I am pretty new to the smoke'n scene....my only experiences have been with a "Little Chief" smoker my dad gave me years ago.
My fascination with smoking was reignited a few weeks back after my younger brother brought his Bradley smoker along on our 4-wheeling trip. My experience with smoking was limited to the use of a "little chief" electric smoker. It required so much attention I quickly lost interest, then I saw his Bradley. I really liked the machine, the automation was great and my interest was instantly peaked. After getting home from the trip I immediately started researching smokers and initially decided the Bradley was for me. After further research, and seeing all those custom builds, I got the bug to do my own thing instead of purchasing a ready made machine. Before going further I should note one of my favorite hobbies is building machines so a DIY smoker seemed like just the right summer challenge for me.
My idea is to build a "portable" electric smoker that can be brought along camping and such. I don't expect this build will be breaking any new ground or to create something that hasn't already been done a 100 times before. For this build my thought is to pull the best ideas from the various smokers available and incorporate these ideas into a single machine.
Well that's enough talk for now....let me show you some progress pictures.
The interior is all SS sheet, cut and formed to shape.
My fascination with smoking was reignited a few weeks back after my younger brother brought his Bradley smoker along on our 4-wheeling trip. My experience with smoking was limited to the use of a "little chief" electric smoker. It required so much attention I quickly lost interest, then I saw his Bradley. I really liked the machine, the automation was great and my interest was instantly peaked. After getting home from the trip I immediately started researching smokers and initially decided the Bradley was for me. After further research, and seeing all those custom builds, I got the bug to do my own thing instead of purchasing a ready made machine. Before going further I should note one of my favorite hobbies is building machines so a DIY smoker seemed like just the right summer challenge for me.
My idea is to build a "portable" electric smoker that can be brought along camping and such. I don't expect this build will be breaking any new ground or to create something that hasn't already been done a 100 times before. For this build my thought is to pull the best ideas from the various smokers available and incorporate these ideas into a single machine.
Well that's enough talk for now....let me show you some progress pictures.
The interior is all SS sheet, cut and formed to shape.
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