- Apr 14, 2008
- 7
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Hi,
First post on the forum apart from my intro thread so please bear with me if I ask the obvious.
I'm new to smoking, in fact I'm still working out how to build my smokehouse... I'm keen on cold smoking but live a pretty warm climate.
I have an area near my house that is flat, then a steep incline for about 5-7 metres then flat at the top (about 3m height difference between the two). I'm thinking this would be a good spot to place firebox at the bottom and smoker at the top of the hill.
I'm actually thinking because it's so warm here and I'll only be able to cold smoke in the cooler months that I might run my pipe above ground. The days that are cold enough are short lived here and the ground is so warm (average 22 deg C over the year) that I'd likely get better heat dissipation directly to the colder air rather than waiting for the ground to cool down.
If anyone see's any problems with my theory feel free to jump in...
That kind of rules out clay pipe since it won't be protected or fully supported. Nor will it dissipate heat as effectively as metal would. I'm looking at stove pipe but for 5-7 metres of is awfully expensive. Can anyone suggest any other options?
I was looking at zincalum guttering downpipe. It's usable for flushing rainwater into drinking water tanks so I guess it's foodgrade but can anyone tell me if it's stable at higher temperatures or will leech anything noxious into the food?
I may just have to bite the bullet and pay for the stove pipe but I thought I'd ask here first in case there's an ingenious 2nd option...
First post on the forum apart from my intro thread so please bear with me if I ask the obvious.
I'm new to smoking, in fact I'm still working out how to build my smokehouse... I'm keen on cold smoking but live a pretty warm climate.
I have an area near my house that is flat, then a steep incline for about 5-7 metres then flat at the top (about 3m height difference between the two). I'm thinking this would be a good spot to place firebox at the bottom and smoker at the top of the hill.
I'm actually thinking because it's so warm here and I'll only be able to cold smoke in the cooler months that I might run my pipe above ground. The days that are cold enough are short lived here and the ground is so warm (average 22 deg C over the year) that I'd likely get better heat dissipation directly to the colder air rather than waiting for the ground to cool down.
If anyone see's any problems with my theory feel free to jump in...
That kind of rules out clay pipe since it won't be protected or fully supported. Nor will it dissipate heat as effectively as metal would. I'm looking at stove pipe but for 5-7 metres of is awfully expensive. Can anyone suggest any other options?
I was looking at zincalum guttering downpipe. It's usable for flushing rainwater into drinking water tanks so I guess it's foodgrade but can anyone tell me if it's stable at higher temperatures or will leech anything noxious into the food?
I may just have to bite the bullet and pay for the stove pipe but I thought I'd ask here first in case there's an ingenious 2nd option...