Wooden Smokehouse

[oompappy]

Nice lookin' smoke shack Wittdog!!! 8)

This item could be a great fathers day present if you start hinting now....
http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/753

 

[wittdog]

Nice lookin' smoke shack Wittdog!!! 8)

This item could be a great fathers day present if you start hinting now....
http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/753

Yes it could...thanks for the info pappy...if you are going to down my neck of the woods let me know....

 

[wittdog]

We might be able to use this to heat the smokehouse as well…..A buddy is going to rig up a thermostat kind of thing to regulate the temps…..I just hope this will throw off enough heat to heat up the area….
http://www.brinkmann.net/Shop/Detail.as ... 4-C&id=355
And I wont have to mess around with 220...

If I was to stick with gas this could be the way to go

http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/prod ... cts_id/753

In a perfect world I would like to use electric….easier to maintain the temps and I don’t’ have to worry about running out of GAS or Blowing myself up…..

I did a test run with a cheap hot plate that was 750w and it got the smokehouse up to 120* but wouldn’t get any higher….

The turkey fryer with that burner was going to be way to hot…I could look for a low pressure burner…

 

[ronbeaux50]

I do believe you got it covered now! Can't wait to it in action!

 

[wittdog]

I do believe you got it covered now! Can't wait to it in action!

Dont' be afraid to add your .02....I don't want to end up in the news....

 

[oompappy]

If you want to go electric, how about 2 of these....
http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/772
Hooked up to 1 of those...
http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/782

 

[ronbeaux50]

I do believe you got it covered now! Can't wait to it in action!

Dont' be afraid to add your .02....I don't want to end up in the news....

I'd rather the electric option. That way you won't run out of gas smoking $100.00's of dollars worth of meat. (or blow up )

oompappy has a great idea! It would be set and forget just like your home oven.

 

[Pigs On The Wing BBQ]

I'm thinking of a Chromolox canning burner (electric) Dave may have to run 220 to the smoke house, but after all this work why not. Set it and forget it. I have a huge brand new one if interested call me on the blower Dave. Pal Jack has all the hardware, switches, exc. that you may need. Let me know. I'm still looking for the "old school" books on a smoke house.

 

[wittdog]

I like the electric option...just a matter of getting enough heat inside the box...when it's -10* outside

 

[Unity]

I'd rather the electric option. That way you won't run out of gas smoking $100.00's of dollars worth of meat.

How often does the power go out in Buffalo? We lose electricity way too often here in the Wash DC suburbs. Sometimes for days at a time.

--John
(Heck, if you don't have one, it'd be a good excuse to get a back-up generator.)

 

[Nick Prochilo]

Thats the ticket a smaller burner...

or a larger smoke house!

 

[wittdog]

I'd rather the electric option. That way you won't run out of gas smoking $100.00's of dollars worth of meat.

How often does the power go out in Buffalo? We lose electricity way too often here in the Wash DC suburbs. Sometimes for days at a time.

--John
(Heck, if you don't have one, it'd be a good excuse to get a back-up generator.)

I have a back up gen and threated the mrs with using that to power a 220 hotplate
And it just might happen....
I wonder if JP could run a 220 line...I know I could contribute nothing to that.

 

[wittdog]

Would one outlet run 2 of these..http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/prod ... ts_id/772..

 

[oompappy]

Would one outlet run 2 of these..http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/prod ... ts_id/772..

The smokehouse should be on its own breaker like any appliance should be,
but with appropriate size wire or heavy-duty extension cord I think it would work. It will probably depend on how your house or garage is wired.
The 2 units combined is 3300 watts, ask your electrician.
Once the smokehouse is warmed up it might cruise on one unit, so one of them could be on a regular switch and one one the thermostat?
"just thinkin' out loud here of course"....

 

[wittdog]

I found this online conversion chart http://www.onlineconversion.com/
This is what It told me how many BTU the elements will put out…
750 watt = 2 559.106 226 3 Btu/hour [I.T.]
1 000 watt = 3 412.141 635 1 Btu/hour [I.T.]
1 500 watt = 5 118.212 452 7 Btu/hour [I.T.]
1 650 watt = 5 630.033 698 Btu/hour [I.T.]
2 100 watt = 7 165.497 433 8 Btu/hour [I.T.]
5 000 watt = 17 060.708 176 Btu/hour [I.T.]
This is what It told me how many BTU the elements will put out…
Now if I could figure out how many BTUs I need to bring the inside (3x3x7) of the smoker with xlbs of meat hanging and x outside air temp….I could figure out which size element I need…
I don't know if it's right...

 

[Griff]

With the way that sucker is insulated, I'll bet 7 or 8 briquettes in a pan would get the space and the meat warmed up and then an electric element could easily maintain. Just my two cents.

 

[john pen]

I wonder if JP could run a 220 line...I know I could contribute nothing to that.

Can do...but this time, for a job like that, we'll need food and beer...

 

[wittdog]

I wonder if JP could run a 220 line...I know I could contribute nothing to that.

Can do...but this time, for a job like that, we'll need food and beer...

Thats not a problem...I'll see you tommarow

 

[wittdog]

Ok I did some more experimenting today…..It was driving me crazy that this bad boy wasn’t working like I wanted it to…I still plan on exploring the electrical elements and would prefer to go in that direction…but I needed to know that if I wanted this thing to work I could get it to work with the Fryer…I will continue to explore the electrical elements…my wife is supposed to pick up at 1000w element today…..I will try that tomorrow….so I can get an idea of what size element I need…
Today I switched out the new turkey fryer burner (high pressure) with the old turkey fryer burner I have (low pressure)….This worked out good because the Ahole (air hole) or JB hole fit snugly on the venturi……So I have enough clean air for combustion….Combustion wasn’t an issue the flame burned clean….If I end up going with the burner I will place a piece of copper pipe in the side of the smokehouse and use it as a peep hole to make sure the flame is still burning ( I know its not the ideal safety check but it’s a start)….
Any way I was able to get and maintain the temps I need for smoking all day long…With product in the house it wont be an issue to maintain those temps….I placed the cast iron skillet over the burner and started with wood chips and first then added some chucks of cherry…I got good smoke out of the smokestack and it didn’t affect the combustion of the burner…If I go with the burner I will probably do some sheet metal work to enclose the burner and separate it from the rest of the smokehouse just to be on the safe side…

But I am still exploring the electrical options at this time and would prefer to go in that direction…I have one of the great minds in the HVAC bidness working on the electrical component…Its also been suggested that as well as that is insulated I might be able to get it up to temp with some charcoal and then let the element just maintain the temps….I still have a lot of experimenting to do but at least I can get some sleep knowing that I have a smokehouse and not an undersized shed…..Once again thanks to everyone for there contributions and support to this project….Its been fun to build and be able to tap into resources from all over the world….(And I thought the net was just good for porn and football scores)

Rolling Smoke

The cast iron skillet on the burner with chips and chunks…

The flame was blue on the bottom and right on the burner…then it went up to the orange color on the top..(It burned the same way outside of the smokehouse)

 

[Puff1]

Glad to see you getting it figured out Dave. 8)