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mpk1

mpk1

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Jan 19, 2013
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Portsmouth U.K
Good morning guys and girls,
First off what a great forum. I do a lot of hunting here and am looking to further stretch my culinary exploits by building a cold smoker. Starting with duck and woodpidgeon plus a few trout that I have in the freezer. I have attached a picture of the potential smoke box I will use. Any ideas if this is safe as its a piece of furniture no longer needed.

The heat source will be a BBQ 3eters away and the smoke piped to it.

Anyways love the forum I'm off to bag some more game birds.

Thanks in advance.
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Welcome to our group MP. Keep us informed on your build should be interesting. We have a great bunch of folks here.
 
 
Welcome.Whats the finish on that unit? Smoke & varnish not such a good mix. If you are running a flue from a BBQ in your English weather maybe you should look at a stainless steel beer keg instead of a bit of inside  wood furniture moved outside. Just a thought.
 
Moikel said:
Welcome.Whats the finish on that unit? Smoke & varnish not such a good mix. If you are running a flue from a BBQ in your English weather maybe you should look at a stainless steel beer keg instead of a bit of inside  wood furniture moved outside. Just a thought.
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That's a valid point. Looking at it it seems to be some kind of varnish finish, I can cover the box to keep it from the weather but was kind of worried the finish may become a problem.......back to the drawing board. May build a brick one next to the bbq.
 
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mpk1 said:
That's a valid point. Looking at it it seems to be some kind of varnish finish, I can cover the box to keep it from the weather but was kind of worried the finish may become a problem.......back to the drawing board. May build a brick one next to the bbq.
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I have seen a number of smokers made by Maori people here from beer kegs. I have no metal work skills I am a brick bloke,but if a couple of kegs came your way they are already food safe.Then its just a cut & paste to get a door ,an inlet & an outlet.

If a couple of kegs fell of the back of a truck or you have a brewery that retires then you can experiment. 

18 gallon barrell shaped ,bung in the side best.Pull all plastic bits out. Good luck
 
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