New bbq food smoker

[john_aero]

Just a wash and assebmly and will have my new ugly drum smoker ready

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Get after that weeding

 

[john_aero]

Ah gallon roundup will sort that

 

[Blackal]

Show us the interior?

Why did you go for vertical rather than horizontal? Lower temperatures at the top?

Start a proper thread on the Food and drink section?

Al

 

[Tengiz99]

Oh yes, we need a full project thread!

 

[john_aero]

Didnt know was food thread

Lik vertical for simplicity and and less work

Add water pan and control temp easily

 

[Blackal]

Le GSTro.......... A section on its own

For all the "foodies"

Al

 

[de crowe]

oven

did you get much use out of the pizza oven John?

 

[john_aero]

got all the bits last week,

new drum, grills and stainless hardware

chopped up old frying pan to use as a water pan

picked up cheap bbq from argos from argos for 13e and used bottom of bbq for ash pan and cook grill as base for charcoal basket

had 2 burn outs to clean drum

grinder to make sure all fully cheap at bottom of them barrel here paint didnt fully burn off

then marked and drilled it up

3 racks, 2 for cooking and 1 to hold water pan or heat diffuser

bottom sliding vent and chimney on top with adj damper

couldnt find my metal hole saws so chimney holes is not very circular

but all left is weld on chimney on, wash it out and season

not had time today so hope head to fatherinlaw wednesday to use his welder

hope get cooking at weekend

 

[john_aero]

got good use out of oven last year

need finish it off and insulate it btu works great

 

[Ravenbyrne]

got good use out of oven last year

need finish it off and insulate it btu works great

Bet ya can't fit into the smoker John

 

[john_aero]

Bet ya can't fit into the smoker John

alrwayd been in it, twice to get to bottom

now i did lay it flat on ground so had half my brain engaged didnt try get in with it standing up

 

[Woodworker]

Bet ya can't fit into the smoker John

theres more chance of me getting into it than you Brian.

 

[john_aero]

Smoker biker, sounds interesting

 

[Ravenbyrne]

theres more chance of me getting into it than you Brian.

Ah sure I,d fit down that wee spout sticking out of the top

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Smoker biker, sounds interesting

Good man John, great excuse to have a BBQ and smoked dish dash..................

 

[bobdonny]

Have a similar smoker but the smoke temp was too high and ruined a few salmon... I know run the smoke from a separate source through an aluminum pipe to cool it down.
Have the material bought for pizza oven too, just gotta build it. You've a very nice setup

 

[john_aero]

I suppose depends on seals on drum. Too hot temp means coals too hot so dampers opeb too much

But do know most woulnt smoke fish on them as they best done with a cold snoker not hot smoker

But i do knoe takes good few goes to learn catch temp on way up theb hold it

I plan just throw some cheap oily snd fatty meat on to run it to learn its ideal setup and season it

Oven was food fun build

If was re do it id takr more time at top dome instead rushing to finish it as looks a mess inside

But hey it works and if anyone wants stick head in to check st full temp go ahead

Just heads up, breeze blockd are great base indulation and 10mins to lay plus cheap

No need mix vermacrete for base insul

 

[john_aero]

Brian

I am looking building commercial one so if knoe anyone with small farmets milk trailer let me know

Has been mentioned about a pizza run

 

[Sumprat]

Nice job that man.

I bought a smoking cabinet a few years ago and thoroughly enjoy the use of it.
I use the ProQ Cold Smoke Generator to make smoke. It works a treat.
I smoke; trout, salmon, haddock, cheese, boiled eggs, chillis, garlic, meat...