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    What temperature do you get with a wood smoker

    Sure! I did a past post on my smoker
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    What temperature do you get with a wood smoker

    Hi all, thanks for your responses! It is a home made smoker with 4 top side 1" holes drill and vented via a piece of wood that swings over. For the intake I have cut a 1" hole near the hot plates. I pre-heated the cast iron pan to help the burner. I think I might have too many vents here and...
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    What temperature do you get with a wood smoker

    Hi all, What temperatures do you get with a wood smoker? I think I might have some openings in between the planks that lets the smoke get out. I am getting a maximum of 185F. The smoker is made out of thick pine planks with an 1500wat electric dual burner. I put a cast iron pan with the wood...
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    Quick newbie question on nails/closing wood gaps

    lol toxic "here and there" honestly most everywhere I look people used screws for their builds. what would you do? deconstruct?  
  5. new smoker here!

    new smoker here!

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    new smoker here!

    From Montreal, Quebec, Canada! Really new, I guess I read just enough to make me run to my workshop and build the thing before I realized what exactly I wanted to build... talk about being impulsive! anyway, here is the result and some in progress pic yes... I have some screws... its...
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    Quick newbie question on nails/closing wood gaps

    Hi! I plan on doing hot smoking, most probably under 200F. I have not yet installed my themometer, so right now I have no idea how hot it can get... I have a dual electrical hot plate as a heat source. I could not imagine for the life of me that screws here and there would be toxic....  
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    Quick newbie question on nails/closing wood gaps

    Hi there! Just finished my new wood smoker (in my avatar). I have basically two questions... one, I have nails here and there where necessary to hold up the wood. Is it a big deal for health issues? Other, I used aluminum foils with a few staples to close gaps and hold the heat. Good idea...
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