Greetings, Last fall I read through all of the posts in this forum and came up with some ideas. I ended up building a 4'x4'x8' smoke house. I planned on cold smoking my summer sausage and later setting it up to also hot smoke.
It is made with 2x4 framework with the 2x4's on edge(1 1/2" thick). I insulated it with Rock Wool insulation and lined the inside with cement board. It worked great for cold smoking the sausages. I plan to line the cement board with Stainless steel as time permits.
Now that I am retired I would like to finish it for hot smoking/grilling. Up to 275-300 degrees. I currently have a turkey fryer inside to see how it would hold the heat. I plan to gut an oven for the controller/burner so It doesn't become a bomb if the flame goes out. I got it to 275 with no issues.
I also built a large smoke generator. I am also working out the bugs in it but I can get a decent amount of thin smoke from it.
Now for the issues. When I have the fryer burning on the inside the smoke from the generator disappears. When I turn the fryer off the smoke then reappears. I have tried different approaches such as adding a stack to the smoke inlet inside the smoke house to bring the inlet well above the fire. I have also opened the 4x10 lower register to allow more Oxygen in for the burner. It currently has 1 4x10 register at the top and one at the bottom, both on the same side. I will be installing the other 2 on the other side shortly.
Where does my smoke go when I run the burner?
It is made with 2x4 framework with the 2x4's on edge(1 1/2" thick). I insulated it with Rock Wool insulation and lined the inside with cement board. It worked great for cold smoking the sausages. I plan to line the cement board with Stainless steel as time permits.
Now that I am retired I would like to finish it for hot smoking/grilling. Up to 275-300 degrees. I currently have a turkey fryer inside to see how it would hold the heat. I plan to gut an oven for the controller/burner so It doesn't become a bomb if the flame goes out. I got it to 275 with no issues.
I also built a large smoke generator. I am also working out the bugs in it but I can get a decent amount of thin smoke from it.
Now for the issues. When I have the fryer burning on the inside the smoke from the generator disappears. When I turn the fryer off the smoke then reappears. I have tried different approaches such as adding a stack to the smoke inlet inside the smoke house to bring the inlet well above the fire. I have also opened the 4x10 lower register to allow more Oxygen in for the burner. It currently has 1 4x10 register at the top and one at the bottom, both on the same side. I will be installing the other 2 on the other side shortly.
Where does my smoke go when I run the burner?
