New Smokehouse help

[oklahomajoe]

Just finished building my outhouse style wooden smokehouse. Will post pics soon. Came out really nice. My plan is to put a propane burner in the bottom and smoke the chips in a black iron skillet on top of the burner; using the burner for my temp control and smoke control. Any tips on how to do this would be appreciated. Cover the skillet? Do I soak the chips in water? For how long? Chips or Chunks? Thanks again.

 

[thadoc]

Would love to see some pics of the build! I just recently finished my smokehouse and so far have gotten 4 successful cooks out of it! My original plans were to do the same thing you were, cast iron skillet above the burner for smoke. I found that I had to keep the cast iron skillet just the right distance away from the flame in order to get just the right amount of burn from the chips. If it was too close it would actually start the chips on fire and too far aways it would not smoke at all. Depending on your burner size and setup you might want to cover the skillet to keep it from flaring up and starting the chips on fire, which is not good! I recently decided to order a smoke daddy for my smoke generating and it was the best decision I have made for my specific setup! Smoking with a chip pan I found that I go through the chips quite fast and have to change them out quite frequently. Using the smoke daddy I can smoke for over two hours with one fill of the canister, mine is the smallest one 6". All I have to do to keep smoking is just keep adding chips and pellets to the smoke daddy canister. Simple and sweet, I would suggest investing in one of them or even making one of your own. There is a thread somewhere on here of a guy who made his own. The wood chips I found smoke better if I dont soak them, just put them in dry but, thats my preferrence! Good luck on your build and hope to see some of your build soon.

 

[uncletykie]

if there's no pics it didn't happen...lol