lumber. That particle board has chemicals/resins that will come out when heated. Insulation and temp control is important too. Make sure you consider the details.

[Blacklab]

Thanks highmuley  There won't be any insulation  the walls are about 1 3/4 inch thick and the base is filled with cement. really not to worried about the temps. Since I stay right around 225 to 250 degrees when smoking.

[Wea300mag]

That's first class, you are going to love all that capacity.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Damn man ...you went all out ... great job !

[Wea300mag]

Forgot to ask, what are you going to use for the heat source? Fire, electric, propane?

[h2ofowlr]

Treated wood and USB on a smoker doesn't seem like a good combo.  I think I would have gone with cedar or standard ply-wood or untreated lumber.   

[Blacklab]

Thanks guys. looking forward to giveing it a few test runs

Forgot to ask, what are you going to use for the heat source? Fire, electric, propane?

Wea300mag the fire source will be propane a turkey frier I'll upgrade later if I have to 

h2ofowler I hear what your saying

[highmuley]

I currently use a propane hot plate. It has takin me lots of time to learn how to "regulate" the temperature. I would like to use electric but I cannot get it hot enough. I was thinking of adding a smoker box attachement to the side of mine. 1. Natural wood heat. 2. I can add an "extension" to the box/smoker for "true" cold smoke (cheese, lox, etc.)