Building a Trailer Smoker
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:21 am
(I put this in Recipes because we're talking eatin' here.)
I want to build some kind of a smoking rig on Harbor Freight's 40 by 48 trailer. And I don't care WHAT my wife says about it. (The hitch goes on the car this weekend, so I'll probably be walking into the office Monday with a black eye.)
I'm thinking of buying 4 vertical Brinkmans, and mounting them to the frame. 40 by 48 isn't that big an area, which is why I was thinking verticals--going up gives me more cooking area. (But I can also possibly frame out an extra 6" all around to give me 52 by 60.)
Don't need anything for huge catering jobs, cause I ain't no caterer, but I'd like something mobile to take to the park that can handle a lot of meat for parties, and to show off to those inferior passers-by who are drooling in hunger and envy.
Part of this plan is to actually bolt the verticals to each OTHER side by side into a cube (2 by 2), drill numerous good-sized holes through the adjacent sides, and in effect, create one large smoker with four doors, accessible on either sides of the trailer.
Whaddya think? Totally retarded?
Also, what if I used 3 wood burning and one gas--just to have some gas capacity in a pinch?
I haven't done the math/measurements yet to see what's what, but this is my starting point.
Bring on your criticism and abuse--I can not only take it, I APPRECIATE it.
"What smells so good?"
I want to build some kind of a smoking rig on Harbor Freight's 40 by 48 trailer. And I don't care WHAT my wife says about it. (The hitch goes on the car this weekend, so I'll probably be walking into the office Monday with a black eye.)
I'm thinking of buying 4 vertical Brinkmans, and mounting them to the frame. 40 by 48 isn't that big an area, which is why I was thinking verticals--going up gives me more cooking area. (But I can also possibly frame out an extra 6" all around to give me 52 by 60.)
Don't need anything for huge catering jobs, cause I ain't no caterer, but I'd like something mobile to take to the park that can handle a lot of meat for parties, and to show off to those inferior passers-by who are drooling in hunger and envy.
Part of this plan is to actually bolt the verticals to each OTHER side by side into a cube (2 by 2), drill numerous good-sized holes through the adjacent sides, and in effect, create one large smoker with four doors, accessible on either sides of the trailer.
Whaddya think? Totally retarded?
Also, what if I used 3 wood burning and one gas--just to have some gas capacity in a pinch?
I haven't done the math/measurements yet to see what's what, but this is my starting point.
Bring on your criticism and abuse--I can not only take it, I APPRECIATE it.
"What smells so good?"