Building my first smoker, help needed

[tommya]

Hello Smoking meats forum,

I have been BBQing meats pretty much all my life. When the family all get together you can guarantee I will be the guy stood over the grill cooking away and in all honesty, I love it. Just recently I have also been making my own sausages and they turned out to be surprisingly good, my favorite being Pork & Ginger.

Anyway, I am wanting to step my game up a little and start smoking my meats and o start this I am going to need a smoker. I'm a guy that likes to use his hands so I'm looking forward to getting stuck in and building my smoker but I am needing a little advice in a few areas I'm not too sure of. The whole smoker will be built out of brick in my back yard and there will be a picture below of what I have in mind. 

My main problem is I want to make sure that my meat gets the perfect amount of smoke and that it travels in the right direction as a vacuum from the fire to where the meat will be lying? And finally, What wood chips should I use to get the best flavor for meat like sausages and pork ribs? Also when I was looking online I came across this cold smoker http://www.used.forsale/meat-smoker how do hey work? has anyone got any experience with these?

I understand the above might seem a little simple to you guys but I genuinely have no idea. Looking forward to some replies from you guys and getting my smoking on the go. If there is any other information that you guys need please let me know and I will get back to you asap.

Thanks

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• tommya
• Jul 25, 2017

 

[jimmyinsd]

thats a pretty ambitious first smoker.  good luck.

 

[motolife313]

That's no problem for you

 

[tommya]

I'm a very ambitious guys and willing to give it ago but i was hoping for a little help aswel

 

[jimmyinsd]

I would be of no help at all on that style of cooker.  maybe as a brick tender, but even then I would likely be off to the side drinking beer.  good luck!