- Oct 31, 2007
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I have a Traeger grill/smoker and to be honest, not real happy with it. I hear people referring to smoking brisket for 10 hours before it's up to temp. My traeger will have the meat at 190 degree's within just a few hours and that is while on the medium to smoke setting!
So, I decided that I wanted to build my own and have heard/seen people use old freezers etc. I found one yesterday that will fit the bill perfectly. Metal interior etc so no issues there.
I placed a double electric burning in it and after 3 hours it was at 215 degree's. I do not want it to take that long to get it up to temps not to mention the heat loss when the door is opened. I do plan, at some point, in mimicking the famed "wookie" on this board and insert an oven burner.
However, for the time being (ie I really want to smoke a butt this weekend), I would like to place a 55 gallon burn barrel next to the freezer with a 4 inch pipe going from the top of the barrel to the bottom/side of the freezer to supply both the heat and smoke. Has anyone seen this type of setup and would it work?
I figured that a 4 inch pipe should be sufficient to allow enough heat/smoke to enter the freezer and then out the flue but hate the idea of setting this up only to see that it won't work. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated!
Bob
So, I decided that I wanted to build my own and have heard/seen people use old freezers etc. I found one yesterday that will fit the bill perfectly. Metal interior etc so no issues there.
I placed a double electric burning in it and after 3 hours it was at 215 degree's. I do not want it to take that long to get it up to temps not to mention the heat loss when the door is opened. I do plan, at some point, in mimicking the famed "wookie" on this board and insert an oven burner.
However, for the time being (ie I really want to smoke a butt this weekend), I would like to place a 55 gallon burn barrel next to the freezer with a 4 inch pipe going from the top of the barrel to the bottom/side of the freezer to supply both the heat and smoke. Has anyone seen this type of setup and would it work?
I figured that a 4 inch pipe should be sufficient to allow enough heat/smoke to enter the freezer and then out the flue but hate the idea of setting this up only to see that it won't work. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated!
Bob