2 Cold Smoker Questions

Question #1: I purchased a generic oven thermostat from GE that I intend to wire into the circuit between the outlet and the heating element.

Where is the best place to mount the probe?

The smoker is set up like a big "lil Chief" smoker. Element on the bottom with a pan of wood chips sitting on it. An 8" hole in the bottom of the freezer lets smoke into a 4'x2'x2' smoke chamber, with a chimney on top.

Question #2: I would like to add some "j" hooks to the roof of the smoker to allow hanging meat or cheese. I could only find "Zinc" hooks at the home depot.

Will Zinc "j" hooks be okay? or do I need stainless steel? If I need stainless steel, does anyone know where to look?

Thanks,
Pirate

PS> I want to start smoking moose by month end, it's kill'in me to see it in the freezer.

Oh great... a newbie repeat post infraction.

Fine, I'll spend and extra splitting wood blocks this weekend.

Thanks Wallaby, I'm already on it and have a pair of 1x1's notched for (4) dowels.

Baitfish brings up a point of discussion. He is talking about keeping the temp below 90...I thought cold smoking meant keeping it below 200. That said I plan to use the thermostat to control the length of time the element is actually on. Am I missing something here?