I have been trying to find a way to make a nice big homemade smoker with out going to much trouble. I want to be able to do mass quantities(50-100 lbs at a time) of smoked summer sausage and/or jerky and really whatever else I can do. Anyhow I was thinking about buying a steel storage cabinet from Lowes, and converting it to a smoker using either propane or electric hotplates for heat. My only concern is do I need to be worried about the paint in the cabinet affecting the taste of the meat or worse my health. I probably would never run hotter than 275-300* Any advice or info would be helpful, here is a link to an example of they type of cabinet I am refering
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...DWG&lpage=none
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...DWG&lpage=none