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I haven't posted a pic of my smoker anywhere in over 2 years.
I plan to smoke some stuff this weekend, and then Wednesday the 17th it goes to get sandblasted inside and out, and painted. So I decided I'd let you all see what it looks like before paint.
I started this, believe it or not, 12 years ago. It has gone through many changes. From ideas of my own to ideas from a bunch of you guys and elsewhere, it will smoke with the best of the professional rigs. I have smoked thousands of pounds of meat on this over the last 12 years, and plan to smoke thousands more.
There are still a few minor things left to do before paint, but they won't take a day or two.
Here is the front side. You can see the warmer/smoker on the left, above the firebox. There is still some finish welding and grinding to do. The five foot by 2 foot tank came from a concrete truck. Almost all the rest of this project has been free. With propane igniter and a few other things, I probably don't have 100 bucks in it.
There will be a steel cabinet under this shelf. I have to build it, because of it's oddball dimensions. Gotta have somewhere to store utensils and whatnot.
These door handles turn to tighten the doors. With the silicone seals and these latches, this sucker is darn near air tight. The shelf is catwalk material from the concrete plant.
Check out all those streaks under the smoker doors. It don't do that anymore thanks to the silicone and latches.
Here are a couple of the tuning plates. Some work needs done here before sandblasting.
These racks are getting replaced also. I'm going to build racks out of stainless rod.
Here is the warmer/smoker. Under it you can see the damper handle that closes off the main cooker. There is a damper in here and a separate exhaust stack just for this warmer. With the damper closed, I can use this to warm or bake and adjust the temp with the exhaust damper. Works like a charm. I also have rods that "clip" in the top for smoking sausages.
I can't wait to get this all sandblasted. This upper cabinet needs seasoned.
Here is the firebox. The grate is made of 3/4 inch rebar and is hinged so I can raise it to clean under it. As you can see, it needs it.
Here you can see the gas log lighter. This speeds things up nicely.
And the backside with a nice big firewood basket.
You may be wondering about all these exhaust stacks. Well I've explained one and the one on the other end is pretty self explanatory. The other one coming out of the firebox allows me to get a good fire going without getting all that nasty creosote in the rest of the smoker.
And like this thread, the tail-end. I will certainly post pics when it gets painted too.
I plan to smoke some stuff this weekend, and then Wednesday the 17th it goes to get sandblasted inside and out, and painted. So I decided I'd let you all see what it looks like before paint.
I started this, believe it or not, 12 years ago. It has gone through many changes. From ideas of my own to ideas from a bunch of you guys and elsewhere, it will smoke with the best of the professional rigs. I have smoked thousands of pounds of meat on this over the last 12 years, and plan to smoke thousands more.
There are still a few minor things left to do before paint, but they won't take a day or two.
Here is the front side. You can see the warmer/smoker on the left, above the firebox. There is still some finish welding and grinding to do. The five foot by 2 foot tank came from a concrete truck. Almost all the rest of this project has been free. With propane igniter and a few other things, I probably don't have 100 bucks in it.
There will be a steel cabinet under this shelf. I have to build it, because of it's oddball dimensions. Gotta have somewhere to store utensils and whatnot.
These door handles turn to tighten the doors. With the silicone seals and these latches, this sucker is darn near air tight. The shelf is catwalk material from the concrete plant.
Check out all those streaks under the smoker doors. It don't do that anymore thanks to the silicone and latches.
Here are a couple of the tuning plates. Some work needs done here before sandblasting.
These racks are getting replaced also. I'm going to build racks out of stainless rod.
Here is the warmer/smoker. Under it you can see the damper handle that closes off the main cooker. There is a damper in here and a separate exhaust stack just for this warmer. With the damper closed, I can use this to warm or bake and adjust the temp with the exhaust damper. Works like a charm. I also have rods that "clip" in the top for smoking sausages.
I can't wait to get this all sandblasted. This upper cabinet needs seasoned.
Here is the firebox. The grate is made of 3/4 inch rebar and is hinged so I can raise it to clean under it. As you can see, it needs it.
Here you can see the gas log lighter. This speeds things up nicely.
And the backside with a nice big firewood basket.
You may be wondering about all these exhaust stacks. Well I've explained one and the one on the other end is pretty self explanatory. The other one coming out of the firebox allows me to get a good fire going without getting all that nasty creosote in the rest of the smoker.
And like this thread, the tail-end. I will certainly post pics when it gets painted too.
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