<![CDATA[Homemade Smokehouse]]>Hey guys, I am currently building a Smokehouse. It is 6’ wide, 3’ deep, 7’ tall. It is propane fired. I was thinking I should put a fan of some sort in it to help keep the temp consistent. Any thoughts? I was thinking maybe a heat powered fan that starts working at 122° F.
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]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/2260/homemade-smokehouseRSS for NodeThu, 10 Sep 2026 20:34:31 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2020 01:54:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 26 Aug 2020 01:04:24 GMT]]>I’m not sure how stove fans work exactly, but I think they require a substantial difference in temperature between the contact point and the ambient temperature. Meaning if you put it in a room that is a constant temperature above 120 it won’t spin. The spinning is the action of it dissipating heat which it wouldn’t be able to do at a constant ambient temperature.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/20999https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/20999Wed, 26 Aug 2020 01:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Thu, 28 May 2020 05:15:43 GMT]]>Hope for you that it never does burn down, But I have a friend who had his wood smoke house catch fire and had a heck of a time saving his SMOKED chicken and getting the fire out.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17827https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17827Thu, 28 May 2020 05:15:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Thu, 28 May 2020 02:39:31 GMT]]>akdave I will send you a picture when it all burns down. and thanks I’m glad to hear you like it

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17818https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17818Thu, 28 May 2020 02:39:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 27 May 2020 14:01:33 GMT]]>Something you might want to consider is that with a wood smoke house you want to keep it far enough away from other buildings incase it catches on fire it does not burn down another building.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17778https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17778Wed, 27 May 2020 14:01:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 27 May 2020 08:52:30 GMT]]>my son lives up there

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17765https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17765Wed, 27 May 2020 08:52:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 27 May 2020 23:47:33 GMT]]>Snake River Smokers I didn’t realize you were in Longville, MN. I’m in Bemidji

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17763https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17763Wed, 27 May 2020 23:47:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Tue, 26 May 2020 02:24:39 GMT]]>Snake River Smokers
Here is the picture of the finished outside
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]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17741https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/17741Tue, 26 May 2020 02:24:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:25:11 GMT]]>Brian Schneider It’s looking good 👍 Great weather today for working on her!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16724https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16724Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Sun, 26 Apr 2020 20:53:48 GMT]]>Made some progress today.
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]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16715https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16715Sun, 26 Apr 2020 20:53:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:28:29 GMT]]>Jimi

Thanks for the info. I will look into these.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16341https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16341Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:28:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:06:57 GMT]]>Snake River Smokers I like the way you did the shelving. I will probably do the same. Thanks for sharing. I will post some pics when we get done building for sure.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16298https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16298Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:06:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:33:30 GMT]]>Brian Schneider Not sure what you’re doing for the shelving in there but after going back and forth, we decided to use the shelf tracking and brackets from Menards or any hardware store for that matter. It worked good because you can adjust the height and add more shelves if you would want to. Then we cut the shelves out of one inch square grid steel which is split to fit each side. It was easy to get the racks out of the door when the jerky is done. Then for hanging sausage we just put a 2x4 on each side which then we set 2x2’s with hooks to hang the summer sausage off of which worked really well. IMG_20191123_140432.jpg

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16296https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16296Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:33:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:43:51 GMT]]>Brian Schneider IMG_20191130_142529.jpg

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16290https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16290Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:43:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:46:00 GMT]]>Snake River Smokers very nice. Mine will be very similar to that except I will be framing mine out of wood. Sheeting the bottom 3’ with sheetmetal on the inside and siding the outside with rough sawed lumber to match the rest of my out buildings.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16289https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16289Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:46:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:40:50 GMT]]>Brian Schneider IMG_20191123_140458.jpg

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16288https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16288Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:40:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:38:06 GMT]]>Brian Schneider Here’s our smoker that we built for deer camp last year. This was our maiden run. It’s an old walk-in insulated cooler unit. No fan was needed. There’s an air intake on the bottom and the two vents on top are manual damper controlled. It smoked our jerky sticks and summer sausage amazingly consistent. The thermostatically controlled heat is a must though. also I think you’re going to find that tray on the bottom will be your smoke pan. That’s basically what ours is. IMG_20191123_140510.jpg

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16287https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16287Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:38:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 01:25:59 GMT]]>akdave ok thanks I sure do have a friend that fits that description.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16280https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16280Wed, 15 Apr 2020 01:25:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:26:38 GMT]]>do you have a friend that is a heating guy that can help you with the gas valve and pilot assemble, the propane gas valve is only $80-90 on the internet for a new one and using a used one is not a good Idea… for $30.00 you can get a complete brand new pilot light assembly and then all u need is a 24 volt transformer and a thermostat to have a safe reliable unit with temperature control.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16277https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16277Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:26:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:49:17 GMT]]>Brian Schneider just was looking at the burner you’ll need the inlet outside the box so it gets fresh air

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16276https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16276Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:49:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:38:13 GMT]]>@s-a-m I am still working out the details on that. I would like to enclose the burner but I’m not sure how to go about it. I am thinking about putting in brackets in about 30" up from the bottom running the length of it that I can use to hold sheet pans as drip pans and that would sort of section it off.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16275https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16275Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:38:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:28:39 GMT]]>Are you enclosing the bottom portion of the smoker where your burner is at?

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16274https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16274Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:28:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:04:12 GMT]]>akdave as part of this build I am trying to scavenge as much of the materials as I can. Where would I want to look for such a controller. Maybe in an old gas range or something like that.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16271https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16271Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:04:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:27:15 GMT]]>akdave no I haven’t looked into those tubes. I have an actual pan for the chips, we just put that piece of wood on there to see if it was close enough to make it smoke

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16264https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16264Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:27:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Homemade Smokehouse on Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:27:10 GMT]]>Sure would think that would heat a 5×6×3 as long as there’s no major air leaks, would definitely run a thermocouple!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16263https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/16263Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:27:10 GMT