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  1. lowkey

    Problem With Homemade Cold Smoke Generator

    Thanks for all of the helpful comments.  I think I have the problem solved.  I drilled many holes in the bottom of the fuel cup and added 4 screws to use as feet and space the bottom of the cup off of the bottom of the can.  That, coupled with attaching a tube from my compressor to allow...
  2. lowkey

    Problem With Homemade Cold Smoke Generator

    I agree.  I have an adequate supply of fuel as it goes out before all fuel is consumed.  I suspect the culprit os oxygen and I am investigating ways to adjust the in-flow of air. 
  3. lowkey

    Problem With Homemade Cold Smoke Generator

    Thanks for your suggestion.  I agree that one of the items you suggest would be easier although I believe they have to be adapted to cold smoking.  After investing a bit of time on this project I hate to give up. I like to solve problems and see things through to completion. 
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    Problem With Homemade Cold Smoke Generator

    I have built a slightly modified version of this cold smoke generator: http://www.instructables.com/id/Miss-Betsys-Cold-Smoke-Generator/ I have found that I cannot sustain a burn/smolder in this generator and am in need of some suggestions.  I am using a brand new, 1 gallon paint can.  I have...
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    Limited smoke production; chunks turn to charcoal

    I have changed the chip pan from cast iron to sheet metal which made a much better smoldering of the chips and much more smoke. I think the modification to the exhaust vent helped a lot too. Thanks for the good suggestions.
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    Limited smoke production; chunks turn to charcoal

    Oldschoolbbq:  It was really too windy to get any good pics of the smoke.  It was light gray/white.  It had a pleasant smokey odor as you would expect.  It has seemed very thin most of the time.  I can get my smoker internal temp up to about 225-250F which is all I really want. I have only had...
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    Limited smoke production; chunks turn to charcoal

    Is there a formula for the ratio of inlet to outlet venting?  I am making a very rough estimate here but I calculate I have approximately 2:1 inlet to outlet.  Wouldn't 1:1 be too much? I am looking online for pictures of Little Chief smokers.  If anyone has any experience with came could they...
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    Limited smoke production; chunks turn to charcoal

    I've come to the tentative conclusion that my new outle t vent is too small.  I made a new one with a flow control salvaged from an old grill.  My air intake is the un-gasketed bottom of the fridge where the door meets it.  I had placed a gasket all the way around the front of the fridge and...
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    Limited smoke production; chunks turn to charcoal

    I don't but I will get some tomorrow. 
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    Limited smoke production; chunks turn to charcoal

    Hi, I am a relative smoking novice and have built and succesfully used a refrigerator conversion for one year. My heat source is a small hot plate-style element with an old cast iron pan for the chip pan. My current problem is that sometimes I will get a very brief run of smoke then-nothing...
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    Keystone Model 20

    Thanks for your helpful suggestions and comments. I appreciate it. I have been looking at pictures on eBay for this grinder and they seem to all lack the "cap". I am wondering if the threaded collar accommodates some other attachment. Since I got the grinder for free I think I can afford to...
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    Keystone Model 20

    I have been given a Keystone model 20 meat grinder.  The kind that clamps to the table top.  There are no parts with it.  The crank, "impeller", and a cover with holes are included.  The discharge is threaded for a cap.  Is that necessary to function properly?  Any ideas on attachments?
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    Come Back Every Day to Win! A-MAZE-N Products Thanksgiving Giveaway

       “If I win the A-MAZE-N-PELLET-SMOKER Contest, I plan to smoke bratwurst for Thanksgiving.”  The foregoing and/or turkey.  Thanks for the opportunity to win.
  19. lowkey

    Speckled/Tag Alder

    Thanks for the pic and comments.  That trunk doesn't look anything like the stuff around here that folks call Tag Alder.  I've copied below a post from a guy from MN.  The post is from 2004, I think .  He sounds like he is referring to the Alder that people call "Tag" Alder around here. Tag...
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    Speckled/Tag Alder

    Here in northern Michigan the only alder I can find is speckled (tag) alder.  It grows in abundance.  I have read about alder being a good smoking wood and some threads mention the speckled/tag alder but none of the ones I read seemed to comment on the outcome.  Anyone have any practical...
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