Smoker Materials
Smoker Materials
Hello to all and heres my first question to this great forum!! I am going to be building a smokehouse in the near future and I have read on here several posts and seen several peoples designs. I am trying to be as cost effective as possible and was looking at the price of plywood for my walls. Then I came across some statements about the toxicity of the laminate used in plywoods. I don't want to shirk where safety is concerned and will certainly shell out for another material but I see plenty of folks that have smoker pictures on the web that have used plywood. So the question is... what plywood is ok and what is not, because it looks to me like ALMOST all of it is some kind of laminated wood. Is the problem eliminated by using hardwood plywood thats glued only on the inner layers???
randalleg, Smoke houses can be made of almost anything, Mine is built out of fieldstone but as I live on rocky land I use what I got. I would venture that there are more smoke houses made out of plywood than any other material. Cripes my father in law uses an old outhouse for smoking meat but anything that will channel the smoke around the meat will do, from a metal garbage can to something as elaborate as mine. Just remember the smokehouse don't smoke the meat YOU DO.
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Hi randalleg, What a terrific question!
I'm sure your question will invoke a lot of response but allow me to simply present a huge timesaver and believe me.... a back saver!
Our own "Seminole" has authored a book called, "Meat Smoking And Smokehouse Design"... by Stan, Adam, and Robert Marianski.
It is complete and it is amazing. Well worth the price. Before you start building... this is a MUST read! It is available from Bookmagic.com.
Hope this helps,
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
P.S. NO! I am NOT getting paid nor do I receive any compensation for endorsement. I simply know the best when I see it. Stan Marianski is shy, intelligent, and a prolific author. He is one of the finest men I know. His books are outstanding. I like his book entitled, "Home Production Of Quality Meats And Sausages". Shucks pard, many people consider this book the "Bible" of Sausage Making.
I'm sure your question will invoke a lot of response but allow me to simply present a huge timesaver and believe me.... a back saver!
Our own "Seminole" has authored a book called, "Meat Smoking And Smokehouse Design"... by Stan, Adam, and Robert Marianski.
It is complete and it is amazing. Well worth the price. Before you start building... this is a MUST read! It is available from Bookmagic.com.
Hope this helps,
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
P.S. NO! I am NOT getting paid nor do I receive any compensation for endorsement. I simply know the best when I see it. Stan Marianski is shy, intelligent, and a prolific author. He is one of the finest men I know. His books are outstanding. I like his book entitled, "Home Production Of Quality Meats And Sausages". Shucks pard, many people consider this book the "Bible" of Sausage Making.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!
Randelleg, If you want a completely inert material that is very weather resistant look into the fiber cement board that is sold as tile backer and building weather board. It can be had in sheets 4x5 feet I know and possibly 4x8. It is availble as 1/4 and 1/2 inch thickness. Use pressure treated wood for the framing and build so that the frame is outside.
Ross- tightwad home cook
Tile the entire inside. :grin
I just built this for a friend. It is half of an 8 inch flue liner sitting on two fire bricks with a notch cut for the smoke pipe and notch at the bottom for draft control.
I did a test burn to make sure it would draw well.
Off to the right in the first picture are the two pieces removed for the notches and a piece of cement board to cement the draft notch piece to.
I just built this for a friend. It is half of an 8 inch flue liner sitting on two fire bricks with a notch cut for the smoke pipe and notch at the bottom for draft control.
I did a test burn to make sure it would draw well.
Off to the right in the first picture are the two pieces removed for the notches and a piece of cement board to cement the draft notch piece to.
Ross- tightwad home cook
If you want to build a plywood smoker you should check this one out. Very detailed and not that hard to build
http://forums.mathewsinc.com/viewtopic. ... rel=-10000
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