New (kinda) Cooker Bebute and Turkey QVIEW

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walle

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Fruita, Colorado
Morn'en everyone.
Wanted to share some pictures of the smoker I've been working on this summer and some turkey and ham picts for the company T-Day party I'm cooking for today.

Cooker's previous life was a Stokeamatic Coal Stoker.
Enjoy!

Side view of cooker


Cook box


Wood Bin


Fire Box


Fire!


Coals


Temperature in Fruita, Colorado at 3:00 this morning


Turkey's ON!



Patience boy, PATIENCE!


Thanks for checking out my picts.
I'll share more along the way.
Tracey
 
Turkeys have been on since 3:30, just added a spiral ham rubbed with mustard and Jeff's rub. Look'en good.


Thanks for looking.
Tracey
 
Thanks, Blue.
I tried lifting the skin and rubbing butter for the first time and as you can see, got a little carried away and tore it before I knew what I was doing. Hafta be more careful next time.
 
that thing is huge! those turkeys look like cornish game hens. i love how it self-feeds the wood chips. nice find. looks like it weighs a few pounds.
 
Birds & Sausage Look Great...
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Nice Cooker...
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Looks good and it is Local Colorado. Hey, Give me a call and I wil bring my birds to you to do LOL LOL

Looks like and great job recycling a good old coal stoker into a great smoker.

zjaybird
 
Thanks for all of the comments. This was one 'ell-of-a project to get everything working together. Over engineered it, then basically took it back to Zero and got it right the second time.

I thought the cook box was WAY to big at first, 3' wide x 2' deep x 4' tall. Was trying to save $$ when I had the metal bent, then I got it home and was like "GEEZE!". Now that I'm using in, I like it, especially today. Have all ready been asked to do all six turkeys next year.

NECKS - Not Sausage. If you look close you can see the angle I have welded to the top of each side - big plans to hang rods across for sausage some day, just haven't gotten to it.

Again, thanks. Means a lot to get complements from this group.
Tracey
 
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