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  1. etexsmoker

    Chipping Wood

    I just cut a hickory or oak tree, buck it up, split it, and let it season.  One tree will last me a year and I usually can find a dead one so mother nature has already taken care of the seasoning.
  2. etexsmoker

    Chipping Wood

    I just built a smokehouse and am working to figure out how to do it right.  I built a 4x4x8' unit, using R-panel steel for the roof.  With the ribs and all, I didn't think I needed to worry about a stack.  I was right there.  I use hickory fired by a propane burner.  I can fill a 12" cast iron...
  3. etexsmoker

    Wood type for smokehouse

    OK- I've built the smokehouse.  4x4x8 with a 4 x12 roof pitch (shed type).  For the roof I used steel R-panel, which I think will give me some good draft, since the stuff has a 1.5" corregation every foot.  Now the only question I have is regarding the firebox.  I intend to put it 10' from the...
  4. etexsmoker

    Wood type for smokehouse

    That sounds good.  I can get some roughsawn oak but the mill is probably 75 miles away.  I just don't want to adulterate the good hickory taste if I don't need to.
  5. etexsmoker

    Wood type for smokehouse

    I know I can't use pine for smoking, but how about for build the smokehouse?
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