Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Since posting in a thread by Imy, I've had several requests regarding pics of my home made hot smoker.
The firebox (Lower left)started life as an oil tank for a hydraulic pump,
The smoker section began as a 100 litre car LP Gas tank.
The rest of it just evolved from stuff I had lying around!
(I've got nearly as much stuff lying around as F&F )

Most of our US friends will be saying to themselves " So What's New".
This is definately a cooking method that is old hat in the States, but only just emerging in Aus.

Some of the flavours that can be imparted from rubs (Both wet and dry) and the use of different smoke woods,
as well as different heating techniques ranging from gas through to charcoal, heat beads and even the smoke wood itself,
when combined with the slow cooking times of "up to 18 hours", can produce a meal that is just not possible to get in the finest restaraunts of Australia.

Show us your smokers,
Give us your rub Recipes,
Post your pic's

Although at this stage I've only done hot smoking,
I'm keen to hear about cold smoking as I am wanting to do Cheese at some time in the future

Dicko

Nice work dicko
I've just been reading about these things.
Defiantly on the "to do" list.....

Thats a torpedo!

Good one dicko thanks

Scott,
It's Well worth the effort!

The end result is like a "casserole without the gravy"
You can tell when baby back pork ribs are done when the bone slides out of the meat before carving!
Oh.. did I mention the meat was tender?

To do cheese try a electric fry pan in the fire box [no heat just turn it up enough to make smoke]

HeHeHe! Not always, Just so long as you fill it with water before diving in with the grinder!

F&F You're a GENIUS!!!

I've already got a variable temp electric element that I made for it,
but it could not keep up with wind chill!

Now to find where I put it................

Cool BBQ bomb.
I want one. Whats the inside look like. The outside is too neat and tidy.

D.L.
Don't have pics of the inside handy, But I do have some! But Where?

My problem is that my line of work, (Specialized welding) sends High frequency surges through my computers at a fairly common rate

Tried uninteruptable power supplies,
But the HF just picks up the ADSL line

Outcome is a new computer every 6 months when it becomes unreliable

So the kids get the old ones for homework and games!
Now I just have to find which pc I had when I took the photo's

Nice work Dicko, that one is as neat as any sold on comercial shelves. Does it have or are you planning on a Rotisserie? Is that one pipe and caps? If so it should last thru your grandchildren's lifetime! I've seen some made from old LP gas bottles. They need to be emptied gas free'd and filled with water before cutting on them.

Worth a look
http://www.kickassbbq.com/
http://www.smoking-meat.com/
http://.smoking-mehttp://www.smoking-me ... isket.html

What a beauty! Puts my dryer cabinet to shame.
But I still can't wait to use it :p

beauty not just in the eye of the beholder...
...and the smoker is cool too!
lurve my c'dore

I agree C1,

The SS is a pleasure to drive, and tows like a train
Got it new in 2002 under the pretense that it was for the wife
Then she changed the number plates and wrote her name on it

Doesn't matter, I've still got my "Red Dwarf"

Dicko