How To Build A Backyard Smoker
One caution about barrels unless you can acquire a genuine food grade barrel make your own.
How to build a backyard smoker. These are literal plans to build a quaint little smokehouse that is sure to get the job done. With his brand new and impressive backyard smoker nick will be throwing the most popular summer barbecues on the block. Jun 30 2017 wyatt.
Install a pipe at the bottom to let the smoke in. First you need to lay down several rows of blocks. Here is a step by step guide for building a smokehouse right in your own backyard.
The body of the smoker itself should be made by. Diy backyard smoker plans ideas and suggestions 1. Aaron franklin hacks your backyard smoker.
The pitmaster and owner of austin s franklin barbecue got his start on a backyard cooker just like yours. I constructed my smoker out of 10 ga. The plans include a list of necessary materials.
The smoke will then cool down and reach the meat at the appropriate temperature 85 degrees to 125 degrees fahrenheit. The smoker i build here isn t manufactured to 100 efficiency perfection but it did a great job. Plus it also shows how to build the smoker down below the actual smokehouse so you can use wood instead of propane or any other type of smoke material.
The smokers efficiency is in heat regulation and the ability to hold smoke. Even a smoker you get off the shelf isn t able to regulate heat perfectly and also has to allow for draw and smoke to get out. The system used is pretty simple.
You make a fire and the smoke goes through a long tube or pipe. Made from a 55 gallon steel drum these are easy to make easy to use and work very well. In recent years the hot item in the build it yourself smoker is the drum smoker or ugly drum smoker uds though increasingly they are not very ugly.
One alternative for a diy backyard smoker is to make a cinder block one.
