New Smokehouse (Complete)

[CAMPMEAT]

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.   

Go to Carek's Meat Market in Roslyn if you want to see a smoker............OMG !! Old John Carek told me 20 years ago that is was 100 years old.

[quadrafire]

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.   

Go to Carek's Meat Market in Roslyn if you want to see a smoker............OMG !! Old John Carek told me 20 years ago that is was 100 years old.

Thanks for the info there. I would love to check it out next time I am there

[GWP]

She's a nice one!
 

[Wea300mag]

The smokehouse had it's first weekend of official work and performed great. I did a 50lb batch of summer sausage and a 25lb batch of pepperoni.

[NWBREW]

Wea300mag,   That looks great. I do have a couple of questions for you. Where do you find you grates? and also do you put a pan on the cooker to add wood or how?  I plan on building one this spring and plan on using that one of yours as a template but I am unsure of how the lower area works. Do you have any pics of it in the works as in while it's doing it's thing? Would be greatly appreciated.

BREW

[Wea300mag]

I use a cast iron pan on my propane crab/turkey cooker to hold/burn the wood chunks. As far as grates, the piece of expanded metal that sits on the cinder block base is 14ga stainless compliments of a friend who does a lot of stainless fab work. He also supplied the (6) 5/8 dia stainless dowels and the one piece aluminum roof. The racks inside the smoker are the same ones used in my oven in the house, I just purchased (2) more off ebay so I could have (5) total.

[50CalJim]

I noticed that your Pepperoni looks unevenly filled, What kind of Sausage stuffer are you using?

[Wea300mag]

I noticed that your Pepperoni looks unevenly filled, What kind of Sausage stuffer are you using?

You yahoo's did leave a few air pockets but it tastes great, you need to make sure Bill gives you a package, it's very close to perfect.

[NWBREW]

What is the purpose of the grate with the holes? Is it just incase anything falls or to help spread the smoke?

[Wea300mag]

What is the purpose of the grate with the holes? Is it just in case anything falls or to help spread the smoke?

I have it there to help dispurse the heat/smoke to eliminate hot spots. It is also heavy duty enough to hold drip pans for smoking messy stuff.

[dogtuk]

What is the purpose of the grate with the holes? Is it just incase anything falls or to help spread the smoke?

the grate will act as a defuser it will help spread out the heat evenly through out the smoker and it is a splash gaurd

nice job on the stix Dan I just got done with another 15 pound batch of Landjager they turned out great thanks for your help now I gotta order some more seasoning

[Nuc99]

That smoker is super nice...well done.   For that size do you think I could use an electric hotplate instead of propane? Or not enough heat?    Man, you could sell alot of those!  awesome!

[rasbo]

thats making my mouth water,,,awesome post start to finish

[Wea300mag]

That smoker is super nice...well done.   For that size do you think I could use an electric hotplate instead of propane? Or not enough heat?    Man, you could sell alot of those!  awesome!

I think you would need a 2000W electric burner (220Volt) to do it right. You might be able to get away with a standard 1000W (110V) burner during the summer. It's a fairly large, semi-insulated space to keep heated.

[RB]

Nice that looks awesome!