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I'm at the burnt out stage with my and just trying to suss out what to use for a fire basket. And I must say I love the washing machine drum idea. How much space is left in the drum.

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Thank you sky+ed it

Ben, if you like smoking different things together at once here's a thing to consider before you build your smoker, its not technical, just an idea I wish I had incorporated before I built mine.


To get foods ready at the same time, try incorportating a non smoking chamber in the drum, this is ...

Cheers guys and Doc that would be appreciated mate

I'm just drawing up some ideas for the offset smoker I want to build and was wondering how my external design is looking. It looks like most offset smokers and hopefully it will all work. I have aquired 200ltr and 25ltr drums obviously the smaller being for the fire box. Any input/ideas would be ...

Thanks for the welcomes everyone. I will deffo come along to one of the competitions to see what its all about.

After researching smokers a bit I thought it would be fun to have a go at building my own smoker.
I'm thinking of having a 200ltr drum connected to a 25ltr one for the fire box by a short piece of pipe. And then a flue on the opposite side of the big drum. Does this idea sound feasable? Is there ...

Welcome onboard Ben,

You have a decent Butchers not far from you called Owen Taylors, they should be able to supply you with the cuts of meat you need to practice with.

I am from the other team not far from you.

Enjoy the forum, look forward to your posts. If we can help, just shout.

Cheers ...

Cheers I'm sure I will be asking plenty of questions

Hi there I'm Ben, I live in Ripley near the derbyshire/notts border and love having a bbq and want to take it further, maybe eventually once I have mastered smoking enter competitions.
I like the look of offset smokers and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good model? Thanks in advance