New Smoker Success!!

[Kicken Asphalt]

Nice... stainless would rock... but OMG $$.

i'll find something i got all winter to look

[nickelmore]

Nice build

Make friends at the recycle center, I see stainless stuff all the time.

The only thing I see you may want to do is line the whole bottom and a few inches up the walls with foil for easy clean up.

I like your smoke generator. I have a "older version" how well does the one with the air inlet on the side work?

[HawgHeaven]

Now that is SWEET!!! Congrats on the new addition, and a great smoke!

[Fishawn]

How about lining it with galv metal about 4' up? .... Or is that bad to use?.... Wifes uncle burned 2 down before he lined his with it..... If it is bad for your health then that would explain him being the way he is then....

Good idea on the foil for clean up

[DDave]

That's a pretty cool looking smoker.

I was always a bit nervous about wood and fire!

Wood goes GREAT with fire.

just be sure it's a ways from the house/garage.

AND keep it VERY CLEAN around the burner.

How about lining it with galv metal about 4' up? .... Or is that bad to use?...

Big ongoing debate regarding that. Prevailing opininon seems to be it's not a good idea.

Dave

[aczeller]

Nice... stainless would rock... but OMG $$.

yep... about $130 for a 4x8 sheet right now, and that is just mill finish. figure at least 160 or so for brushed, and about 200+ for mirror/polished. the stuff ain't cheap, but it is food-grade if executed properly, and that is by FDA standards... however THAT is a whole other issue.

i love the wood man. i gotta give you points for that. i wish i had the time/space for another fridge-sized smoker. lol. did you seal the pine with anything, or are you just going to let it age and gray?

Later,
Andy

[Kingudaroad]

I love the new smoker!

May I suggest rigging something to keep any grease drippings off the open flames. The fire has a tendency to climb up the drippings.....don't ask me how I know.

[aczeller]

How about lining it with galv metal about 4' up? .... Or is that bad to use?....

bad stuff. if it's not in contact with the food, you are safe for the most part. it's the zinc that will get you for the most part. there is some other stuff in there too, but zinc is what gives you glav. poisoning and "metal fume fever"...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002570.htm (from the gov't, so you know they are telling the truth... )

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/h...etal-poisoning

i've had it (not from smoking... welding), and it ain't fun. it's usually not toxic, but depending on how long the zinc has been off-gassing, how long your food is exposed to it, etc, it could be pretty nasty. since mine was only air-borne and for a short period of time (about 2 minutes in the fumes), i was able to just go inside for a bit, sit down, drink some milk, and about an hour later, i forgot all about it. i now have a roof exhaust fan mounted in the garage and it's on every time i'm welding.

for smokers, i will never use galv for anything that is near, let alone in contact, with food. i have a galv. ash pan, and the flue on my smoker is galv., but other than that, it is all raw steel or stainless. aluminum has a tendancy to melt (about 1200*F +/-), and zinc WILL melt if it is anywhere near an open flame... zinc melts around 600*F +/-. the exact melting points depend up the exact composition of the metals.

Later,
Andy

[Kicken Asphalt]

Make friends at the recycle center, I see stainless stuff all the time.

The only thing I see you may want to do is line the whole bottom and a few inches up the walls with foil for easy clean up.

I like your smoke generator. I have a "older version" how well does the one with the air inlet on the side work?

There's always room for impovements. The smoke generator i kinda some what copied that smoke daddy generator, have not used it yet.

[Kicken Asphalt]

yep... about $130 for a 4x8 sheet right now, and that is just mill finish. figure at least 160 or so for brushed, and about 200+ for mirror/polished. the stuff ain't cheap, but it is food-grade if executed properly, and that is by FDA standards... however THAT is a whole other issue.

i love the wood man. i gotta give you points for that. i wish i had the time/space for another fridge-sized smoker. lol. did you seal the pine with anything, or are you just going to let it age and gray?

Later,
Andy

just varnish, I had that laying around, hate to let goto waste.

[Kicken Asphalt]

bad stuff. if it's not in contact with the food, you are safe for the most part. it's the zinc that will get you for the most part. there is some other stuff in there too, but zinc is what gives you glav. poisoning and "metal fume fever"...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002570.htm (from the gov't, so you know they are telling the truth... )

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/h...etal-poisoning

i've had it (not from smoking... welding), and it ain't fun. it's usually not toxic, but depending on how long the zinc has been off-gassing, how long your food is exposed to it, etc, it could be pretty nasty. since mine was only air-borne and for a short period of time (about 2 minutes in the fumes), i was able to just go inside for a bit, sit down, drink some milk, and about an hour later, i forgot all about it. i now have a roof exhaust fan mounted in the garage and it's on every time i'm welding.

for smokers, i will never use galv for anything that is near, let alone in contact, with food. i have a galv. ash pan, and the flue on my smoker is galv., but other than that, it is all raw steel or stainless. aluminum has a tendancy to melt (about 1200*F +/-), and zinc WILL melt if it is anywhere near an open flame... zinc melts around 600*F +/-. the exact melting points depend up the exact composition of the metals.

Later,
Andy

thats what thought. bad Joo-Joo

[Mark R]

just varnish, I had that laying around, hate to let goto waste.

Varnish, another NO NO. I'll let someone else get into the details but it's like smoking paint. Think about it!

Great lookin box by the way, I love wood. That's all we used as a kid (my Dads) but they all burned up eventually. But then that was mostly kinda cold smoking (fish).

[aczeller]

Varnish, another NO NO. I'll let someone else get into the details but it's like smoking paint. Think about it!

Great lookin box by the way, I love wood. That's all we used as a kid (my Dads) but they all burned up eventually. But then that was mostly kinda cold smoking (fish).

the inside is bare... he varnished the pine on the outside for weather protection

[harlanr3]

omg now that is cool

[Mark R]

the inside is bare... he varnished the pine on the outside for weather protection

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