Just Finished My First Cold Smoker

Hello all.   Been lurking for a while and have gotten some great info from all the posts on these forums.   I'm on vacation this week and just finished my first cold smoker build.   I made it out of an old wooden barrel I found and used the coffee can and soldering iron method.   I plugged the soldering iron in for 20 minutes then unplugged it.  At the time it was 34 degrees outside and the smoker got to 71 degrees inside at the time I unplugged it.  After an hour it was still smoking and it was 26 degrees outside and the temp inside was 78 degrees.   I may try to plug the iron in for less time to see if i can keep the temperature down tomorrow.  I will probably use this mainly for smoking peppers. nuts and cheese if I



cant keep the temperature lower but would love to be able to throw a slab of bacon or two on there.  Here are some pics.