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stonebriar

Meat Mopper
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Nov 23, 2009
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Roger Davidson of nearby Horizon Smokers has been selected to create a uniquely designed Wood Smoker for us. It will be ready before Thanksgiving. The 24" inline design will be 9 ft. in overall length - featuring a 5 ft. horizontal chamber (double racks) with a single hog door and counterweight. A spring loaded intake vent will insure openings remain in the desired position. The Vertical Cheese Chamber will be 4.5 ft. tall with four removable racks. A stainless shelf will be featured on the front of the horizontal chamber. A segregated wood storage supply will divide our favorite woods by category. It will have four thermometers.

Grandmother just put in her order yesterday evening for the Thanksgiving Smoke: Two Turkeys, Brisket, Hot Link Stuffed Pork Loin, and Ribs. My Son and I will add to her request a Fattie, Peppered Ham, Brats, Smoked Beans w/ Burnt Ends, and, of course, Smoked Cheese. This is going to be fun!
 
The build is complete and the Inaugural First Thanksgiving Smoke is now behind us. Roger Davidson of Horizon Smokers, in nearby Perry, Oklahoma, took on this unique custom design, by this simple backyard Dad, and completed the project just the day before Thanksgiving. The Pit has an unusual In-line Firebox design and an internal plate w/ an upper opening near the Firebox. Way on the other end near the vertical chamber is an equal sized lower opening forcing the indirect heat and smoke to first go high and then low, finally exiting high again at the top of the vertical chamber standing 7 feet high. This flow negates the need for convection or tuning plates. The Pit is constructed from brand new 3/8 inch pipe and features large 20 inch wheels. The stainless accents make for a nice look. Following an 8 hour burn in and seasoning, it was time to smoke some meat for Grandmother's house! 

You requested lots of pics, so here they are...





















Wood underneath and ready for the Inaugural Smoke!


A pure stick burner - no accelerates or charcoal are ever used.





The Venison Back-strap was extremely well liked!










Packed and ready for Grandmother's House!


Thanks for looking & Happy Thanksgiving!
 
Love it Steve!  At first I kept thinking I'd see pics of it being slowly moved out to a launching pad! 
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To me, this should be the ultimate in a backyard smoker!  You will have several different heat zones to assist you in getting the best out of your meats.  The vertical should do well for keeping things warm or "finishing" things like ribs.  The vertical is far enough away from the fire box that it should make an excellent cooking chamber for your awesome cheese.  I'll bet there will be a learning curve, but you should be putting out excellent fare in no time at all. 

Remember, "ribs on top rack--poultry on the bottom"...........
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Looks and cooks great!
 
All I can say is wow, that's one fantastic smoker, and enough food to feed an Army!!! Everything looks great. Reminds me of one of the contraptions out of the Movie Wild West with Will Smith!
 
Steve, morning....  Can you comment on how it was to cook on that design smoker....  Were the temps pretty even across the grates... 

Just curious as to how that design fares....  Looks like it cooks very evenly.... Dave
 
Dave - Happy to comment and thanks for asking! The design is unique and features a 5.5" upper opening on a 3/8" wall separating the In-line Firebox from the large horizontal chamber. Way on the other side, there is a 5.5" lower opening on 3/8" metal separating the horizontal and vertical smoking chambers. This forces the indirect heat and smoke to begin high and end low until it finds its way through the vertical chamber's exhaust stack, thus saturating all contents. I am an advocate of RF builds, yet this In-line Firebox design eliminates the need for convection or tuning plates for me, and here is why...

This Smoker probably is not for every SMF Member. Roger (Horizon Smokers) and I knew that upon designing the build. I smoke a lot of cheese. The massive 7' tall and 24" round vertical chamber was designed to do just that. I can conduct a cold smoke in the vertical chamber and never have to worry about rising temps. If additional sticks are added to the In-line Firebox, I am still safe. If I really raise the temps in the horizontal chamber (and it appears the sky is the limit), then the vertical chamber warms my meats nicely. To be noted, I have successfully established consistent smoking temps in the vertical chamber as well. As this new Smoker and I learn one another, the interesting thing, above the contrast of the vertical and horizontal chambers, is the temp variation between the upper and lower racks in the large horizontal chamber. I estimate 20 to 30 degrees or more. So, the learning curve is ongoing. However, for this cheese guy, I wouldn't change a thing. I smoked over 50 pounds of Sharp Cheddar and Pepper Jack this weekend along w/ some tasty smoked almonds. Thanks again...






 
This is an outstanding looking rig.......and may I say......a great design. I think that once you get past the learning curve, that smoker will be a party waiting to happen. Good job......

Brad
 
You're getting there, Pilgrim.  You're getting there.  How much cheese should I bring you to smoke for me?? 
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