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randythawkins

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• May 13, 2015

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Hi.  My name is Randy Hawkins and I live just outside of Atlanta, GA and I am an amateur smoker.  Last year I was bitten by the smokin' bug.  I am a home handyman type of person and love the challenge of some building tasks.  For this topic, in particular, instead of buying a cheap metal smoke box I decided to take on the challenge and build an electric smoker with pine wood boards.  I have smoked chicken several times and am quite happy with the results.

First test run with cheap steak...

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After first test run...

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Thanks,

Randy

 

gary s

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  Good afternoon and welcome to the forum, from another cool and rainy day here in East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything.

Gary

 

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rmmurray

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• May 13, 2015

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Welcome to SMF! :welcome:
We're glad to have you. The search bar at the top is your most valuable resource here. This forum has been around for over ten years, so there is a good chance that any questions you may have, have already been answered (they may have 10 different answers, but you'll get an instant response non the less).
Please be sure to post your smokes along with your process and recipes. We will be glad to help you along the way and we may also learn something new ourselves in the process. Also, don't forget the very important Q view! (We're mad for pics on here [emoji]128513[/emoji])
Always remember to have fun because it's not fun if you have to work at it.
Thanks for joining,
- Ryan

 

one eyed jack

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• May 16, 2015

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Welcome to the site Randy.  Nice looking smoke box you've put together.  What is the material you used for your door gasket? 

What temperature are you smoking your chickens at?

 

randythawkins

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• May 18, 2015

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One eyed Jack said:

 
Welcome to the site Randy.  Nice looking smoke box you've put together.  What is the material you used for your door gasket? 

What temperature are you smoking your chickens at?

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Thanks.  The door gasket is your typical home door weatherstip which I got from Lowes.  When researching this build I found other similar ones and they had used weatherstip without issue.  In my case I have had no problems and even with the heat from a smoke it has stayed intact.  

As for temperature, during a mild Spring of Fall day I can get it up to 220 degrees.  During the heat of mid-Summer it is possible to get to 240 (but I will adjust it back down to between 220 and 230).

 

one eyed jack

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randythawkins said:

 
Thanks.  The door gasket is your typical home door weatherstip which I got from Lowes.  When researching this build I found other similar ones and they had used weatherstip without issue.  In my case I have had no problems and even with the heat from a smoke it has stayed intact.  

As for temperature, during a mild Spring of Fall day I can get it up to 220 degrees.  During the heat of mid-Summer it is possible to get to 240 (but I will adjust it back down to between 220 and 230).

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Thanks for the come-back.  Sounds like you've created a first class smoke box. 

 

randythawkins

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• May 19, 2015

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One eyed Jack said:

 
Thanks for the come-back.  Sounds like you've created a first class smoke box. 

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I like to think so.  :)

First - I should have typed 'weatherstrip' and not 'weatherstip'...sorry about that.

Second - I just remembered that I had a blog about the build the build of this smoker cabinet.  It hasn't been updated in awhile but there still might be an interesting read.  It is at http://randysmeatsmoker.blogspot.com/

 

one eyed jack

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• May 20, 2015

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randythawkins said:

 
I like to think so.  :)

First - I should have typed 'weatherstrip' and not 'weatherstip'...sorry about that.

Second - I just remembered that I had a blog about the build the build of this smoker cabinet.  It hasn't been updated in awhile but there still might be an interesting read.  It is at http://randysmeatsmoker.blogspot.com/

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Thanks for the link Randy.  It's a good read on a well thought out project.