Time to move up to something better than the Brinkman garbage can.
I have been looking on craigslist for a smoker or cabinet to make into a smoker. Was considering a Bradley until I came across this...
It is an Alto-shaam cooker-warmer commercial unit. It has in wall heating elements with convection in the walls for even heating. Low temp is 100, highest temp is 350. It is made to hold low temps well and evenly. And it is a 110V unit! These things are like $5K new.... kind of a shame to hack it up into a smoker
So, this baby will hold low temps very well and even, but now I need to get it smoking.
I did some research on a smoke generator and liked this idea
http://www.transpave-showcase.com/smoke/
And went to work building something similar but a little more robust out of Stainless material i had around.
So, i will play with it tomorrow when I get the compressor rigged up and see how it smokes.
What I need help from you guys is to give me feedback on where, how and what I should do for draft, venting, and such. The sides of this oven are a no-no as heating is done through it. As far as I can tell the back and bottom are good to go, but I need to verify tomorrow that there is no heating going on there.
So, if this thing is fairly air tight, how big of a vent and stack would you start out with?
I have been looking on craigslist for a smoker or cabinet to make into a smoker. Was considering a Bradley until I came across this...
It is an Alto-shaam cooker-warmer commercial unit. It has in wall heating elements with convection in the walls for even heating. Low temp is 100, highest temp is 350. It is made to hold low temps well and evenly. And it is a 110V unit! These things are like $5K new.... kind of a shame to hack it up into a smoker
So, this baby will hold low temps very well and even, but now I need to get it smoking.
I did some research on a smoke generator and liked this idea
http://www.transpave-showcase.com/smoke/
And went to work building something similar but a little more robust out of Stainless material i had around.
So, i will play with it tomorrow when I get the compressor rigged up and see how it smokes.
What I need help from you guys is to give me feedback on where, how and what I should do for draft, venting, and such. The sides of this oven are a no-no as heating is done through it. As far as I can tell the back and bottom are good to go, but I need to verify tomorrow that there is no heating going on there.
So, if this thing is fairly air tight, how big of a vent and stack would you start out with?
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