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  • D daryl

    glen yeah i have electric 10 feet away at the dog lot but would just do the floor thing. i have a stack of the thin firebrick for stoves i could put down. i am smoking Canadian bacon and belly bacon right now and it is 160.

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    glen
    Regular Contributors Team Grey Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Power User Meat Hack Winner Veteran
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    daryl Many years ago I built a small open top fire pit directly on my concrete patio floor
    During our third fire a 1/2 inch deep and 8 inch diameter patch blew out, thank goodness we weren’t huddled around it at the time!
    I knew better than to weld directly on concrete but didn’t think a small fire would be a problem

    Give a man a fish and he eats for a day
    Teach a man to fish and he drinks beer for a lifetime

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      craigrice
      Power User Canning Team Orange Regular Contributors Veteran Masterbuilt
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      nicely done

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      • JonesyJ Jonesy

        daryl
        This is my answer to adding humidity while getting my internal temperature to safe levels:!SAM_0562.JPG

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        JoeB
        Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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        Jonesy Simple, and gets the job done no better solution than that.

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        • G Gravity Storm

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          Years back, my first smoker was an old cemented in outhouse that came with the house I bought. Bought a barrel stove kit and piped it in. Wasn’t the best setup, but got me started.

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          JoeB
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          Gravity Storm Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder… Looks good to me. My first smoker was a cardboard box. Later upgraded to recycled corrugated tin roofing. Cheers

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          • Hog PenH Hog Pen

            daryl ![0_1621107079755_20210417_131043.jpg](Uploading 100%) here’s mine

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            daryl
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            Hog Pen the photo did not upload. Would like to see it.

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            • G Gravity Storm

              IMG_20160622_194943480~2.jpg

              Years back, my first smoker was an old cemented in outhouse that came with the house I bought. Bought a barrel stove kit and piped it in. Wasn’t the best setup, but got me started.

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              daryl
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              Gravity Storm it looks great but I would have been buying bleach by the drum before it’s first use!! I’m the end though, it looks very functional.

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              • G glen

                daryl Many years ago I built a small open top fire pit directly on my concrete patio floor
                During our third fire a 1/2 inch deep and 8 inch diameter patch blew out, thank goodness we weren’t huddled around it at the time!
                I knew better than to weld directly on concrete but didn’t think a small fire would be a problem

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                daryl
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                glen who said Afghans developed IEDs? That was a chunk of concrete.

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                  A cold smoker you just want to keep the smoke in, and let the heat out! All good ideas and designs!

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                  • D daryl

                    glen who said Afghans developed IEDs? That was a chunk of concrete.

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                    JoeB
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                    daryl the same thing would happen if you built a firepit / place with regular bricks… They would crack or explode. With concrete its expansion that is trapped… Things that go boom when you don’t want them to go boom. (old Artillery saying, sub bang for Infantry)

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                    • B BigJake44

                      A cold smoker you just want to keep the smoke in, and let the heat out! All good ideas and designs!

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                      JoeB
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                      BigJake44 Ya, I’m a little embarrassed … No glass window door or Bluetooth😊

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                      • D daryl

                        Who has built their own smokehouse? This is one my grandson and I built last summer. I have mostly done Canadian bacon, belly bacon, and country hams. It is a great cold smoker, but will get hot enough for the Canadian bacon. 20210325_113450.jpg 20210109_163324.jpg

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                        Brian Schneider
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                        daryl Here is the one my father in law and I built last year
                        Screenshot_20210812-142932_Gallery.jpg

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                        • Brian SchneiderB Brian Schneider

                          daryl Here is the one my father in law and I built last year
                          Screenshot_20210812-142932_Gallery.jpg

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                          cdavis
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                          Brian Schneider that thing looks awesome 👌

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                            daryl
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                            Where is the fire built? I am guessing that is the home behind it (with the light fixture).

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                              calldoctoday
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                              Wow, that is amazing. I have always wanted to do one very similar to that. What lumber did you use? It looks a little like Cedar in the photo, but hard to say for certain sometimes. I like the idea of the roof extension for keeping the wood a little out of the weather. Very Nice!

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                                That is one great looking smokehouse!!!

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                                • D daryl

                                  Who has built their own smokehouse? This is one my grandson and I built last summer. I have mostly done Canadian bacon, belly bacon, and country hams. It is a great cold smoker, but will get hot enough for the Canadian bacon. 20210325_113450.jpg 20210109_163324.jpg

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                                  bocephus
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                                  daryl Our hunting group is still using the one our fathers built about 50 years ago, still going strong.

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                                    Our chicken house is the old smoke house from a little over 100 years ago. I sometimes wonder if I should clean it up & convert it back to the smoke house. It would be an awfully big smoke house though as they were doing some serious, long hanging, meat smoking back then.

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                                      • D daryl

                                        Where is the fire built? I am guessing that is the home behind it (with the light fixture).

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                                        Brian Schneider
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                                        daryl it’s built on the side of our hunting shack and it has a propane burner in the bottom

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                                        • C calldoctoday

                                          Wow, that is amazing. I have always wanted to do one very similar to that. What lumber did you use? It looks a little like Cedar in the photo, but hard to say for certain sometimes. I like the idea of the roof extension for keeping the wood a little out of the weather. Very Nice!

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                                          Brian Schneider
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                                          calldoctoday I’m not sure what kind of wood the siding is. It was repurposed from an old chicken coop

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