Walk in freezer panels

[pgiesen55]

So I want to build my own smoker, I just need some advice.  First off, I've never smoked anything before.  I found a pretty good deal on some walk in ref/freezer panels.  I don't know if I could use them for smokehouse or not.  Are there any metals that a person should or shouldn't use?  I don't know what metal is on the sides of it, but I could probably find out.  I just don't want to buy them if I can't use them.

Paul

 

[daveomak]

Paul, welcome to the forum....   First thoughts ....   Freezer panels.... cold air....  don't know if they would be good for a hot smoker.. 

Please take a moment and fill in your location in your profile.... It will help in answering questions later where altitude, temp, humidity come into play....   Thanks... Dave

 

[pgiesen55]

I probably won't do any cold smoking.  I would rather do electric vs gas, but I don't know what size element I would need.  It would probably be 4X4X7 tall, somewhere in there anyways.  I could rig up pretty much anything, I just need a nudge on which way to go for everything.

 

[pineywoods]

Different freezer panels have different kinds of insulation and I'm not sure how any of them would hold up to hot smoking.

 

[fishwrestler]

Welcome,

My only concern would be what the insulation in the panels is and what its melting point is. Also the toxins that might be let off form the heated insulation would be my concern. Also with you being new to this, you might want to do a search here on the site ate you mention the cost of a smoker being to much. The cost to build a unit 4X4X7 even with the panels is not going to be cheap. Will really need a 4X4X7 area. If not you might be better off buying an electric unit ready to use.

Just some thoughts,

Robert

 

[roger shoaf]

Freezer panels are a sheet of foam with sheet metal on the outside.

Use them, but make them the outer box and have an inner box with higher temp insulation like fiber glass.

Where you penetrate the walls for the chimney take out the foam and use the fiber glass there also.