Hi everyone, I have a 10lb slab of pork belly that I'm gonna smoke 6hrs one day and 6 hrs the next day.
Since it is only 1 slab, I decided not to break out any of my heavy artillery smokers and don't want to do it on my WSM 22".
So I'm breaking out an old 1000w hot plate and gonna use my new A-Maze-N smoker tray.
I think most of you know where I'm going with this.
Now since this is gonna be a one time simple thing, I decided on doing my first cardboard box smoker with the hot plate and the pellet smoker tray.
My only question and/or reassurance is, do you feel that the 1000w plate is going to be enough to get temps up for cold smoking in a
2ft x 2ft x 3ft hi box, with temps around 40* f.
I'm sure it will be fine, but wanted to check and see if anyone has experience smoking with cardboard boxes and/or homemade plywood smokers around this size?
Another reason for asking is, maybe this will help someone in the future who is thinking on trying the "Smoking Meats" thing out, and just wants to keep things simple.
Since it is only 1 slab, I decided not to break out any of my heavy artillery smokers and don't want to do it on my WSM 22".
So I'm breaking out an old 1000w hot plate and gonna use my new A-Maze-N smoker tray.
I think most of you know where I'm going with this.
Now since this is gonna be a one time simple thing, I decided on doing my first cardboard box smoker with the hot plate and the pellet smoker tray.
My only question and/or reassurance is, do you feel that the 1000w plate is going to be enough to get temps up for cold smoking in a
2ft x 2ft x 3ft hi box, with temps around 40* f.
I'm sure it will be fine, but wanted to check and see if anyone has experience smoking with cardboard boxes and/or homemade plywood smokers around this size?
Another reason for asking is, maybe this will help someone in the future who is thinking on trying the "Smoking Meats" thing out, and just wants to keep things simple.