The Official "cheap" smoker thread

[Richard_]

With all these threads of Shirley's , Humphrey's , LSGs , I figured why not show support for those of us on a limited budget

[SmittyJonz]

Paid $25 for it on Craigslist. Spent $30 on paint and thermo.


http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zps1407c336.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zps1407c336.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zps13e5ffd0.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zps13e5ffd0.jpg.html)

[SmittyJonz]

Got file cabinet free. Spent $100 on it for expanded metal, Thermos, paint and stainless hardware.


http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zps96478811.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zps96478811.jpg.html)

[SmittyJonz]

Paid $80 for it cuz the holes were caked over. Power washed it and hole kept getting bigger n bigger. Got free scrap metal from work and patched him up. Spent $30 on thermos. $16 on paint.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zpsd3918b75.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zpsd3918b75.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/7F2327C5-E5D7-489F-9CDC-80191016F024_zpsfm7srbvm.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/7F2327C5-E5D7-489F-9CDC-80191016F024_zpsfm7srbvm.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/6936B0D2-FC58-4756-ABFE-B7735DCFE7E0_zpsct7ubacn.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/6936B0D2-FC58-4756-ABFE-B7735DCFE7E0_zpsct7ubacn.jpg.html)

[Bob C Cue]

Great idea. Bet we'll see some interesting cookers!

[SmittyJonz]

Found this one brand new but 10 years old in my Dads basement. Spent $15 on thermo and $8 on charcoal grate and gave it to a kid at my work.


http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/5DF2BDE6-8625-4211-A45D-3A6BE00DA306_zpsq8fko2vl.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/5DF2BDE6-8625-4211-A45D-3A6BE00DA306_zpsq8fko2vl.jpg.html)

[SmittyJonz]

Got this one for the price of gas n snacks roadtrip to Laredo and back (about $120). He even threw in free thermos.......:mrgreen:


http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/1E96A4A0-FA99-46AA-8533-B35A9D40B6E9_zpsgvgpwy6y.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/1E96A4A0-FA99-46AA-8533-B35A9D40B6E9_zpsgvgpwy6y.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/2EAB9B26-2F30-40E3-BAA7-8C507D5FADB9_zpswbdsiecz.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/2EAB9B26-2F30-40E3-BAA7-8C507D5FADB9_zpswbdsiecz.jpg.html)

[cowgirl]

Cinderblock pit

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/cowgirls-photos_album/cinderblock%20pig/0f8f4be2-2e32-4e5d-9a0d-bfdec2982d1b_zps70df4602.jpg


Underground pit

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/cowgirls-photos_album/cinderblock%20pig/159_zpsfnmplwls.jpg

[SmittyJonz]

She's got a neat tractor rim grill too.!

[SMOKE FREAK]

Garage sale OK Joe before the restore...
http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/smokefreak99/okjoe001-1.jpg (http://s693.photobucket.com/user/smokefreak99/media/okjoe001-1.jpg.html)

[SmittyJonz]

3 grate UDS ran about $120 buying drum, grates, nipples, handles - all stainless hardware added up fast.


http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zpsf3e754d7.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zpsf3e754d7.jpg.html)

[cowgirl]

She's got a neat tractor rim grill too.!

I forgot about that! The tractor rim :grin: It was really cheap too!

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/cowgirls-photos_album/camping%206/surf%20n%20turf/319f1446-9b18-4b63-b44f-244472651cb4_zpsc5f4f17a.jpg

[pjtexas1]

Think I paid $200...
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[Fwismoker]

Go commercial fancy cooker or go home! I'm thinking a PCB

[SmittyJonz]

Of course Weber Kettles make Good cheap smokers. Spent $12 on 2 pizza pans for smoker conversion.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zps05daaa58.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zps05daaa58.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zps2974d158.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zps2974d158.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/CC378D09-AC14-499B-81DB-BCA75E04723A_zpsjopdrsaa.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/CC378D09-AC14-499B-81DB-BCA75E04723A_zpsjopdrsaa.jpg.html)

[smoke ninja]

Might as well call this the smitty thread

[SMOKE FREAK]

I forgot about that! The tractor rim :grin: It was really cheap too!

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/cowgirls-photos_album/camping%206/surf%20n%20turf/319f1446-9b18-4b63-b44f-244472651cb4_zpsc5f4f17a.jpg

I miss the camp fire cooks...:thumb:

[Blownmope]

Nice spread!

I forgot about that! The tractor rim :grin: It was really cheap too!

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/cowgirls-photos_album/camping%206/surf%20n%20turf/319f1446-9b18-4b63-b44f-244472651cb4_zpsc5f4f17a.jpg

[pjtexas1]

$10 for the cooker and maybe $30 for the pot.
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[SmittyJonz]

I borrowed this Cheapo while visiting friends in Ok.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/E581A6D2-70BC-490C-9EBD-7C1F2C67C15F_zps4fyecaqi.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/E581A6D2-70BC-490C-9EBD-7C1F2C67C15F_zps4fyecaqi.jpg.html)

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[SmittyJonz]

Oh Ya, I snagged this one off Crsigslist for $60 and cut a drum top up and welded in for a bottom. Ordered a basket (for charcoal basket) for $16 off Amazon and $15 thermo and $12 paint.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/84653C28-7237-4A23-B886-083A2D057E01_zpsvjm0ryys.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/84653C28-7237-4A23-B886-083A2D057E01_zpsvjm0ryys.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/B370E1C7-1CDC-4401-A40B-4836FE700AB8_zpsld1kvpt4.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/B370E1C7-1CDC-4401-A40B-4836FE700AB8_zpsld1kvpt4.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/3AA9E350-B1D6-4DCD-AA39-24478DF999E6_zps78l8enbs.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/3AA9E350-B1D6-4DCD-AA39-24478DF999E6_zps78l8enbs.jpg.html)

[Fwismoker]

Only fancy commercial cookers for me. :rolleyes:

[SmittyJonz]

Got 2 drums from work for free and bought a sheet of expanded ($49), a stick of angle and a stick of flat, exhaust tube from AutoZone, thermo, handles, casters and coupl cans of paint. Oh and some JB Weld Hi Temp. About $120-$130 total. Sold this one for $300.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/F17DEABD-F9F0-4B4E-9B03-6D499A8F3978_zpsnnbq45i2.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/F17DEABD-F9F0-4B4E-9B03-6D499A8F3978_zpsnnbq45i2.jpg.html)

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http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/B69CD8A1-30C5-4E57-BAC2-9E117F91C9C7_zps1nuumwed.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/B69CD8A1-30C5-4E57-BAC2-9E117F91C9C7_zps1nuumwed.jpg.html)

[Richard_]

Might as well call this the smitty thread

Lol , he's got me beat , I was proud of my $250.00 Brinkmann Cimarron

[SmittyJonz]

There's been a few more but I don't have pics. I've had a Charbroil offset bought new for $189 or something (I didn't know how to smoke on offset so it got used as wood burning grill - fire in cook chamber - it rusted out and got tossed) a used Pecos I paid $200 for but a friend wanted it so I sold to him after a cpl cooks- an Masterbuilt Electric I bought new for $299 ( we thought it was an expensive purchase at the time LOL) that I still have.

[Happy Hapgood]

Very Cool Smitty!

[Bob C Cue]

Might as well call this the smitty thread

Yeah, I think he put Richard_ up to this!

[SmittyJonz]

Oh Ya II, this was my attempt at a Cheap insulated cabinet smoker. Convert a propane smoker I bought off CL for $180 and spent about $140 on it. Insulated it and built a firebox insert and ball valves. It was drafty and temps would get away from you so I sold it cuz I got $400 for it and bought a TriStar C100 9mm. :mrgreen:


http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/FA728733-E51F-43ED-A534-27890D84C93C_zpsmh9aq9ef.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/FA728733-E51F-43ED-A534-27890D84C93C_zpsmh9aq9ef.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zps0d4eb095.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zps0d4eb095.jpg.html)

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/null_zps3503588a.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/null_zps3503588a.jpg.html)


It Kicked Ass in the Cold tho........

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/bobjones79/48530B62-C9AB-4C71-A237-127FC19E8D40_zpsby4gtb2r.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/bobjones79/media/48530B62-C9AB-4C71-A237-127FC19E8D40_zpsby4gtb2r.jpg.html)

[SmittyJonz]

Nobody else wants to play.... ? :cry:

[bbqlearner]

Might as well call this the smitty thread

Yes agree with this. So amazing :thumb:

[mrwhale]

Traded a bottle of raspberry moonshine for the kettle and got the WSM cooking chamber for free. Paid $22 for the door.

[Bob C Cue]

$10 for the cooker and maybe $30 for the pot.
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It still amazes me how those cheap smokers can defy the laws of gravity!

[pjtexas1]

It still amazes me how those cheap smokers can defy the laws of gravity!

I was too lazy to edit.

[PatAttack]

Just think...if Smitty would have saved all that money he spent on the other "smokers", he could have afforded a Shirley.:-P:laugh:

Or at least a really good down payment!

[KC Smoke]

I'll play. I got this smoker from my pops as a hand me down. I consider it a family heirloom. It's about 30 years old. I lovingly refer to it as "The Frankensmoker" now after I had the cabinet expanded by a welder. Lets just say he didn't quite do what I had in mind but oh well it still works.

http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/KCSmoke13/IMAG0156_zps1iymvvfo.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/user/KCSmoke13/media/IMAG0156_zps1iymvvfo.jpg.html)

[KC Smoke]

Picked this one up off of Craigslist 2 years ago for $125. All the doors are gasketed and the dog bowl has it ready for a temp control although I never use one. It's actually amazingly efficient.

http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/KCSmoke13/IMAG1257_zpscg7e6edd.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/user/KCSmoke13/media/IMAG1257_zpscg7e6edd.jpg.html)

[KC Smoke]

...and this creation is "The Cremator". It was hand made back in the 80's and serves us very well once a year for the one contest we do. Notice the NASA engineered HVAC tape to seal the corners. There's a lid we set on top as well.

http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/KCSmoke13/IMAG0429_zpssttsjqhs.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/user/KCSmoke13/media/IMAG0429_zpssttsjqhs.jpg.html)

http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/KCSmoke13/IMAG0122_zpsyfqtfhjf.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/user/KCSmoke13/media/IMAG0122_zpsyfqtfhjf.jpg.html)

[SmittyJonz]

Just think...if Smitty would have saved all that money he spent on the other "smokers", he could have afforded a Shirley.:-P:laugh:

Or at least a really good down payment!

Nah . Add it all up and I could get half of a battlebox. Besides I'd sell one to get one so its same $ recycled.