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filing cabinet smoker - w/finished pics

BamsBBQ

New member
i built this last winter and am still doing some finishing touches on it..

old commodore filing cabinet
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cut a hole in the top for a smoke stack
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the stack - $3 at the Restore Store
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installed a smokestack
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high temp engine gasket to seal smokestack
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indoor grill fits perfectly in bottom drawer this was first heat source but has been updated... see later post
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racks installed from an old fridge and an old grill(the drawers are no longer there...see later post)
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BamsBBQ

New member
painted and finished
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updates
drawers removed and the faces of them converted to doors
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converted to propane using a side burner from an old gas grill
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the whole unit including the side shelf
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norscaner

Active member
Sweet project Bams...well done.
I have 2 heat sources for mine. One is a basket for charcoal and the second if not using charcoal is a single burner electric hot plate with an old cast iron frying pan for the wood chips.
Still in the trial stages yet though.
Last weekend I used the brinkman with wood chips from old oak whiskey barrels and apple wood chips to smoke pork loins. Heat source was the hotplate.
I was pleased with the final product.
Thanks for all the posts I have learned alot just from your posts and links.
 

BamsBBQ

New member
i may still use my electric burner for smoking some sausage and fish this fall. it all depends on how cold it is outside. i am also going to try making some canadian bacon and ham in this smoker at that time as well.

i think i have about $25 into mine. if the side burner craps out on me, i got a dual burner propane coleman stove at a yard sale couple weeks back for free that will do for my source
 

BamsBBQ

New member
lol I never thought you could make a smoker from a filing cabinet.

you can make a smoker out of almost anything.. its not the cooking vessel that makes good Q, its the passion of the person behind the cooker..
 
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