Hello from Canada

[swampdonkey]

Happy Friday all!
Recently finished a project involving an old 50's fridge and a Bradley smoker. Well, at least I thought it was finished. Briskets were on sale so I grabbed one without testing it out first.
I think I grossly miscalculated the cubic feet as I can only get the temp up to 130°F
Looks pretty at least
Any suggestions?

 

[wild west]

Need more info on your build.

 

[kruizer]

Welcome to SMF from Minnesota.

 

[swampdonkey]

Need more info on your build.

It's the Bradley Smoke Generator attached to a 11.8 Cubic foot fridge.
The fridge is insulated with all plastic removed and covered over with aluminum and high temp silicone. Using a HD power cord for the generator. I closed the vent tight for a while just to get the temp up but still wouldn't get up any higher than 133(plus the smoke was pouring out of the generator)

I guess this is part of the fun

 

[JC in GB]

Rewire it for 220 VAC and add a burner.

 

[wild west]

I agree with jc. You need to have the heat source inside the fridge. I have a food service build thats 10 cubic ft. I run a 1500 watt double burner hot plate as the heat source. Can reach 240 in about 40 minutes and stays steady from there on but i also have a pid. With 120 power you can run up to 1800 watt burner which should be all you need.

 

[wild west]

Just wanted to add. You see posts of people doing these type of builds and wanting to cook pizza or some other high heat cook. A frdge / freezer build has limitations. Low and slow.... go to bed and wake up in the morning to some wonderful food. Mine gets used mostely for jerky of saussge. I will add that i will use charcoal and wood chunks in cast pans on the burners at the start of a meat chunk cook to get a better smoke profile and a smoke ring.