Alton Brown Special

[biologyguy]

My mom gave me a $50 gift card to Home Depot.  I decided I needed another smoker, so I looked around the internet and found an Alton Brown video on this home-build.  I place an 18.5 inch grill between the two pots.  I have used this smoker for rib roast, pastrami, ribs, and turkey legs.  It is the poor-mans version of the green egg, holding temperature really well.  Scroll to the bottom to see the first rib roast I smoked in this contraption.

Two terracotta pots...

An electric burner is in the bottom beneath the pie plate.  The grill is used to support a liquid pan...

I had to drill out the bottom hole a little to get the cord end through.  The burner has an adjustable control that I set at medium high.  The expense was in the terracotta pots, so if you have some laying around or you can score them in a garage sale, you can make this smoker for under $30.

Here is the first smoked rib roast after 5.5 hours.!!!

 

[Brackness]

That's awesome. I've thought about building one of these too

 

[SmokinAl]

   Glad to have you with us!

Great looking smoker & great looking roast too!

 

[daggerdoggie]

Looks like you had great results.  Personally, I enjoy Alton Brown's show.

 

[Bearcarver]

Great job on the AB smoker, and the beautiful Rib Roast !!!

Welcome,

Bear

 

[rbranstner]

What do you have for an exhaust  vent on the top?

 

[bratrules]

thats cool!!!! also that rib roast looks killer!!

 

[biologyguy]

rbranstner,

I actually place an 18.5" grill between the two pots that vents around the circumference.  There is a hole in the bottom of the pots that I run the power cord through at the bottom, and vent out of on top.

B-Guy