Hey guys. I came across a complete handmade stainless steel locker for $50 I thought would be perfect for a smoker build. I decided to steal the 1300 watt element from my smoke hollow smoker. My plan is to insulate it with roxul bat insulation and than build a wooden box around it to close it all in. Just for some testing I surrounded the smoker with the roxul and was able to get The temperature up to 300f at exactly 1 hour. But my worry is that right when I turned off the power to see what happens the temp seemed to drop fairly quickly. I understand that air does not hold heat that well. Kind of like an empty fridge running all the time.
I don't know if it will work Well if the element has to run the whole time to keep that heat. Of course the door definitely needs to be sealed and insulated better.
I'm looking for ideas on how to seal the door. If I need a vent, where it should go. Etc. The size of the smoker is 2'x2x4'inside. I'll upload more pictures tomorrow. But what's your opinion? Will it make a good. Smoker?
I don't know if it will work Well if the element has to run the whole time to keep that heat. Of course the door definitely needs to be sealed and insulated better.
I'm looking for ideas on how to seal the door. If I need a vent, where it should go. Etc. The size of the smoker is 2'x2x4'inside. I'll upload more pictures tomorrow. But what's your opinion? Will it make a good. Smoker?
