Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Homebuilt & Modified Cookers => Topic started by: muebe on May 28, 2014, 03:50:13 PM
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So my other Bradley smoking cabinet did not survive the move I did in December. Well Lowe's had a sale on a really nice Rubbermaid cabinet that would work nicely...
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First I cut a hole in the roof for the vent pipe where all that beautiful smoke will exit...
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Here is where I plug in the extension cord for power to the cabinet...
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I installed brackets on both sides of the back to secure it to the fence. The wind gusts can get really fast out here...
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A view of the inside. All the shelves were made with a old broken down cabinet that I found left in the garage when I moved in. Might as well recycle the wood. I added a lot of support to make sure if I load up the Bradley the shelves will hold...
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My puck burner is located in a 4 inch y-pipe extension like my old design. The spent pucks drop down the pipe onto the next shelf down. The bathroom fan mounted on the cabinet wall provides air over the pipe where the copper heat-sinks are located to aid in cooling during cold smoking. There is a thermostat that controls the fan...
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Here is the lower shelf where the pucks drop into a plastic bucket that will be filled with water of course. They will be extinguished by the water so not worried about using plastic. Just can't forget to put water in it...
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The left side of the Bradley where the convection fan is installed...
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Inside view of the convection fan...
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Here is where the smoke will come in. In the back you can see my 900W finned heating element. The factory is only 500W so mine has a bit more heating power...
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The Auberins dual probe PID for precision temperature control...
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And the electronics hub. Yeah I know it is just a power strip. The switched plug runs the wall mounted fan...
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Right side lower shelf where there are some hand scrubs and my Bradley wood pucks in those tubes...
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The bottom right side stores my pellets nicely...
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Left side lower shelf has some Milt's pellets and a box full of Mavericks with a iGrill...
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Bottom left more pellets and some charcoal...
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It will be nice to finally makes some jerky again and some smoked cheese!
The last thing to install in the cabinet is some lights for at night ;)
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You could sell this. Very nice build, Mike!
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Nice!
I like the looks of your back yard as well!
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I don't see the TV and the beer fridge ???
You are one handy dude. Nice work
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Good job Mike
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Crazy Cool!! Nice workmanship - Impressive :) :)
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Looks great. Well done.
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Awesome set up Mike!
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Nice set up Mike, but where is the tap for the beer?? ;)
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Nice set up Mike, but where is the tap for the beer?? ;)
I actually have a small apartment fridge I am not currently using :P
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SWEET!! ;)
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Nice work muebe!!! Sure looks like a nice set-up!!! Don
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Nice looking set up ;D
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excellent looking setup. Now it's starting to feel like home ;)
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Nice job Mike ! With all the nooks and crannies in that cabinet, you'd better keep that snake out of there! ???
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Nice job!! I don't care for the smell of them hand wipes :)
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Good looking setup, I like your puck dropping system. The wife wanted to know if your setup met all of the California building and environmental codes....lol ;)
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Good looking setup, I like your puck dropping system. The wife wanted to know if your setup met all of the California building and environmental codes....lol ;)
Well I did not pull a permit so guess I am in trouble ;)
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very nice smoker cabinet. love the set up. nice backyard. :)
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Mike,
Really nice job. Well thought out and implemented. What are you smoking next?
Art
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Mike,
Really nice job. Well thought out and implemented. What are you smoking next?
Art
First I am going to make some ground beef jerky me thinks.
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That's a great looking setup. ;)
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Excellent setup, muebe!
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Nice Mike!
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Very cool! I'm thinking of something similar but will have to keep it in my garage so I can use it in the winter.
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I installed my light...
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Closet fluorescent light. It works well. Nice and bright!
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So when I made my first smoke(snack sticks) on the new design I found that I did not get very good smoke flow through the cabinet at lower temps due to the smoke generator being located just outside the cabinet and level with the cabinet. I had about half the smoke backing out the generator. Having the generator located outside the cabinet is ideal for cold smoking because of the extra heat the generator burner makes. Time for a new design ;)
I moved the smoke generator to the next shelf below and built a smoke generator housing for the puck burner...
(http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx169/muebe/Album%202/20140603_104025_zpsc4ylbtl2.jpg)
The hole for the puck drop now has the smoke feed pipe to the cabinet going through it...
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The puck chute comes through the shelf from the bottom...
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Those are my custom puck storage containers in the back...
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And here is a picture of the housing. The smoke feed pipe slides up and down so the housing and generator can be move out to remove the spent pucks and cleaning. That is done through the smoke feed pipe hole in the top of the housing...
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And I gave it a test this morning with a completely cold cabinet and got a good smoke rise out the roof pipe and no smoke backing out of the generator or leaks in the piping. This is what I wanted for cold smoking :)
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Can't wait to see all the goodies that come out of the bradley..
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That's a nice setup for cold smoking for sure.