Gravity Feed Cabinet Smoker

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bass

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Apr 27, 2013
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Shamong, NJ
Hi All,

I know I dont post here much, but this forum and Jeff's website have been a tremendous help to me in my smoking foray

I started smoking back in 2012 - 2013 timeframe. In 2016 I started a new job and a bunch of my new co-workers are into smoking meats.
Several times a year we do company BBQ at work. Since we are an OEM Mfg. of industrial equipment, we have fabricators as part of the crew, so it was a natural thing to build our own smokers.

We have a big horizontal offset made from a 200 gallon ASME pressure vessel on a trailer, but my favorite is the Gravity Feed Cabinet smoker that the shop foreman built for himself.
Everybody likes it and he's building two more, one will be mine when done.

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Here's the first one he built for himself.

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Charcoal chute and the basic framework.

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A pallet full of panel skins. starting to stuff the boxes with insulation.

More later......
 
So needless to say, this project has been going on for some time now, at least 6 or 8 months. Here's a few pix of the gravity feed in action:
Last weekend I hosted the band and AV team & their families for a BBQ at the house. Did some ribs & chicken, along with smoked stuffed jalapeños.

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Now back to the smoker....

Firebox and fuel feed chute. We generally burn Kingsford in these units. I like it because its economical, readily available and its consistent. The last part is pretty important in my mind. We add smoke wood to taste directly into the firebox.

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Here it's really starting to take shape.
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Its Twins !

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Seams are getting fully welded of course....

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What a great job, working in a shop like that!!
Al
It definitely has some perks. I’m not a welder so its handy to know of several that I can access as needed. The in house BBQ’s are great too.
 
Hi - its been a while since I've posted.
Life threw us a curveball and my better half is going through some serious health issues; havent smoked anything since the BBQ I threw for the church band earlier in this thread.

Anyway - some progress has been made on the smokers we are building at work. This one of the two will be mine as I opted for upgraded casters and they are installed now. Below shows the framework around the firebox door completed.

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Shelf supports are in place.

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firebox door is installed and flat free semi-pneumatic heavy duty 8" casters installed.

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with a little luck I might be able to smoke the Christmas Turkey in this !

they are supposed to make the some push handles up out of 2" square tube this week and mock them up for a trial. I wanted handles that could be used to move it around the patio / yard as well as good as tie down anchor points when I want to load it into a trailer and move it off site somewhere.

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