The restaurant my Brother works for had a reach in cooler that the servers used to keep their salads and plates and dressings in, well being 12 years old and repaired several times they finally decided to get a new one and he told them he was taking the old one to turn into a smoker.
Well here is the beast...
Ripped the compressor off the top, going to remove all the insulation (it's foam) and replace with high temp insulation.
I have a few questions for you fine folks who may be able to help me.
I was thinking charcoal but my Brother wants to do it propane, I told him that's fine just as long as it's not too big an area to heat properly with a propane tank.
Internal area is
59" tall
24" wide (already has racks that are 21 1/2")
28 1/2" deep.
All the metal is good inside, I'll have to replace the plastic door lining and seal but after that I'm not quite clear on how to properly go about getting proper temps and airflow, vent size, intake.
I assume we are going propane (long as there are no issues with it) so if anyone can give me some tips/pointers/links or any other advice I would really appreciate it.
Would love to get this thing up and running by Summer time.
Thanks in advance.
Well here is the beast...
Ripped the compressor off the top, going to remove all the insulation (it's foam) and replace with high temp insulation.
I have a few questions for you fine folks who may be able to help me.
I was thinking charcoal but my Brother wants to do it propane, I told him that's fine just as long as it's not too big an area to heat properly with a propane tank.
Internal area is
59" tall
24" wide (already has racks that are 21 1/2")
28 1/2" deep.
All the metal is good inside, I'll have to replace the plastic door lining and seal but after that I'm not quite clear on how to properly go about getting proper temps and airflow, vent size, intake.
I assume we are going propane (long as there are no issues with it) so if anyone can give me some tips/pointers/links or any other advice I would really appreciate it.
Would love to get this thing up and running by Summer time.
Thanks in advance.
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