Post by: HTCS on February 23, 2016, 04:18:10 PM
HTCS
Post by: Rick on February 23, 2016, 04:42:16 PM
Post by: Blacklab on February 24, 2016, 06:10:26 AM
Post by: Alchase on February 24, 2016, 09:28:58 AM
He would stoke the small fire pit couple times a day in what looked like an adobe pizza oven with about a eight feet of pipe running from the fire pit to the smoke house providing smoke.
Post by: lamrith on February 24, 2016, 10:36:46 AM
Yeah never. Rather grow into it than grow out of it. My biggest is all most 4000 sq inches cooking area propane is the heat source. Great for hungry crowds or lots of other smoked goodies :drool:.NICE! I like that setup!! What do you use for smoke? chunks, pellets, chips?
Post by: Blacklab on February 24, 2016, 12:55:06 PM
Post by: HTCS on February 26, 2016, 06:56:17 AM
Yeah never. Rather grow into it than grow out of it. My biggest is all most 4000 sq inches cooking area propane is the heat source. Great for hungry crowds or lots of other smoked goodies :drool:.
Wow...that's nice. That's what I'm shooting for. This one is going to go down the road as soon as I get it done so I can build something like you have. Impressive. Thanks for the input!!!
HTCS
Post by: Blacklab on February 26, 2016, 07:48:51 AM
You won't be disappointed.
Post by: swift on February 26, 2016, 07:50:42 AM
Propane heat and self made smoke generator for use with pellets
Post by: Ghost Hunter on February 26, 2016, 08:35:41 AM
Not to big at all mine will do up to 150# of about anything !
Propane heat and self made smoke generator for use with pellets
Sweet! That's similar mine and 3 times as big. I have a Traulson single door, Bradley disk feeder for cold smoke and hotplate for chips or pellets for heet. Those comercial freezers work great! :tup:
Post by: Whitpirate on February 26, 2016, 08:44:07 AM
Not to big at all mine will do up to 150# of about anything !
Propane heat and self made smoke generator for use with pellets
Any design secrets and pictures of your smoke generator you'd be willing to share?
Post by: BackStrappin on February 27, 2016, 09:02:01 AM
Here is one I made out of an old fridge a few years ago.
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You could always go the Pellet hopper route too. My fridge smoker runs on propane. It's so well insulated that it is hard to run at a low temp like under 200 ish. But once it settles in it will run pretty even for hour's . Just got to keep an eye out to make sure the flame doesn't burn out. It happens every now and then if I try to turn the flame down too low.
link to pellet hopper ... http://www.smokedaddyinc.com/products/pellet-hopper-assemblies.html
Post by: NRA4LIFE on February 27, 2016, 11:40:03 AM
Post by: swift on February 28, 2016, 06:21:22 AM
Not to big at all mine will do up to 150# of about anything !
Propane heat and self made smoke generator for use with pellets
Any design secrets and pictures of your smoke generator you'd be willing to share?
Pm me so I will remember to take some pictures and send you ! It's built on the smoke pistol type design using compressed air
Post by: wildweeds on February 28, 2016, 10:00:54 AM
Post by: chinookie23 on February 28, 2016, 11:18:21 PM
Post by: HTCS on February 29, 2016, 06:51:32 AM
Here's mine an old gun safe. Wish I could say I made it but.... Nope I bought it from a fellow fisher / hunter :tup:
Any issues with your propane hose getting too hot down there? New to this...curious. I was planning on hard-piping mine in. AND, is that stainless expanded metal or regular carbon steel?
Thanks!
Post by: wildweeds on February 29, 2016, 12:12:43 PM
Post by: HTCS on February 29, 2016, 12:30:49 PM
The hose for fuel is disaster in the making. My dad had a hose feeder line. And yup it caught fire,burnt the house down with 120 pounds of sockeye and the bottle was on fire at the valve. It really is a good idea safety wise to hard pipe to the outside and hose it from there to the propane bottle.
I like it...solidifies my thought on it.
Post by: runamuk on February 29, 2016, 12:39:51 PM
Here's mine an old gun safe. Wish I could say I made it but.... Nope I bought it from a fellow fisher / hunter :tup:
Any issues with your propane hose getting too hot down there? New to this...curious. I was planning on hard-piping mine in. AND, is that stainless expanded metal or regular carbon steel?
Thanks!
It looks to me like the fittings are on the underside of the smoker and the hose is just being stored there when not in use, that hose isn't connected to anything that I can see. :dunno:
Post by: chinookie23 on March 01, 2016, 12:16:19 AM
Post by: HTCS on March 01, 2016, 06:38:34 AM
Sorry so late. Yes the hose is just stored there. It is all outside / under the smoker. Have had zero issues with it getting hot or even warm for that matter. Actually the issue I had once was my flame getting blown out.... Go figure.
Nice!