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I thought it was just me and my browser cookies acting up. It is interesting to see others having the same issues. Lets post our browser and OS and see if we can identify a trend.
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I got tired of searching for the right used element from something to retrofit and decided to just buy a big powerful element that can easily be mounted and wired in my smoker. I got the idea for this specific type element when I saw the build that omahasmoker did.
Hi Joel, I plan to mount the element to the back of the box using stainless lag bolts and nuts to suspend it above the bottom with enough space for some fire bricks below. I got the idea from SMF user omahasmoker. Here is a photo of his mounted element.
I bought my high temp wire on ebay...
Hello from Indiana. I am still in the process of building my first smoker and this forum has been wonderful for information and inspiration. Welcome to SMF!
Hello and welcome to SMF. I am curious about the oak plank lining. I know smokers can be built from wood especially for cold smoking applications, but I don't really understand the purpose of lining a metal box with wood. Not criticizing, just wondering.
I am in the process of a similar build and what I plan to do is find or make a large drip pan above the burner that will serve double purpose as a heat deflector as well. I am using a smoke generator with an air pump so I don't think I will need any other inlet vents, but I'm curious to hear...
Hi Bryan, welcome to the forum. I'm still in the process of building my first smoker, so you are ahead of me. There are a lot of recipes that sound really good and some very interesting and creative fatties.
Thanks a lot, I'm having a lot of fun with this project.
I won't really know until I do some test burns, but I have a feeling it will be capable of getting the smoker hotter than I would ever need to use it. Even for hot smoking and roasting I only want about 350 degrees. I hooked it up...
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