I am planning on building a big baby smoker. I have some thoughts on how I want to do it but thought I better run my ideas through here first. You all are a lot smarter than me. I'm using 2 55 gallon drums and getting the double stove kit. I've read that these lose heat fast due to the thin metal.
1. Would it be beneficial to put a water heater blanket on the fb to help keep from losing heat?
2. I thought about putting a 1/4 steel plate in the bottom of the cc to help hold and distribute the heat evenly. Good idea or not?
3. I also considered only using one exhaust stack in the center to help draw the smoke around the meat.
I just got my drums yesterday and am working on getting some other supplies (hopefully cheap). I will definitely be posting pics of the build. It may take me a month or so but that's all right. I currently smoke on my 4 burner gas grill and it does ok but not great. I looked into buying a smoker at a big box store then I found this site while looking at reviews. What a blessing this site is! I'm one of those guys who says "yeah, I can fix that" without knowing what i'm doing, but I usually learn a lot along the way. It seemed to me that I could build a decent smoker for what I could buy one for, and then have to do quite a few mods to it to get it right.
Your thoughts and considerations on this will be a huge help to me.
Heres what I cooked last night. I finally got my hands on some pecan chips, that wood is great!
1. Would it be beneficial to put a water heater blanket on the fb to help keep from losing heat?
2. I thought about putting a 1/4 steel plate in the bottom of the cc to help hold and distribute the heat evenly. Good idea or not?
3. I also considered only using one exhaust stack in the center to help draw the smoke around the meat.
I just got my drums yesterday and am working on getting some other supplies (hopefully cheap). I will definitely be posting pics of the build. It may take me a month or so but that's all right. I currently smoke on my 4 burner gas grill and it does ok but not great. I looked into buying a smoker at a big box store then I found this site while looking at reviews. What a blessing this site is! I'm one of those guys who says "yeah, I can fix that" without knowing what i'm doing, but I usually learn a lot along the way. It seemed to me that I could build a decent smoker for what I could buy one for, and then have to do quite a few mods to it to get it right.
Your thoughts and considerations on this will be a huge help to me.
Heres what I cooked last night. I finally got my hands on some pecan chips, that wood is great!
