Homemade smoke generator....need input.

[scoder75]

So I built a smoke generator based off one of those smoke daddy's. I am new to smoking.... anything. I would like to try to smoke some cheese in my Big chief smoker using this smoke generator.

 Everything is made from 304 stainless except for the grate to hold the wood and some of the fittings for the air inlet.

Please give me your opinion if this looks safe to use (health wise).  When I did the test burn, there was a lot of condensation on the lid but I would assume this would be normal do to the heat rising.

Thanks for any thoughts!

Scoder75

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[goliath]

BEEN THERE DONE THAT !!!!!!
they creosote badly in the smoke tube, need to be burned out every couple smokes. finally went and grabbed an AMNPS, then 2, and now i have them 2 and 3 12"AMNTS, 2 are welded together for longer smokes. cant beat the AMAZN products ..... but thats just my opinion

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have fun and good luck

Goliath

 

[dingo007]

X 2 what Goliath said....power to you for making your own. I to made a couple of venturi setups and found the same as everybody else...they creosote up quickly and for cold smoking dont last long enough. I'm at a high elevation so had to go with the Amazen Tube smoker....they work great! Good selection of pellet flavors and awesome customer support. I had to do a 40hr smoke on a country ham...the 18" Tube Smoker was giving me well over 12hrs of smoke per fill!

However, in answer to your question, if you've seasoned it...give your rig a roll...learn it's idiosyncrasies and we'll see ya in 6 months when you get an Amazen smoke generator

 

[scoder75]

Thanks for the input guys. The second time I lit mine,there were flames shooting out the top when I took off the lid. I defiantly had a lot of creosote built up after the first trial burn.

After I looked at the Amazen pellet smoker, I think I may just get one of those.....or make it myself. Its funny how something so simply didn't even come to mind!

Thanks again and happy smoking!!!

 

[goliath]

OH OH ...

been there done that too.. made my own AMNPS, still had issues with it and broke down and spent the $30. at the time i had no choice because the freight to where i lived in Canada was almost as much as the unit. then i found a Canadian supplier and have never looked back. what hurt the most was my wife laughing at me and my toys and hours of work cause i didnt wanna spend the couple bucks ...  HA HA HA

it is fun to experiment and make your own stuff especially if ya have the tools available and material. BUT in the end iwent with the complete arsenal of AMZN products and am very glad i did. easy and fool proof.

GOOD LUCK

Goliath