Got your attention didn't I?
I'm just getting started here, and I've already had a few requests for some pix of my flower pot smoker. I've got a couple here for yas.
This setup here is obviously for light work, it'll only hold maybe a 12lb butt at best, but MAN does it do an awesome job. Not just for a lil homemade setup either. I'd put my lil baby up to an equivalent manufactured ceramic smoker and probably turn out better goods. But thats enough bragging for now, I'm a beginner amongst some apparent pros.
Now, I've said before in another thread that I'd love to take credit for this design. Alas I'm not the genious behind this smoker. I'm just spreading the word and saving people money. The inventor of this design is Alton Brown of Good Eats fame on Food Network. His design was slightly different in that he used a bigger, wider lower pot and a bowl shaped pot for the lid. I opted for 2 Azelia pots cause thats what I could find. Plus a Weber Smokey Joe grill grate fits snugly on the lip of the pot. The hot plate power cord fits nicely out the bottom hole of the bottom pot. You will want to place at least three bricks or something under the bottom pot to allow air flow and room for the power cord. Then you place a pie plate directly on the hot plate, throw a few chunks of your favorite wood in it and your ready to go.
Heat control is a bit of an issue here if you have no electronics experience or are wary of voiding warrantees as once the smoker is on and going, theres no real way of controling the heat except for unplugging the hot plate. BUT, a quick run to Radio Shack to pick up a little turn nob and the right stuff to make it safe, you can set up an external temp control knob.
THAN AGAIN, heat control isnt a HUGE issue because of the thermal properties of the terra cotta.
To top it all off, just throw on the top pot and insert a grill thremometer like the one i use off my Weber Performer. The overall cost of my "Pot Smoker" was about $45. Compare that to Store bought ceramic smokers. I haven't found any for less that $500
I'm just getting started here, and I've already had a few requests for some pix of my flower pot smoker. I've got a couple here for yas.
This setup here is obviously for light work, it'll only hold maybe a 12lb butt at best, but MAN does it do an awesome job. Not just for a lil homemade setup either. I'd put my lil baby up to an equivalent manufactured ceramic smoker and probably turn out better goods. But thats enough bragging for now, I'm a beginner amongst some apparent pros.
Now, I've said before in another thread that I'd love to take credit for this design. Alas I'm not the genious behind this smoker. I'm just spreading the word and saving people money. The inventor of this design is Alton Brown of Good Eats fame on Food Network. His design was slightly different in that he used a bigger, wider lower pot and a bowl shaped pot for the lid. I opted for 2 Azelia pots cause thats what I could find. Plus a Weber Smokey Joe grill grate fits snugly on the lip of the pot. The hot plate power cord fits nicely out the bottom hole of the bottom pot. You will want to place at least three bricks or something under the bottom pot to allow air flow and room for the power cord. Then you place a pie plate directly on the hot plate, throw a few chunks of your favorite wood in it and your ready to go.
Heat control is a bit of an issue here if you have no electronics experience or are wary of voiding warrantees as once the smoker is on and going, theres no real way of controling the heat except for unplugging the hot plate. BUT, a quick run to Radio Shack to pick up a little turn nob and the right stuff to make it safe, you can set up an external temp control knob.
THAN AGAIN, heat control isnt a HUGE issue because of the thermal properties of the terra cotta.
To top it all off, just throw on the top pot and insert a grill thremometer like the one i use off my Weber Performer. The overall cost of my "Pot Smoker" was about $45. Compare that to Store bought ceramic smokers. I haven't found any for less that $500
