meat smoker

[ihuntbear]

pics taken with my cell phone of the almost completed smoker

 

[ihuntbear]

sorry i forgot to say its a reverse flow.The heat and smoke goes into the smoker under the steel place at the bottom to the other end , then goes back across the grills then out the smoke stack by the fire box

 

[jayste]

Nice looking smoker. I've never seen the reverse flow method. :thumbsup:

 

[Car Doc]

Looking good! :thumbsup:

www.thebbqguru.com/products/DigiQ-DX2--(Build-your-package)-.html

Just throwing this out for your info the link is the BBQ Guru website they are real nice on a charcoal or wood smoker for keeping the temps right automatically. (as much as possible)

They use a fan to stoke the fire and meat probes to slow the fire down when the temp is getting close. I have the old pit minder which only controlled the fan and a newer DigiQ like the one in the link it does meat temp and a lot more and I like them a lot.

 

[ihuntbear]

i hated doing all the welding and grinding next to my pride and joy.I just don't know what i love most,the 76 shovel head harley or the 67 chevelle

 

[Fork14]

Another great source for smoking is the virtual weber bullet site. Tons of food ideas and very smart people to help ya.

The Virtual Weber Bullet - For the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker smoker enthusiast

 

[ihuntbear]

some poeple say the tanks i used are glass lined .the tanks seem to have some kind of sprayed on liner purple in color.i hit it with a torch but nothing happened... do i need to grind this out or do i do a burn and never look back??

 

[ihuntbear]

anybody build one out of an old hot water tank that i was talking about???????

 

[RobertBrown]

Down here the old locals smoke mullet. They use old refrigerators with will the interior plastic removed.
Smoked mullet is as good as smoked meat gets when it's done right.
Put some on your forehead, and your tongue will beat you to death trying to get to it :thumbsup:

 

[Car Doc]

Galvanized or not is what I would be concerned about more than anything.