Mother Earth News-Oct 2021 - building a smoker

[cmayna]

My wife found this article last month in her recent issue of Mother Earth News- It might give a member or two some ideas of connecting a smoker box to the exhaust of a Weber kettle. It would be fun to try. Hope someone takes the next step and tries it out.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/tools/meat-smoker-plans-zm0z21onzols

 

[JLeonard]

My MB Gashouse smoker is about on its last leg. Babying it til I get a offset. Actually this is kinda what my plans are for when it craps out on me.
Jim

 

[Sowsage]

I think this could have some uses. With a long enough pipe and a small enough fire it could posibly be a cold smoker set up. .. But if your just planing on smoking meats as usual.... Why not just use the kettle?? I smoke on mine all the time with fantastic results. . I suppose it could create more room for larger or multiple items to cook at once too for hot smoking. Either way I'm sure this is info someone could put to good use! Thanks for sharing!

 

[chopsaw]

I've had that thought a time or two . Smokey Joe connected to my MES 30 . Be great for doing hams and bacon .

 

[Smokin Okie]

Why go to all that trouble ? Just smoke the meat indirect on the Kettle. All the wooden box does is increase capacity and that's probably more space than most people would practically use.