Good Evening Everyone

[dwaineb]

Hello everybody as you can see I'm a noob! HAHA Anyway M-F im a CNC programmer and 1-2 weekends a month I sell BBQ. I never considered myself much of a bbq person but about 8 years ago now I started making my own sauce and then people wanted it. Now I make 5 sauces, 5glazes and a few other fun things. Started smoking pork butt about 8 years ago and thought “Man this tastes great!” Looking back on what I know now it was horrible lol.
Joined here to see if I can gain some knowledge and also about to embark on my first reverse flow smoker build. Picked up a 270 gallon cylindrical tank last weekend so I’m excited to get moving on it.
Thanks and you can continue your regularly scheduled program

 

[dcecil]

Welcome to the site, look forward to seeing your build. I love my reverse flow. Your gonna love it

 

[2008RN]

I was a machinist in my early days, and I loved cutting metal. I love smokin also. Almost nothing better. I finished a fridge smoker this year. I looking forward to seeing progress and finished work.

 

[gmc2003]

Welcome to the forums glad you join us

Chris

 

[dwaineb]

I was a machinist in my early days, and I loved cutting metal. I love smokin also. Almost nothing better. I finished a fridge smoker this year. I looking forward to seeing progress and finished work.

I have thought about an industrial freezer smoker but the fridge... is it a cold smoker? I don’t see how a plastic fridge would not melt so I’m curious on this one.

 

[bluewhisper]

Welcome to the board! Many people here DIY their smokers so you can get a lot of advice.

As for the sauce, you might want to check out this section of the The Hot Pepper board.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Welcome glad to have you on board a lot of great guys and gals on here with tons of info just for the asking.

Warren

 

[2008RN]

I have thought about an industrial freezer smoker but the fridge... is it a cold smoker? I don’t see how a plastic fridge would not melt so I’m curious on this one.

You need an old fridge, mine is an 1951 GE. It is little on the smaller side, but works for everything I need. Mine had been on Oregon it's whole life. had very minimal rust. I use 220V electric with PID and a mailbox smoker. I can do cold and normal smoking. There is a section for fridge smokers.

The cool thing, there are several types of smokers you can build. All depends on your wants/needs.

Next Monday, and I have 16 lbs. of cheese I want to cold smoke and last weekend I did 30 stuffed Poblanos 1/2 shrimp with raspberry chipotle cream cheese. The other 1/2 was pulled pork with Dave devils spit and cream cheese. The middle of March I will do about 30 pounds of pork. 1/2 will be for making Chili Verde, the other half ribs.

Here is my smoker:
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/1951-ge-fridge-smoker-finally-working-part1.280271/

In the forum you can go to
Smoking Supplies & Equipment and then Smoker Builds
there is so much stuff out there, it is really cool.

 

[HalfSmoked]

dwaineb Thanks for the like it is greatly appreciated.

Warren

 

[Hawging It]

Welcome. This is a wonderful forum.

 

[weedeater]

Welcome to SMF from NW Georgia. You have come to a happy place!

Weedeater

 

[dwaineb]

You need an old fridge, mine is an 1951 GE. It is little on the smaller side, but works for everything I need. Mine had been on Oregon it's whole life. had very minimal rust. I use 220V electric with PID and a mailbox smoker. I can do cold and normal smoking. There is a section for fridge smokers.

The cool thing, there are several types of smokers you can build. All depends on your wants/needs.

Next Monday, and I have 16 lbs. of cheese I want to cold smoke and last weekend I did 30 stuffed Poblanos 1/2 shrimp with raspberry chipotle cream cheese. The other 1/2 was pulled pork with Dave devils spit and cream cheese. The middle of March I will do about 30 pounds of pork. 1/2 will be for making Chili Verde, the other half ribs.

Here is my smoker:
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/1951-ge-fridge-smoker-finally-working-part1.280271/

In the forum you can go to
Smoking Supplies & Equipment and then Smoker Builds
there is so much stuff out there, it is really cool.

That’s really cool build. My customer base is expanding and I have a cook on Saturday. My current smoker is a crude 4 drawer filing cabinet but man it works amazingly well. I can about 3-4 butts and 4 briskets depending on the meat size.

 

[fivetricks]

As we always say here, pics or it didn't happen.

Also; 2008RN:

How are you gonna talk about raspberry Chipotle and PP/DDS abt's and not post a thread? I'd like to hear about those. Id like to hear about how the interplay between the rasp/Chipotle and the larger, flatter pepper turned out :-)

 

[gary s]

Good Morning and Welcome from a Sunny and Cold East Texas

Gary