New Smokehouse (Complete)

[Wea300mag]

Hope no drunk friends wander out back lookin for the loo

Funny you mention that because I do have friends that could mistake this for an outhouse. I am working on a stainless crescent moon to mount on the door to further confuse them.

[WCTaxidermy]

They will really get confused when they see smoke coming out of it for the 1st itme.

[quadrafire]

They will really get confused when they see smoke coming out of it for the 1st itme.

[Wea300mag]

Made some great headway yesterday evening and this morning. I built, stained, and mounted the backdoor with vent, installed a deer horn handle on the door, and started seasoning it. I was able to control the temp very well with a combination of the gas regulator and vents. I brought it up to 150 F and it held. I have it at 200 F now and am seasoning it for about 6 hrs with heavy smoke. The fine chips only give smoke for 20-30 min but the chunks last over an hour per pan.

I just have a temporary thermometer right now but have a set of (3) of them I'm making a bracket for, two for smokehouse temps(high and low in the house) and one to insert into whatever I'm smoking.

[rasbo]

did you put some kind of seal around the door???If ya did what did you use.Thanks looks awesome

[Bearhunter]

Ive got 200lbs of meat ready to grind!!!!  Awesome job Dan now I need a copy of the prints!

[Wea300mag]

did you put some kind of seal around the door???If ya did what did you use.Thanks looks awesome

I don't have a seal on the door, I have a double wood to wood seal. Both the door and house have tabs that stickout and seal against each other. I put some time in the door to make it close correctly, when I first mounted the thing it wouldn't even close but after about 30 min with the wood rasp it closes very tight. I even set up the latches to where I have to put some pressure on the door to engage them.
It has a couple of very small leaks at the top of the door but not enough to worry about.

I had a back-up plan if the door didn't seal good, the local hardware store has some high-temp cloth ribbon that is used for wood stoves that I was going to buy.

[rasbo]

did you put some kind of seal around the door???If ya did what did you use.Thanks looks awesome

I don't have a seal on the door, I have a double wood to wood seal. Both the door and house have tabs that stickout and seal against each other. I put some time in the door to make it close correctly, when I first mounted the thing it wouldn't even close but after about 30 min with the wood rasp it closes very tight. I even set up the latches to where I have to put some pressure on the door to close engage them.
It has a couple of very small leaks at the top of the door but not enough to worry about.

I had a back-up plan if the door didn't seal good, the local hardware store has some high-temp cloth ribbon that is used for wood stoves that I was going to buy.

nice,

[dogtuk]

that sure is a dandy smoker

[Smokepole]

I miss seeing the old smokehouses.  Used to be some out at Westport when I was a kid & during salmon season, they were puffing away 24-7.  Yers is a proper smokehouse, for sure.  Nice job.   

[quadrafire]

That thing is sweet!!!!

[McCascades]

You are my hero. That is one of the nicest home built smokers I have ever seen. . I'll be is SW tomorrow for the wrestling tournament. I'll look for the plume of smoke.

[carpsniperg2]

That thing is a beast great job!

[TheHunt]

That looks so much better then the Big Chief that I own.  LOL

[dougedoug]

i thought the smoker i have was COOL,but your is SWEET