hey Fang, ya made me do it! ;)

[GBW]

So I sent "Fang" a PM asking to see a few more pic's of the smoker he made (and he sent them) so I decided I would try my hand at making one too. Some time over the next week it will get it's test as I'm off all week... BUT the SAD news is my fishing gear is at the cottage due to a family problem so I can't even get out fishing this week!!!!

Here is the pic's I took...

[Greencoachdog]

Looks good!!!

 

 

 

... where's the meat???

[dagoat_1]

What temp can you get this upto?

[GBW]

Looks good!!!

 

 

 

... where's the meat???

thanks and this week I'm testing it...

 

What temp can you get this upto?

duno yet as I just finished making it. going to test it this week.

[Leecher]

That is great craftsmanship GBW a real purdy one

 

Will you be adding some sort of barrier inside to keep the temps under control??

Good job and let us know the outcome of your first test.

Leechman

[Fang]

looks great. After 4 batches mine is started to really heave and warp. I'm gonna have to go back to the drawing board and line the inside with some plywood or maybe just start from the ground up again.

 

I put the hot plate on high and have been getting 220F easy (it does take a while to heat up. One trick I came across was to add 1-3 well burned charcoal lumps. They boost the inside temp 20F for each lump added they saw.

 

Another thing I've done is the wrap the hot plate with tin foil. Maek sure you don't come in contact with the burner though casue it will arc out. The tin foil takes all the drippings and saves the hot plate from getting messy

 

Out on Lake Ontario this weekend to get some more rainbows. Nothing like candied trout in the smoker

[GBW]

thanks fang.

yes leechman, i will line it with foil in the bottom section.

[anders]

Looks awsome...do you have something that will catch the drippings?

[GBW]

i'm just going to line it with foil and let the drippings fall in the pan i'll use for the wood chips

[gdelongchamp]

Excellent job on that smoker. I like the use of the bbq grills. Remember to keep the temperature down inside your smoker. Good luck with it and let us know how the first batch turns out.

[GBW]

So I got to test out the smoker....

it didn't work as well as planed BUT the food did turn out fine after a MUCH longer time then it should have been. So the new plans are in my head and because this unit was/is 4' tall it's going to get a foot or a foot and a 1/2 cut off it. the max temp I got to was 151* so I need to trim down the unit. The one thing is, I use SOOO much less wood chips this way so I will be testing it again after I make the changes...

[ChrisK]

Just a thought....Heres a easy fix for those of us that are not handy with wood.....Its a no brainer set up that will last forever with little to no maintanance....

http://cruftbox.com/cruft/docs/elecsmoker.html

 

Cheers !!

[Fang]

Hey GBW try adding 2-3 well burned charcoal blocks. I ran across this on a US smoker site and boy does it ever work to get the temp up inside. On high with just the hotplate I can get 160-170F in about 15 minutes. Add 1 piece of charcoal it goes to 190. with 3 pieces of charcoal I get 215-230. In my pan I push the smoking chips to one side and leave the charcoal on the other so the chips don't burn off too fast

 

Just did another batch of steelhead on the weekend. finger licking good!!!! Took about 3 hours

 

Watch the meat on the lowest rack too. It cooks alot faster than the top.

[GBW]

Thanks man, I may have to give it a try (or cut the dang thing)