Cedar smokehouse construction

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maybe you can place some short sections of rebar on either side of your smoker/vent pipe placing them vertically so as not to have the cinder blocks putting pressure on the pipe section, just a thought.
 
This is such an awesome build!!...I'm going to have to make one just like it for myself this spring. Hope you don't mind.
 
Just curious if you were able to control the temperature and if so did you do it by adding a baffle to the pipe on the inside of the smoker? Also, what is lowest temp you can get too?
 
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fanstic job. very very nice indeed. if i can im going to start foundation this summer here in colorado. if theres any plans on this i would certenly like to be on the list to obtain one. tks alot. ever since seeing this smokehouse ive been on this area all afternoon trying to figure out how to get ahold of you guys and now i hope i gots it figured out. tks once again
 
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Fantastic build - excellent craftmanship.
 
I love your smoke house.  I am brand new to smoking and just bought a Masterbuilt GS40 dual fuel, Propane/Charcoal.  I do have a question, what made you choose brick for your firebox as apposed to cement blocks lined with the white slabs, which I assume are made to give a flat, clean surface as well as insulate the fire from the brick.  Could you have used cement blocks and then brick in around those if you wanted the brick for the look. 

Again, I am very new so these are questions and not second guessing.  I would like to build a smoke house one day and I really like your setup.

Do you ever place a direct fire into the smoke house directly in order to get the heat up?  This looks like a cold smoke house, but again, I am a newbie. 

Great Looking House and the food you are smoking looks awesome... 

What did you use to seal around the stove pipe where it went through the cement blocks and bricks? 

Did you insulate the smoke ducting with any type of insulation to help with any heat loss through the aluminum stove piping?
 
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Ed welcome to smoking and from an Air Force vet and Active Duty Navy sailor thank you for your service. ATCNick hardly replies so I'll shed some light on a few of your questions. The "white slabs" you refer to is the fire brick. Most of the guys/gals in here go out and hunt them down from restores and estate sales but if you buy them from the store they typically run MSRP around $25/6 bricks. An expensive addition so as I am building mine I opted on doing a refractory cement/perelite/fireclay combination which is less expensive. For that idea you can research "rocket stove" on YouTube to get some ideas. Not sure if/what Nick used to insulate the pipe but sand is always an option. Placing fire directly into the smokehouse is tricky as it would have to be an extremely small fire as typical wood burning fires can reach upwards 1000 degrees. If you are looking at doing it that way you want to look into propane. Propane can be regulated a lot easier. In most cases propane can also be a cheaper solution.
 
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I guess I am still a little confused then.  So there is no fire, only something like a AMNPS to generate smoke and the smoke house itself is not heated? 

Thank you for your service also.  I will have to do much more research.  Right now I am running into an issue of the wind blowing out my propane flame when I try to lower it down.  I have to build a wind-break and trying to decide to go cheap with cement block or cheap pavers at Home depot or Lowes. 

Thanks for all the great info and best of luck with your build.  I cannot wait to see pictures after it is done
 
So AMNPS just generates smoke for cold smoking mainly and you can either go propane/wood burning/charcoal etc. To generate the heat. I will do oak burning and flavored wood chips in a side fire box (SFB). There is no one way to skin a cat (or in this way smoke some Q) so get creative. Can be as cheap as you want or elaborate. After all they don't call em UDS for nothing (Ugly Drum Smoker). Cheers!
 
Sorry guys, seems like I don't get notifications of replies anymore. I'll try to answer some questions...

Smoker57, I used two 1/8-1/4" steel bars over the pipe to support the blocks above it. Once mortared in it worked perfectly.

Agdrillman55, I haven't built a baffle for it yet but I'm able to control temps with the size of the fire. It's not perfect, but it works. The lowest temps I get depends on the ambient temp. The smokehouse isn't insulated. I've had no problems keeping it at 70°F on cold days here in Texas.

End disabled vet, I chose the bricks over the blocks for the firebox so I could make the firebox smaller, and I think it looks better too. I could have used cement blocks. The white bricks are fire brick.

I don't put a fire directly in the smokehouse. The fire in the firebox can easily get the smokehouse temps to over 200°

I planned for this to be a cold and hot smokehouse, but I can only use it as a cold smokehouse during cooler weather.

I sealed the pipe at the firebox with fire clay. And used mortar at the smokehouse.

I lined each side of the pipe with cement blocks and covered the pipe with dirt.
 
Hi Nick,

First of all I want to join the choir to thank you for sharing this inspiring project.

I have a question about cold smoking. Up in the thread, you mentionned the possibility to use your build for cold smoke as well, provided you add some modification. Could you please elaborate on this if you don't mind? Do you think it would be suited to do both style quite well? 

Thanks for your attention!

regards,

Corbion
 
You might try placing a small fan in front of your firebox door in the summer to get a little slow forced air moving, might drop your temps enough to do some cold smoking in the summer, since you are using an AMNPS for your smoke.
 
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