custom smoker

[Dking(MI)]

Upon spankys request for pictures of the smoker in my avatar, here it is.
This is not a diamond plate, this is a custom smoker that my dad and I built. I will tell more later, here are pictures for now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2097.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2098.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2099.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2101.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2054.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2055.jpg

[Elk5012]

Wow! Nice smoker. Makes my Little Indian smoker look like an easy bake oven. What was that a propane pig he started with?

[HarleyDHawger]

It looks like you started with a industial air compressor tank and built probly thee best smoker ever. So when do we EAT ?

[Firemedic]

That is a beaut of a smoker. In the first pic, was that wood wet? Cause that is some thick white smoke ya got coming out!

[Dking(MI)]

That is a beaut of a smoker. In the first pic, was that wood wet? Cause that is some thick white smoke ya got coming out!

Yes, I think that was the mesquite wood that we soaked.

This was made from a jet ski trailer, and a propane tank. It has worked awesome for us, and we have cooked 3 whole pigs so far, brisket, BBQ ribs, chicken, turkey, salmon. And the fourth picture down is a full size WHITETAIL!! I got that doe last year in the early season. It tasted really good, but it tasted not so good after it cooled down.

[Spanky]

That is a beaut of a smoker. In the first pic, was that wood wet? Cause that is some thick white smoke ya got coming out!

Thats one of the first things i noticed too, WAY too much smoke. You should just see a lil bit when you are smoking, or your meats will be bitter on the outside, and the smoker will have alot of tar and creosote on the inside. That is a great lookin smoker though.

There really is no reason to ever soak wood or chips when smoking. If you have problems with it catching on fire, use smaller chunks and maybe wrap them in a foil pouch or but them in a smoke box or cast iron pan with a lid.

Thanks for posting the pics.

Thats not raw chicken on that deer/hog is it?

[Firemedic]

Dan, it looks like bacon to me.

[Frantz]

Who does one hire to cut that opening for the front when using an old LP tank? I could see building something like that with some help if I knew someone with the nads to cut that opening for me.

Very nice unit, would be a great tool for our family reunions up here. Feeding 40+ people off that would be way easier then my 4 burner gas was.

[Burksee]

Very cool! I'd like to see and hear more when you have time to post about this monster! :D

We have natural gas from Consumers on our street but the people on the street behind us have to use propane, I'm thinking when the weather gets a little warmer my neighbor behind me is going to be missing one propane tank! I'm mean come on, I'm not so mean that I'd take it while he needs it run his furnance! And yes, I'll even invite them over for dinner now and again! :yikes: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Dking(MI)]

Spanky, 90% of the time we use apple wood for the smoker, or lately a little bit of cherry, and its all dry wood. We only smoked some pieces of mesquite to try it out, and it does smoke.

The toppings on the deer are raw bacon and a butter/brown sugar mix. After the bacon had cooked through, that was the sweetest bacon known to man. Wow was that sweet bacon!

[Dking(MI)]

My dad and I cut the lid opening. Yes, we were safe about it.
The tank had sat empty for about 4-5 years outside, with no plugs in the openings, so it had constant fresh air. We tested the tank with a cloth on fire, and dropped that inside the tank, no boom! So dad started with a sawz-all and ended with the torch. It worked out great. Here are more pictures of the build.

The beginning

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2021.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2023.jpg

Wire grate rack, removable for easier access to cooked critters

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2027.jpg

Fire box

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2024.jpg

Opening from firebox to smoker, with butterfly valve

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2037.jpg

Dad welding stack mounts on
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2029.jpg

My dog almost getting away with a soaked wood chunk:lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2049.jpg

[DangerDan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/Fuldraw/pig%20cooker/100_2097.jpg


Dayum!!! That thing run on diesel? :tdo12:

Lean her out a bit man...:lol:

Who does one hire to cut that opening for the front when using an old LP tank? I could see building something like that with some help if I knew someone with the nads to cut that opening for me.

I'll do the cuttin if you hold the far ixtingwisher.

[Spanky]

Very Cool Build. Thanks for the pics. Yes the bacon makes more sense!

I like the design of that smoker.;)

[Firemedic]

Who does one hire to cut that opening for the front when using an old LP tank?

I can do it for you with my plasma cutter.