Block smoker build need advice please.

[noble captain]

Hello, and thank you for having such an informative blog.
My name is Meredith, I'm a Captain, My husband and I live in south Louisiana. I am trying to build our 5 Acres in to a homesteaders paradice. I'm the motivated do it yourself er my husband likes to enjoy what I do but isn't to comfortable with construction. I am building an outdoor kitchen, attached to the pavilion I built earlier this year. We cook outside a lot and have a BBQ with a smoke box and have used it so much it's falling apart. So I want to build a smoke house ( small) 3' wide 3' deep about 6' tall with the smoke box behind it. But I've never done one. This is the space

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• noble captain
• Dec 15, 2016

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• Dec 15, 2016

This is the pavilion before I started.

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to SMF!

Glad to have you with us!

That's a real nice layout you have there.

Can't wait to see it when you get done with it!

Al

 

[noble captain]

Thank u. I'm researching right now. This is what I've used to smoke and grill for the last 4 years. I know it looks bad . Lol but I use it a lot. That's y I'm making something new.

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• Dec 15, 2016

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• Dec 15, 2016

I'm still learning.

 

[gary s]

  Good evening and welcome to the forum, from a yucky ole day here in East Texas, and the best site on the web. Lots of                           great people with tons of information on just about  everything.

           Gary

 

[noble captain]

Thank u.

 

[bellaru]

Welcome
That looks like a great project.
Good luck

 

[noble captain]

Thanks, my husband and I started a new thread it's called just started. I put more pictures on there and how far we have come.

 

[noble captain]

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• Jan 31, 2017

Fire box.

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• noble captain
• Jan 31, 2017

Smoke box so far.

 

[noble captain]

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• Jan 31, 2017

Space

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• Jan 31, 2017

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• Jan 31, 2017

 

[HalfSmoked]

Hey the old unit may not look the best but it works and the final product is what counts.

Warren

 

[ab canuck]

Hello and welcome to SMF from the Great white North  

. Browse the forums and ask lots of questions, get involved. There is a an amazing amount of info, recipes and knowledge here that are second to none. Enjoy good luck and share your experiences.  

That's a good start, great view and looks like nice weather. 

 

[noble captain]

Hello and welcome to SMF from the Great white North 

. Browse the forums and ask lots of questions, get involved. There is a an amazing amount of info, recipes and knowledge here that are second to none. Enjoy good luck and share your experiences. 

That's a good start, great view and looks like nice weather. 

thank you all.
Any suggestions

 

[noble captain]

Hello and welcome to SMF from the Great white North 

. Browse the forums and ask lots of questions, get involved. There is a an amazing amount of info, recipes and knowledge here that are second to none. Enjoy good luck and share your experiences. 

That's a good start, great view and looks like nice weather. 

thank you all.
Any suggestions

 

[noble captain]

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• Feb 5, 2017

Fire bricks installed.

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• noble captain
• Feb 5, 2017

Cement roof done. With rebar.

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• Feb 5, 2017

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• Feb 5, 2017

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• Feb 5, 2017

 

[ab canuck]

Looks good, Going t be a big unit, Keep up the good work.....

 

[noble captain]

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• Feb 6, 2017

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• Feb 6, 2017

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• noble captain
• Feb 6, 2017

My husband went to Alabama today to move stands, I worked my butt off lol. I'm happy though. Anyone have any suggestions.

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• noble captain
• Feb 6, 2017

I got two of these ss doors to go in . Making frames on Sunday out of cement. I also got some gasket rope for fire stoves to fill in gaps

 

[noble captain]

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• noble captain
• Feb 9, 2017

I have 2 of these door's they are 30"wide x 24" tall SS . My friend Rolando has been helping me,more like me helping him, he Lay's and levels the blocks I lift the bag's, mix cement, tie , rebar, and fill all the holes in the block. Lol team work.

 

[noble captain]

I was wondering if anyone can help?
I was thinking of putting a steel shelf in front of the intake where the smoke goes from the fire box to the smoker to help distribution of the smoke and to have a place to put my water pan. Any suggestions would help on size please.

 

[noble captain]

Welcome to SMF!

Glad to have you with us!
Thank you

That's a real nice layout you have there.

Can't wait to see it when you get done with it!

Al

 

[noble captain]

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• Feb 17, 2017

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• Feb 17, 2017

The fire bricks are all done in the smoke box. The vents are only covered to hold the other bricks up while they dry.
We finished the cement roof yesterday and are waiting for it to cure for a few day's before we remove the wood frame. Dose anyone know how long we should wait befor we can smoke something inn it ?