Home made smoker

[BrooklynQ]

Here's an interesting story from the internet.
http://www.cruftbox.com/cruft/docs/elecsmoker.html

Can you find the flaws in his design?[/i][/u]

[chad]

Galvanized will kill ya, but other than that it's ok. For the same $50 I can buy a Brinkmann electric on sale or an Ole Smokey electric for $111 every day from this address:

http://www.barbecue-store.com/oldsmokey-electricsmoker.htm

Then again, at the low temps the galvanized probably wouldn't be much of an issue -- unless the chips flare up, etc.

[Solidkick]

Brian would say: No Gas?

[chad]

Can't get a gas smoker for $50 :D

$149 will do it though at Wal-Mart.

[BrooklynQ]

Galvanized will kill ya
really? what's it do?

[chad]

really? what's it do?

The fumes from the galvanizing are toxic -- If you were to "burn in" the can with a hot fire it would clear off the zinc/galvinizing but then it would immediately begin to rust out!

I have to admit I've thought of getting a thrift shop hot plate to put into my ECB.

[jminion]

No exhaust and cooking in a galvanized can, Nirvana!

[chad]

It has potential for a real thermostat!! Wait, then it would be an oven!! Kinda like Bradley cooker!! :D Or a Cookshack electricl.

Cabela's has several electrics as well as pellet cookers by Traeger, etc.

http://www.cabelas.com/information/CampingFoodPrep/CookshackElectricSmokerOvens0005918.html

[Solidkick]

And to think 30 years ago some of us probably would have been trying to figure out a way to make a bong out of it! same smoker concept? I don't think so! LMFAO

[BrooklynQ]

And to think 30 years ago some of us probably would have been trying to figure out a way to make a bong out of it! Where would you put the water?

[Solidkick]

And to think 30 years ago some of us probably would have been trying to figure out a way to make a bong out of it! Where would you put the water?

OK, maybe.....we would have stuck a piece of PVC in the bottom and made a pipe.

[kcquer]

OK, maybe.....we would have stuck a piece of PVC in the bottom and made a pipe.

Kick, can you post a drawing? :wink: 8) :lol:

[The_Kapn]

Darn,
I just spent 5 more hours in the shop sweating, getting dirty, and spending $50 more Moding my StudeDera!!
I could have just bought a trash can and gone to cooking :twisted:
I feel so used :oops:

TIM

[parrothead]

And to think 30 years ago some of us probably would have been trying to figure out a way to make a bong out of it! same smoker concept? I don't think so! LMFAO

I have not stopped trying to make a bong out of everything.

Self employed mod.

[parrothead]

And of course the galvanized thing is an absolute no-no.

[BBQchef33]

i dont know anyone that BBQ's at 400 degrees.. thatr aint right.... and He says BBQ is over charcoal, not wood and "smoking" is at 225. Sorry.. to me , cooking at 200-250, wook OR charcoal.. or both.. thats BBQ... and smoking is done in the hotsmoke(160-180) range and cold smoke(80--125) range. he's using an old boyscout trick... 'cept for the galvanized can....

[badger]

cooking at 200-250, wook OR charcoal

I thought Wookie's were on the endangered species list? And you want to cook them? Thats farked up Phil! :lol:

[BigAl]

Trash Can w/ lid: $12.00
Electric Hot Plate: $13.00
Grating: $10.00
Wood Chip Box: $10.00 (actually, I already had this, but they are cheap if you need to buy one.)
Temperature Gauge: $9.00

Early trip to the Grave, Priceless :!:

[kcquer]

Trash Can w/ lid: $12.00
Electric Hot Plate: $13.00
Grating: $10.00
Wood Chip Box: $10.00 (actually, I already had this, but they are cheap if you need to buy one.)
Temperature Gauge: $9.00

My limited math skills calculate that to be $54, for $2 more he could have gone to wal-mart and had to ECB's to cook on. Whadda ya want from someone who says, "the std cut for smoking is a tri tip". California dude obviously needs some Brethren assistance, and a hand check.

[BigBelly]

And to think 30 years ago some of us probably would have been trying to figure out a way to make a bong out of it! same smoker concept? I don't think so! LMFAO

Hell, thirty years ago! What about today?!? No, seriously folks, no pun intended but that dudes design is trashy! =)

[BigAl]

And to think 30 years ago some of us probably would have been trying to figure out a way to make a bong out of it! same smoker concept? I don't think so! LMFAO

Hell, thirty years ago! What about today?!? No, seriously folks, no pun intended but that dudes design is trashy! =)

On the show the guy used a huge clay pot, inverted with pot hole up for a vent. :roll: :roll: :roll:

[tommykendall]

On the show the guy used a huge clay pot, inverted with pot hole up for a vent


I think you're talking about ChiBill's and my friend, Alton Brown.