Fridge smoker (hopefully)

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brodieb666

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Jul 11, 2013
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I just came into possession of an old GE Fridge and I had the idea of turning it into a gravity feed smoker. I am just in the planning stages and I had some questions for anyone that had modified an old fridge into a smoker before (or built a small gravity fed unit). In some of the threads that I have seen here people took the fridge apart and removed all of the old insulation and then replaced it with rock wool or something similar. If the current insulation is glass fiber and in good condition is there any reason to remove it? I might go up to 400-500F to season it but other than than i would stay below 350F.
The inner skin of the fridge seems to be about 0.0375 or 20ga metal. I was wondering if anyone had played around with adding either sheet metal or stone before the insulation to increase the thermal mass of the walls/ceiling and try to prevent temp swings. I know that it is much thinner than purpose built insulated smokers, but will it make a difference?
Anyone that can help me, Thanks!
 
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