I've been running my gas smoker with a hokey make shift rack system to keep the cast iron skillet at a certain elevation above the burner. Decided today to make a more permanent spacer with some flat 1" bar stock I've had sitting around in the shop. And yes, when I tell the wife I'll be out in the shop, she knows better than to bother me.
I've been running my gas smoker with a hokey make shift rack system to keep the cast iron skillet at a certain elevation above the burner. Decided today to make a more permanent spacer with some flat 1" bar stock I've had sitting around in the shop. And yes, when I tell the wife I'll be out in the shop, she knows better than to bother me.
Your thread and pics look as If I had posted that myself ! LOL You must be my lost Brother from the other Mother? I have an old 1950's vintage fridge I use for a cold smoker and over the years I have found myself changing little things along the way to make it a little more user friendly. I think I have tried it all in there, electric hot plate, LP, and now I an down to KingsFord Briquets or Ash wood for the main heat source with added wood chips for different smoke flavor.
Next I am going to built a smoke box for the side of it and plumb the smoke into the side with a small pipe running on the bottom and come out in the middle of the main smoker box. This way I don't have to keep opening the main door all the time to add more wood and loose my core heat.
As a Newbie here, I have slowly started to post a few pics to my profile. If you are interested and get a chance, you should look at a few of my Homemade projects. I have an awesome meat grinder setup I built out of misc. scrap. A no. 32 chopper, with a 17:1 gear reduction off a conveyor motor, Lovejoy coupled to a 1/4 hp motor from an old maytag washing machine, and a HD foot control on/off switch to run it.
I know what you and probably anyone else who might be reading this are thinking, I can only imagine what that must look like ?
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This pic was taken right after I built it, I am in the process of building a SS cover for it, from the end of the chopper to back over the motor. Then maybe fab. a SS tray for the throat of the grinder? I built this thing 15 years ago and not really sure what year I will get started on these mods. LOL
