Smokehouse complete. Thanks for all the info

[norvickusmc]

I've read along on this site for quite awhile and finally built my smokehouse after viewing so many great smokers. Wow, there sure is a lot of talent in the USA!!

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[norvickusmc]

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• norvickusmc
• May 23, 2015

 

[b-one]

Looks great! How are you liking it?

 

[chilefarmer]

I like it, I see smoke, its doing the job.  What are we smoking? CF

 

[norvickusmc]

I works very well. I'm actually able to cook on the lower side after putting a heat diffuser over the heat outlet from the firebox. Of course, a custom job does not come with instructions so there has been a lot of tweaking. It cold smokes as fine as any other. The effort has been sealing it up just enough to cook without going through a cord of wood. Jerky was easy too. Highly recommend the firebox vented underground and the thick rough sawn whiteoak for siding, 1 1/8 thick, it's very well insulated.

 

[norvickusmc]

Smoking butts and chicken quarters but not at the same time. Butts are at 220 and the chicken will be around 300 once the pork is through. Wish I could post a video.

 

[ajbert]

Looks like a fantastic smoker to me, how did the first smoke go?

 

[norvickusmc]

Without a hitch. Dried 30 pounds of jerky followed up with butt and ribs. Ribs were cooked to hot, still very good just charred a bit. Fixed that with a heat diffuser and digital heat proves that read up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit. My old probes only read up to 212 f. I think I was getting up to 240 without knowing.

 

[norvickusmc]

Link to my video.

 

[daveomak]

Good video..... thanks.... I like your smoke house... board and batten... old world construction....