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  1. twschmidt

    Amana refrigerator to cold smoker conversion?

    Sorry to resurrect an old thread, I got sidetracked on other projects (converting 15 live ducks into confit, pate, pastrami, and stock, among other things). To answer the question about humidity control, I purchased a small humidifier on Amazon (this one) and plugged it into a humidity...
  2. twschmidt

    Where to find plans and material list

    Wow that is a beautiful little smokehouse!  Did you end up building that, jbaughsr?  I'm thinking about building it myself, if anyone has comments/suggestions I'd love to hear them!
  3. twschmidt

    Amana refrigerator to cold smoker conversion?

    Hey Dcarch, do you think I could fix mine?  Where did you get the Freon?  Did you do it yourself or hire somebody?  Believe me, I'd love to save this 'frig if possible!  It's a nice big one, and as I said, it already has all of my racks installed and the temp/humidity controllers hooked up to...
  4. twschmidt

    Hello from Port Byron!

    Hi Everyone, I'm Terry from Port Byron, IL.  I've been hot smoking meat for years, but last summer we moved out to the country and started raising some pigs and ducks so now I'm also getting interested in dry curing and cold smoking to increase my options for processing all of this meat.  I'm...
  5. twschmidt

    Amana refrigerator to cold smoker conversion?

    Hi Dirtsailor, Yeah that makes sense...I'll want to keep the insulation to help manage the temps but I can see the point in stripping out the plastic.  I can probably scare up some sheet metal to line the inside.  The insulation is a foam type, it looks sort of like styrofoam but it is...
  6. twschmidt

    Amana refrigerator to cold smoker conversion?

    Hi Tropics, thanks for the reply!  I actually considered trying to either repair or get it repaired, but then I'd still need to have it pressure tested and re-charged with Freon.  Since it's an older refrigerator I'm not sure it would be worth it.  Craigslist has some old reefers listed for...
  7. twschmidt

    Amana refrigerator to cold smoker conversion?

    Well I really blew it this time... I converted our old Amana refrigerator to a dry-curing chamber with a MyPin TA4 temp controller and a WH8040 humidity controller.  It was working well, so I screwed in some L-channel aluminum brackets and hung up some hams to dry.  Everything was good.  Then...
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