Recent content by marylandpride

Food grates, this is where the next bit of costs came in. The angle cost me about $20 for the entire project and the the expanded sheet was $50 for a 4x8 foot sheet that I used less than half of. The rest I plan on using for a different project, so no waste there. My dad welding the...

Cooking chamber door cut out, and barrel placed on top.

Cut out for fire box door Holes for the damper and chimney, I'm proud of my cuts for this, it isn't very easy to cut a round hole using just an angle grinder.

As you can see in the picture above I used a torch to burn the paint off, worked great on the outside, not so well on the inside. Burned so hot and fast that all the oxygen in the barrel was consumed and the flame when out. Just bought a bag of charcoal and threw it in there on its side, rolled...

Never built a smoker before, I've never even used a smoker before. I decided to build my own for some strange reason. I love to grill and tailgate, so I'm used to making large quantities of really good food, smoking meats was just my next logical step. I saw someone's else build on a...

Newbie here from Maryland too. Did my first smoke today and dinner was fantastic. Crab prices are going to be terrible this year. Out here in Hagerstown the price is about $175-200 a bushel, too rich for my blood. Would be cheaper to gas up the big truck and drive to OC for all you can eat.

I was finally able to throw some meat on the smoker I built. First time smoking anything and it turned out pretty darn good. Seasoned the skin with just a little bit of Tony Cacheres. Smoked for about 2 hours at 260 with apple wood, pulled them out once the IT hit 170. I don't know why I...

So I'm brand new to smoking, I love to grill but up until now I still haven't smoked anything yet. So naturally what do I do? I build my own smoker. I figured why buy something when you can make it yourself. Plus I just plain love to have a project to work on. My smoker is almost done, just...