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My wife has told me it is time to spend some money on my old sausage smoker and make it more of a set it and forget type smoker like our MES’s. Right now it runs on propane that I also have a regulator set up for smoking in warmer temps, 40º and cooler. This set up has worked great for me smoking sausage -10º to 10º. Summer weather is just too warm for my set up.
Since we relocated last year (home building and new job) I have not had a chance to process and smoke the 9 deer in our freezer (185 lbs. of ground venison, the rest is back straps and roasts). Now I need my sausage smoker to be efficient in the warmer temps. I have already purchased a “Big Kahuna” Smoke Daddy - smoke generator for warmer temp smoking. Now I am trying to figure out if I should look at electric or propane with a thermostat. Electric seems the easiest, with not having a pilot light that will get blown out. But first I wanted to get others ideas and maybe get pictures of what they have done or possibly web links of what I should be looking at. Cost will be a consideration, but having my wife’s blessing really helps open up the budget.
Below I will post a few old pics of my sausage smoker to give you an idea of what I am working with. It used to be a 7’ tall commercial stainless steel refrigerator that I acquired for free and believe it or not, it was still working well when I tore it apart. When I received it, it had no shelves so a buddy and I fabricated and framed expanded aluminum shelves that are approx. 23 ½” X 23 ½”. There are 6 shelves and the smoker has room for 11.
Any thoughts you have are appreciated and thank you in advance.
Since we relocated last year (home building and new job) I have not had a chance to process and smoke the 9 deer in our freezer (185 lbs. of ground venison, the rest is back straps and roasts). Now I need my sausage smoker to be efficient in the warmer temps. I have already purchased a “Big Kahuna” Smoke Daddy - smoke generator for warmer temp smoking. Now I am trying to figure out if I should look at electric or propane with a thermostat. Electric seems the easiest, with not having a pilot light that will get blown out. But first I wanted to get others ideas and maybe get pictures of what they have done or possibly web links of what I should be looking at. Cost will be a consideration, but having my wife’s blessing really helps open up the budget.
Below I will post a few old pics of my sausage smoker to give you an idea of what I am working with. It used to be a 7’ tall commercial stainless steel refrigerator that I acquired for free and believe it or not, it was still working well when I tore it apart. When I received it, it had no shelves so a buddy and I fabricated and framed expanded aluminum shelves that are approx. 23 ½” X 23 ½”. There are 6 shelves and the smoker has room for 11.
Any thoughts you have are appreciated and thank you in advance.
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