fridge conversion...

[guvna]

gutted the top half already. going for the bottom half tomorrow. planning on putting my afterburner in there... there doesn't seem to be any fiberglass insulation; do i need to strip the foam?
thanks,
guv

 

[mossymo]

Guvna
I have refurbed a few fridges for smokers and what I have done is held a propane torch to the insulation to see if it would burn. In both instances the insulation would not burn, so I left the insulation there feeling safe.

That is going to be a nice looking smoker you have there, but you will have to keep plenty of glass cleaner on hand and season the smoker after every glass cleaning.....

 

[guvna]

thanks bro... the glass door IS neat though... isn't it!

 

[mossymo]

The glass door is great, and I think if you can find more racks you could smoke 15 racks of meat sticks in that smoker !!!

 

[krusher]

cant wait to see the finished product!!

 

[fireguy]

looks like a great project... def keep us posted on your progress

 

[meat-man]

cool keep us posted !

 

[dingle]

Being able to see what you're smoking without opening the door...now that IS cool!

 

[ibsmoking]

Stocked with beer would look darn good too!

 

[guvna]

i got a better look at the frige today. i ripped off a piece of insulation and put my lighter to it... it caught fire quickly and stayed aflame. also, all of this "trim" is made of plastic.



so, i guesss i have to completely dismantle a gut the insulation and everything, huh? should i sand off the interior paint as well?
thanks,
guvna

 

[fireguy]

When I built mine, I ran it to these probs too. I left the insulation alone since i didnt plan on it getting that hot. I tore out the plastic trim and wrapped the front edges with alum. and riveted it in place. along with alum wrap over any holes in the wall that I removed plactic. sealed all the seams with high heat rtv silicone. then used old oven racks for cooking grates... since the fridge racks had a thin poly film on them... godd luck hope this helps.

 

[mulepackin]

I also did what Fireguy did, when I converted an old freezer. If the inside is porcelain (which I bet it is) you are good to go. If it is in fact paint, then yeah you'll need to remove it. You can tell by trying to drill a hole in the material. If you center punch, and a small fleck of ceramic type material chips off - porcelain. If not, it's probably paint. If still not sure, go ahead and try to drill it, porcelain is very, very hard to drill. You'll know. If I knew how to link to past threads, I'd pull up my thread with pics of mine.

 

[fireguy]

is this the one mp? if so hope it helps out here!!
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=12707

 

[mulepackin]

Yep. How the H%&* do you do that?