- Jul 18, 2019
- 2
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Here's my first foray into smoking. I decided against spending big money on a smoker until I get some delicious practice in first to see how much I'll actually use it. Found an old oven sitting curbside for free, things went from there.
Details: Rewired to 1!0V, original 220V element is now calculated at ~800W. It's enough to hit 350F, although it takes a while. It'll hit 250F in less than 10 minutes from cold, so that's good enough for me.
Inkbird ITC-106VH PID controller: first one was DOA, second works well. Can probably tune better, but it holds temp +-3F.
Smoke comes from an AMNPS tray in the mailbox, then through the ductwork into the bottom of the oven. First run smoked about 10 hours off of 1 tray.
Built a rolling cart from scrap lumber and HF furniture dolly casters.
Total cost is somewhere around $80.
The oven is a 1974 model GE. One of the first to offer self-cleaning, it's pretty well insulated, also, it's a bit of a unique size at 27".
The maiden run was a small pork butt for 9.5 hours at 225F. Flavor was fantastic, but it was a pretty sorry cut of meat.
It may not be pretty or make a smoke ring, but it's working fine for me.
Yall have a good one.
Details: Rewired to 1!0V, original 220V element is now calculated at ~800W. It's enough to hit 350F, although it takes a while. It'll hit 250F in less than 10 minutes from cold, so that's good enough for me.
Inkbird ITC-106VH PID controller: first one was DOA, second works well. Can probably tune better, but it holds temp +-3F.
Smoke comes from an AMNPS tray in the mailbox, then through the ductwork into the bottom of the oven. First run smoked about 10 hours off of 1 tray.
Built a rolling cart from scrap lumber and HF furniture dolly casters.
Total cost is somewhere around $80.
The oven is a 1974 model GE. One of the first to offer self-cleaning, it's pretty well insulated, also, it's a bit of a unique size at 27".
The maiden run was a small pork butt for 9.5 hours at 225F. Flavor was fantastic, but it was a pretty sorry cut of meat.
It may not be pretty or make a smoke ring, but it's working fine for me.
Yall have a good one.