Building a smoker

[ohsobad_chevy]

I am fairly new to welding and I am wanting to build a smoker. Never have tackled this big of a project, but looking forward to it.

I am not wanting anything real big, especially not on a trailer. I even thought about making a mount coming out of the receiver hitch on my truck to pin it in and out of.

I'll take any advice or reading you may have.

[ohsobad_chevy]

.......anyone?

[tom37]

Welcome to the site ohsobad_chevy,

There is a few threads here about smokers, mostly large trailer rigs or small one slab smokers. Everything I have seen here have very excellent ideas involved, many of which could be scaled down and made work on a small patio size rig.

Here is a link to another site that has hundreds of ideas of stuff others have built.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forums/index.php

From the smf site there is a calculator for figuring your openings for air inlet chamber opening per chamber size and such. I cant get the link to work but if you would like it, PM me and I can email it to you.

My choice would be to build from 1/8" or less sheet, insulate it, and skin it with like sheet. There is a guy on SMF that built two very very nice cookers, not much over 2 feet square and about 3 feet tall. Sorry I don't have the link handy right now but I could probably dig it up if you are interested.

If you click the link in my signature line it will take you to my Picasa account, I am sorry that I do not have my albums organized very well, but now that I have linked to them I cant move them. There is several folders if you scroll down. Take any idea you like, the only thing I would ask, is that you post pics of what you end up with.

[Jerel]

ohsobad_chevy,

Try these links and see if you like any of these smokers.

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/index.php click on "Cookers"

http://www.phpbbserver.com/phpbb/ind...orum=smokinjim click on "Equipment" and "Clone Builders List"

http://bbq.about.com/gi/dynamic/offs...ild_a_pit.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/lineback/bbq/wdh.htm

Have a good week,

Jerel

[davinci2010]

I don't know much about building smokers, but I do know there are formulas for determining your firebox size so the whole rig will work as it should. I don't have these formulas, but I'm sure someone on here does. Good luck and enjoy when you are finished.

[ohsobad_chevy]

Thanks for the help, fellas.

If you remember those links I will gladly take them. I am looking for the all the info I can get and then some.

Keep it coming.