Newbie Building a Smoker

[snl8387]

Hi All!
I'm new to the forum, as well as smoking.
I have a 5 drawer filing cabinet, and a 2 drawer filing cabinet.

My plan is to build a filing cabinet smoker with a side firebox to give optimal room to smoke all the meats!

I'm seeiming to have trouble finding plans from someone who has done this setup before.

I'm looking for all tips and comments on plans.
My plan is to rivet the side box to the main box. And make an airtight seal between. But how do I get a good draw up the vertical part of the smoker?
Also how do I make sure the bottom sections of my chamber don't get too hot and quickly cook the meats?

I know this is a Hillbilly method... but if the shoe fits...

 

[joe black]

Welcome from SC. It's really good to have you here on this great site.

 

[snl8387]

Thanks Joe!

 

[snl8387]

This is the sketch of my design idea.The red door shows the fire Door, while I was thinking of putting the water pan about it. Unless that would create too much moisture being over the fire directly. 

Smoker1.jpg

• snl8387
• Mar 16, 2017