Hot & Cold Smoker Build - How to
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- I woke in the morning and decided to build a smoker box to smoke meat and other foods. I didn't have any plans but did a little research. I only used the materials that I could find on the homestead and only spent £3 on hinges.
The handle and latch are from beaver gnawed wood found around the lake.
In the next video, I'll show how I install and use it. You can see that here: • Hot & Cold Smoker Inst...
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Recycling at its best. Love the natural beaver wood detail.
Thank you :)
Love the rustic look, particularly the beaver chewed door handle and latch!
No beavers in Australia so the handle and latch will be driftwood. Thank you!
Thank you.
I am impressed by your project, you have inspired me greatly! Appreciate your posting it.
Thank you, you’re welcome.
Hello , i really like your Videos and i must say they are totally underrated
and the smoker turns out really well , i wish i could do it so skilled like you
Hey thanks for the comment. We you can learn, that's what I did. Most of my life I spent behind a desk so not had a lot of practice. Go for it :)
Very impressive, sir. I just now subscribed. Thank You!!!
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My parents had a smoke house and they made it tall so when they hung the eels, they smoked slowly and the result was Great. But the smokers at our stores here in states are all same size as your box. Good job
Nice box! I did a similar wood top on my table saw for fine cuts. Mounted wood and just raised the blade through it. Keeps the thin slivers from getting sucked in. I'm about to build one out of cedar and pine. Using tongue and grooved cedar planks to cold smoke cheese and salmon.
Good job mate!
I like how these nails are going into the wood with this video edit/montage :)
Thank you, If only nails always went in like that :)
i like your channel name
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Looks great Garry, sure beats the rubbish you would get from Depo.
Sure is, thanks :)
Masterfully done!! I want one!
Thank you, maybe I should take orders, could have sold a few now :)
Looking very good!!
Very good sir. Nice and natural love the look of it can I buy it off you 😂
Thank you, it’s still unused so can sell as ‘ex demo’ :)
Well it’s deffo worth it I don’t know what you do for a living but as a side project I’m sure plenty of folks will be wanting a good bit of kit like that 👍
Nice great job, the best meat smokers are those made of wood.
In the past you only had custom wooden meat smokers.
Thank you.
Fantastic video! Wanna try something like this!
Go for it! Let me know how it goes.
Wow! You made a box
Indeed I did but what a beautiful box it is :)
Thanks for sharing.
That's awesome
Hmmm. a ball-pean hammer, sir?
Thank you for the measurements. Is there any particular reason why your chimney was so long in the ground. Can that part any shorter than th 10 feet yours appears to be.
Oh sorry the firebox is quite small about 45cm x 20 x 20. The pipe from that is simply so that naked flames are not going up into the box and have a small amount of room to slightly cool. The idea I picked up from looking at some drawings online. It’s not cold smoking by any means but it seems to work.
Ok I will look for the chimney drawings. BTW I got some lumber and I am following you lead 😂🤣
You probably noticed I didn’t put an actual chimney on the box. Found the gap at the back enough to get a draw. It you may choose to put a small chimney on the box for greater draw.
@@BalticHomesteaders I like that as a chimney I am also putting a slot in the back. Very cool!😎
I really like how that smoker turned out! What is the first thing you are going to smoke?
Probably some pork. We raised a pig last year to try and be a bit more self sufficient but without a smoker was difficult to make sandwich meat etc Am sure once get it working we will think of all sorts of things A whole chicken will be nice too. Lots of people tell me smoked garlic is nice. Do you have any suggestions?
Try some salt and cheese
Thanks a lot and great video! What would your suggestion be for a door if you do not have the tools to round the edges of the wood like you did? Also, for someone to build with no woodwork experience.
To be honest I have very little experience in woodwork, I’ve never made anything like that before. An easier way would be to use plywood. A router isn’t needed for finishing you can do that with a file and or sandpaper. Wood is very forgiving so go for it :)
@@BalticHomesteaders cheers for the reply!
Called up my pal who’s a chippy and he said the same thing.
I’m going to go and buy some untreated (??) timber to make a frame similar to yours and then just attach sheets of plywood for the walls as this will be much easier.
@@williamcullumcodes great, love to see how it turns out. I hope to be shooting the next stage next week if we have good weather when I install it.
after the 'greta sort out of 2019' are there other notable years in the life of the workshop? average or minor sort out s for example?
It needs another great sort out 😂 it’s full of beekeeping stuff, an excessive amount, needs rewiring too.
Nice !
what temperature can i make inside until the wood gets affected? i what to coock the meat for 2-3 hours around 90 Celsius.
Sorry missed this comment. Yeah I looked carefully into the temperature, mostly because of the glue. I’ve taken it up to 120 without any problems. I think in the other video on the smoker I showed some temp readings.
wait, I think 140°C is pretty to much for hardwood (isn't it?). Secondly, is it safe to raise the temperature in glued parts?
Hi, thanks for watching. I checked the glue before using however this was a one off, I now smoke at a lower temp, see video from last week on brining.
What are the width, height, and depth of this smoker?
Hi it’s 90 h x 50w x 50 deep from memory.
Would it be okay to use like any wood glue?? or will it possibly let toxic fumes into the cold smoked fish
I made a point to research the glue and how safe it was at max temperature etc.
@@BalticHomesteaders Sorry I just kinda rushed thru the video to get design Ideas and all that.. Will be building 1 myself later today so just seeing how other people do it and what's the best way to seal it up so that smoke doesn't escape but only from the chimney on top
No worries. You’ll see mine is an experimental ‘chimneyless’ design which works. I have no regrets about not putting a chimney on it, I was smoking just yesterday.
@@BalticHomesteaders i purchased 1 of those maze things from AmazinG so hopefully it works
I’m going to build a smokehouse, which would you suggest for venison, hot or cold smoking?
Hi. Are you curing it first? It really depends what you’re planing to do with the meat rather than what meat it is. Remember it’s easier to use a hot smoker to cold smoke than the other way around so I’d say build a hot smoker and then but a cold smoker tray to use when you want to.
@@BalticHomesteaders thanks, that’s good advice.
Have you found the lack of venting a problem with smoking?
Hi. Haven’t had a chance to try it yet as I got caught up with covid stuff and then winter struck. Should be setting it up soon as spring has just sprung. However there is a vent under the back of the lid. If I have to install a chimney then that’s no problem and easily done.
@@BalticHomesteaders
Firstly what a beautifully put together smoker!! I'm soon to start my own smoke box project from euro pallets and I'm gathering data at the moment!!
My question is in regards to ventilation! I plan on using a hot plate in my smoker and it's a basic electric smoker ..how much ventilation would I need ??
The vents turned out ok in the end, you can see it here ua-cam.com/video/R-NwyW0YQPI/v-deo.html
Wouldn't plywood be so much easier?
Maybe but I didn’t have any to hand and it probably wouldn’t be as pretty :)
what do you use to heat your wood chips please pm me if you can
Well for hot smoking there will be a firebox and chimney down slope, hopefully I’ll be building that in the next couple of weeks. For cold smoking I’ve got this wire tray that you put wood saw dust in and it burns slowly like a cigarette. You should be able to find on Amazon.
Where can we find the 2nd video??
Hi, not installed the smoker yet, unbelievably we've still got snow on the ground (again) and it keeps coming back!
Hi, the second video is now up at last ua-cam.com/video/R-NwyW0YQPI/v-deo.html
@@BalticHomesteaders Looks great!!
Did you ever smoke anything in this smoker I have not seen a second video
Hey thanks. Not yet, sorry life has gotten in the way but just this week I thought I really must get on and get it installed and video made, thanks for the nudge, stay tuned! :)
Im throwing another nudge. First time sub today was looking for the 2nd video as well. You did an amazing job with scrap wood. Looking to replicate this.
Weather and winter not on my side at the moment (sub zero at the moment) but in late winter early spring it’s my first job for sure! Maybe sooner if we have the same warm winter as last year. Thanks for watching and the nudge :)
Hi, I've now finally installed the smoker and started to use it, you can see it here ua-cam.com/video/R-NwyW0YQPI/v-deo.html
Please do something about the inconsistent volume between your music and your speech. If I can hear you, when the music comes on, it actually hurts.
Any comments about the smoker cabinet itself?
@@BalticHomesteaders smoker looks great! Camera work and visual editing were excellent.
Is the music really necessary................. { no }. Just show us what to do..................
A life without music is an error.
Friedrich Nietzsche