Show me your pig cookers!

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Here is mine.


Its a stump clone, and its a little big for my needs, but I always manage to fill it. Most I have done is 21 racks of ribs, and then 6 Boston butts. Just did 120 wings for our club xmas party.
 
If I was to make another smoker, Id look into the upright drum smokers. they are relatively cheap to make, and you can hold the temps with little attention to the smoker.

A good friend of mine has a Lang which is similar to the one you linked. Its great for short cooks (4-6 hours) but long cooks suck cause you just cant walk away from it for several hours and have constant temps. I can walk away from mine, for 8 hours, and it will maintain temp with no input. When I cook Butts or briskets, I fire up the cooker at night, and I dont have to stay up and baby sit the cooker.
 
jph0913 said:
If I was to make another smoker, Id look into the upright drum smokers. they are relatively cheap to make, and you can hold the temps with little attention to the smoker.

A good friend of mine has a Lang which is similar to the one you linked. Its great for short cooks (4-6 hours) but long cooks suck cause you just cant walk away from it for several hours and have constant temps. I can walk away from mine, for 8 hours, and it will maintain temp with no input. When I cook Butts or briskets, I fire up the cooker at night, and I dont have to stay up and baby sit the cooker.
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would you mind posting the build specs on yours?
 
I have a 16" GOSM and a chargriller duo with side firebox. I love both, if I have time to tend to it all day the wood/charcoal fired duo is where it's at, but for maintaining steady temps without alot of work, the gosm rocks. I didnt think i would like a gas smoker, but i like being able to get stuff done around the house without having to babysit a fire. The widebody gosm would be better, but the 16" model has 3 racks with a slot for a 4th, and will hold 2 butts per rack. I did 7 at one time last year for a club ride.

I wanna build a kickass trailer cooker with a firebox, just have too many other projects right now.
 
Here is mine.

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Homebuilt and cooks well. I just need to find a source of hickory to run straight hickory for it, with charcoal it takes more work to keep the fire going.
 
Built this one a couple of years ago.

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jph0913 said:
If I was to make another smoker, Id look into the upright drum smokers. they are relatively cheap to make, and you can hold the temps with little attention to the smoker.
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This. As long as the weather isn't too bad, mine will hold right at 225* for 16+ hours without ever touching it after setting the vents. Will also hold far more than 4 butts. Look up UDS on the bbq brethren forums.

Cost me all of the price of an extra weber grate and a nice thermometer, and I can even fit it in the heep if I want.
 
braxton357 said:
This. As long as the weather isn't too bad, mine will hold right at 225* for 16+ hours without ever touching it after setting the vents. Will also hold far more than 4 butts. Look up UDS on the bbq brethren forums.

Cost me all of the price of an extra weber grate and a nice thermometer, and I can even fit it in the heep if I want.
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16 hours? how much charcoal do you consume in that time?
 
I use maybe 12-14 lbs with couple usually pecan chunks. I had the smoker at the ecors race over where the poor people were camping :)flipoff2:), but the rain wasn't very helpful.
 
Its part of the gravty feed system.

The chute is air tight except for the bottom where the air valve is. This allows only the bottom section of charcoal to be on fire. As it burns off, more charcoal will fall onto the grate and ignite...
 
jph0913 said:
Its part of the gravty feed system.

The chute is air tight except for the bottom where the air valve is. This allows only the bottom section of charcoal to be on fire. As it burns off, more charcoal will fall onto the grate and ignite...
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ok, that makes sense. any reason it should be such a thick walled pipe? we have some 8" pipe at work that i can get for free, but its thinner walled.


what's the cost benefit breakdown of building your own charcoal smoker vs buying a smaller electric one?
 
DanStew said:
THe thicker walled tube will keep the heat in better.
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ok, that makes sense too :lol:

jpherr, after having a chance to read your thread a little better, i really want to make one of these rigs. might have a new project for Christmas break. pops is gonna be pissed when he sees more of his steel rack disappearing :lol:
 
You need thick wall tube for the chute, only cause of the direct contact with the coals. The rest of my smoker is 16 or 18ga, insulated with high temp insulation.

if you want to take a look at it, let me know.
 
jph0913 said:
You need thick wall tube for the chute, only cause of the direct contact with the coals. The rest of my smoker is 16 or 18ga, insulated with high temp insulation.

if you want to take a look at it, let me know.
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id love to actually. any time this week that is good for you is good for me. i have an exam tomorrow morning at 8 and pretty much dont have shit to do except study till my next exam on friday.
 
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