TENN SMOKE HOUSE PROGRESS REPORT #3 "COMPLETE"
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Finally finished the smoke house, got her painted and she's ready for cold smoking when the temp gets colder. It hit 80 here today, WOW!! crazy weather here in mid Tn.
The final cost was close to $300, more than I had planned on, the biggest cost was the plywood $72 & the burner from Northern tool $39.99 + tax + shipping was $58.
It was fun to build something again, kept me busy. And thanx to all for their comments/suggestions could not have completed
it without those.
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The side shot
Homemade smokestack cover.
I believe the ambient temp was 70, 3 or 4 days ago, and with only the center burner lit, with my AMAZE-N pellet smoker going so I could burn in 1st time the temp was a steady 160deg. Only needed one lower vent open, which gave it plenty of air circulation.
I also wanted to know just how hot it would get with all 3 burners going, and it held steady at 350, plenty "HOT" had to shut it down!!
I bought a single hotplate from our local Fred's and set it on low and inside the house temp held at 70-80, my cold smoking temp.
Notice the bricks in the floor, for safety!!
The hangers I made from 2"X2"
Shelf for the Maverick ET32
To keep the door's closed tight I opted to use these small latches used to
pull and lock windows together $1.29 ea at Home Depot
Set my table saw on 45deg to make the dowel rods for hanging, I priced the 1 1/2" rods $3.89 ea, made these
for about $0.75 ea.
Well that's about it for now, the next ime I smoke, will show the pic's
Thanx to all,
al