I have just recently become active in smoking meats, using the offset smoker on my charcoal griller with success a few times this Summer.
My house was built in 1939 as a flophouse of sorts for the guys who harvested the ice blocks from the pond it overlooks. One of the most interesting leftovers of this history is a handmade outdoor stove. Not long after we bought the house a few years ago I dug out all the dirt (I think previous owners used it as a planter) and tried to use it to grill (unsuccessfully) or as a firepit (again unsuccessfully as it is too deep to get any heat at the top). Plenty of people have recommended that I convert it to a smoker, and maybe that's what it always has been. I picked up a few pieces of an old rusty smoker from the side of the road a few years ago. I am looking for suggestions or tips on how I can convert this into a meat smoker.
My house was built in 1939 as a flophouse of sorts for the guys who harvested the ice blocks from the pond it overlooks. One of the most interesting leftovers of this history is a handmade outdoor stove. Not long after we bought the house a few years ago I dug out all the dirt (I think previous owners used it as a planter) and tried to use it to grill (unsuccessfully) or as a firepit (again unsuccessfully as it is too deep to get any heat at the top). Plenty of people have recommended that I convert it to a smoker, and maybe that's what it always has been. I picked up a few pieces of an old rusty smoker from the side of the road a few years ago. I am looking for suggestions or tips on how I can convert this into a meat smoker.