Hog cooker

[merrell]

My son is building a hog roaster out of a 275 gal oil tank and fire with propane. Will an a-maze-n smoker in a side box plumbed into the cooker feed enough smoke to it?

[mulepackin]

I kinda doubt it. But you could use more than one, I'm sure Todd could advise you.

[Beaver Camp Sausage Company]

If that won't the big kahuna smoke daddy will. They flat put out the smoke.

[Fishawn]

Maybe Todd could build an Amazen Monster Smoker

[erain]

Maybe Todd could build an Amazen Monster Smoker

he does have some other smokers he is currently working on. one for example is a 24 hour set and forget for doing bacons/hams etc... told me he built one for some guy in colorado... if you want to do multi day smokes would just have to ck once a day.

as far as going monster with it i believe he told me he expirimented with the size of the maze tracks and going larger did not work out. i think he said the heat would get too high and the chips would ignite to flame... sorry i cant remember the details. maybe give todd a pm... also now he has the pellets so they may be a different story...

[aczeller]

if it were me, I would just use a heavy-duty burner and put a log on there. not only do you get the smoke, but you get a little added heat too. however, since it's only a log, it wouldn't be an overwhelming spike in temps every time you open the chamber.

[Slanted88]

Got a 2buck75 propane fired...Ain't done it yet but i'm gonna jack in a pipe with a beer keg fire box like Richtee. And I sure can't dig in his archive to find it!

[Mark R]

My offset is a 110gal oil tank and the AMPS works well in that lit on both ends. I get about 5 to 6 hours of burn time. But that is cold smoking, prolly not enough for a hot smoke.

[merrell]

Update to the Hog Cooker

Been working on my son's hog cooker project. Probably 85% done. I think the main things he needs to do is.....
Vent stacks
A couple thermometers
Fenders
Side shelf on the cooker
Safety chains
A little sand blasting and paint.

We have had it fired up trying to burn some outside paint off and had it a little over 400 at the grate at may 3/4 open on the fuel. It will hold 250 real easy at maybe a 1/4 turn on the regulator, barely hearing the gas. Using our homegrown pellet smoking tray in a side box piping smoke in. Seems to work ok. Will do some butts to be sure. After cooking, all the racks and drip pans will fit inside the cooker for storage.

Here a few progress pictures...

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[aczeller]

pardon my french, but that's one hell of a setup. looks like it should work great and operate pretty easily. I love the ammo can smoke box!

Later,
Andy

[Squirrel]

Wow. That's one helluva build sir. Get after it! Most of that stuff is way over my head, but I enjoyed looking at the pictures.

[ridgeback05]

I like that set up. I do whole hogs and small pigs.

Based on my experience I think your pellet tray is going to be enough when doing pigs. Say 35 pounds to 50 pounds.

But I would like to know your feed back when you do a throw down for a Hog. I'm talking 150 pounds or bigger.

I respectfully question that the pellet tray will be enough.

Might take 2 or 3 of them bad boy trays to do a hog, for 16 to 24 hours.

Best regards-

[TJohnson]

Got one in the works!
2 test runs, and the thing is plenty big enough for a small smoke house or oil barrel smoker.

Thank Mark for the idea....It's his fault!


Todd

[sweet_magnolia]

[SmokinOutBack]

Awesome build man!