Smoke Distribution Problems in Cedar Smokehouse

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Jkp1960

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Sep 10, 2021
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St. Louis MO
30” x 30” cool chamber sitting on concrete blocks (2 high) with offset firebox. Food cooks well but smoke penetration only occurs in meat closest to firebox. Chimney in upper right roof. Any thoughts?
 
Rotate meat during the smoke process.
That's a pretty simple start.
After you give more details, the posters can offer modifications to the smoke house.
 
This is how archeryrob archeryrob solved his problems in his smoker....

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I would run the stack almost to the bottom and put it in the corner, run it on the outside and tap it into a corner , put a deflector between the outlet and the inlet so it cant go straight out, cap the existing vent while you try other options, easy to put back if it don't work properly imo
 
I would run the stack almost to the bottom and put it in the corner, run it on the outside and tap it into a corner , put a deflector between the outlet and the inlet so it cant go straight out, cap the existing vent while you try other options, easy to put back if it don't work properly imo
Here are some pictures:
 

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Here are pictures of the smokehouse
 

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