Looking for suggestions...

[thebigt]

So I managed to pick up this under counter stainless steel fridge at an auction for $17.02 so i got a pretty good deal on it.  I can see that the outer shell uses fiberglass and the doors have foam insulation so I plan on removing that and replacing it with Roxul.  Also the interior is metal but may have been painted so that may also need to be replaced.

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• thebigt
• Sep 7, 2012

The outside dimensions of the unit are 54"(l) x36"(h)x25"(w).  This is likely a bit big for me to use on a regular basis but I was thinking if I could turn it into two seperate cook chambers it would be good if I decided to go into a comp or if I needed to make a large amount of food at once.  What are peoples opinions on making two cook chambers?  I would like this to fuel this with charcoal and not a heating element.Would you go one firebox for both and put dampers in place to stop heat from flowing into one side of the chamber or go with 2 fireboxes?

Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[t erwin]

Hey Big T,

 Going through the same thing with my old westinghouse.

I ordered the C-burner drop in for mine but have not tried it yet hoping to try it either this weekend or next. It does look like a good unit and I think it will do what I want.

I will let you know how it worked as soon s I try it.
 

 

[daveomak]

T, afternoon.....  Have you looked at the interior lining ???   The under counter units I have seen are galvanized steel....   Not too good for a hot smoker....   Dave

 

[thebigt]

Yeah I'm thinking that I may need to cut out the interior and use either stainless or some 14ga steel. I need to look into it more and eveluate whether it would be easier to just fabricate something from scratch.

 

[thebigt]

Hey Big T,

 Going through the same thing with my old westinghouse.

I ordered the C-burner drop in for mine but have not tried it yet hoping to try it either this weekend or next. It does look like a good unit and I think it will do what I want.

I will let you know how it worked as soon s I try it.
 

did you have a chance to try it out?