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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: DoubleJ on December 26, 2011, 08:35:39 PM

Title: best wood for a smokehouse
Post by: DoubleJ on December 26, 2011, 08:35:39 PM: If I were to build a smokehouse, what wood would I need to buy?
Title: Re: best wood for a smokehouse
Post by: gasman on December 26, 2011, 08:39:51 PM: I wanna build one out of toung and grove cedar. but have yet to start it :bash:
Title: Re: best wood for a smokehouse
Post by: Cap.Silver on December 26, 2011, 08:45:13 PM: Double J ,go to recipe section - there is very simple and cool smokehouse plans made out of ply .... also I saw some plans and videos on youtube .Guys like to use tongue and groove planks ---I would go with cedar myself
Title: Re: best wood for a smokehouse
Post by: gasman on December 26, 2011, 08:48:33 PM: Quote from: gasman on December 26, 2011, 08:39:51 PM
I wanna build one out of toung and grove cedar. but have yet to start it :bash:

I should say, "I plan on building one out of cedar toung and grove" :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: best wood for a smokehouse
Post by: Wea300mag on December 26, 2011, 09:22:00 PM: I considered both pine and cedar when I built mine. Then I went to the lumber store and found out the pine was 1/3 the price. It's been working great!!!

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,63501.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,63501.0.html)
Title: Re: best wood for a smokehouse
Post by: KillBilly on December 26, 2011, 10:15:26 PM: I covered a metal box with Cedar fence board. It is cheap and looks good. I won't build an all wood one because my buddy did that and his almost burnt his cedar mill down...