Homemade smokehouse

[carlson]

Has anyone ever made a homemade smoke house before? I’m thinking about making one about 3’x3’x6’ tall. I have a question about hot smoking within a wooden smokehouse, at the 230 degree stage does the wood on the inside start to burn? Or would a guy have to line the inside with some sheet aluminum. I’m already planning of putting some sort of brick along the bottom first 12 inches or so around the burner.

[threeforthree]

Please use no wood at all,use metal 2x4 and metal sides and top the wood will carbonized over time and start a slow fire ,,, learned the hard way

[fishtank]

find a nice big fridge and gutted .

[Atex]

I repurposed a defunct stainless steel dishwasher, kept the heating element to be able to hot smoke. It is controlled by a cheapo oven thermostat from ebay.

[El Carnicero]

Originally Posted by Atex

I repurposed a defunct stainless steel dishwasher, kept the heating element to be able to hot smoke. It is controlled by a cheapo oven thermostat from ebay.

Instructions on how to do this would be great Atex.

[saddleup]

I built one 35 years ago out of wood. 3x3x7 with 10 slide out trays inside. It is fueled by a propane burner, (made a stand and used burner from old hot water tank) Trays are wood framed galvanized 1/4 inch mesh, I use it at least 4 or 5 times a year , getting temps to 200 degrees. Blackened a bit inside but nothing serious. I have made jerky, smoked fish, hams, turkey, and every other thing I could experiment with. It works like a charm, and cheap to build.

[silver]

Years ago I made one out of wood. Used it pretty steady and then one day it caught fire.

When you heat wood time after time, there is a carmellization happening. It will eventually catch fire.

[threeforthree]

Originally Posted by silver

Years ago I made one out of wood. Used it pretty steady and then one day it caught fire.

When you heat wood time after time, there is a carmellization happening. It will eventually catch fire.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[kingrat]

Originally Posted by fishtank

find a nice big fridge and gutted .

X2. Lots of videos on YouTube on how and what to do.
I lucked out and found one on kijiji for cheap that was already done and done well.

[waldedw]

Now at the risk of dating myself we built a new house on the farm in 1963 and had no more use for the old out house, moved it over beside the garage, gutted it out and converted it into the smoke house, worked just great, was still in use when the folks moved off the farm in 1995.

Can't say how many pounds of sausage, bacon, hams and fish were smoked in there but I have 4 brothers and 4 sisters so it was a lot, all wood fire on the ground under an old modified tub, never had any fancy meat probes like now a days but got it just hot enough that the sausage would start to drip, then hit the fire with wet wood that had been soaking in a bucket of water. Best darn smoker every.

[tallieho]

Lotsa DIY builds on you tube