Hello everybody! I decided to write about the creation of my own smokehouse, which I use all year round. In my opinion, the use of an electric smokehouse is much more convenient than a conventional one that uses an open fire to heat it. I loaded wood chips, products for smoking, plugged it in, and all that was left was to wait a little. Well, it all started with the fact that I came across an old electric titanium. Throwing away a thing that has served its time is not a tricky business, but it is more difficult to do so that a thing that seems unnecessary at first glance becomes useful. The idea came when they once again decided to smoke a fish. Before that, we smoked in an enamel bucket on an electric stove. And in winter, I also had to insulate the bucket, so that it was easier to maintain the desired temperature inside. A factory insulated water heater flask is almost ideal for making an electric smokehouse.

We start the rework, for which we need:

Electro titanium
Electric heater from tiles 1kW
Kitchen thermometer
A piece of wire with an electric plug
Corner trimming
Bulgarian
Drill
Drill
Welding machine (it is possible without it)

Carefully remove the upper part of the casing from the former water heater, which will later become the lid for the smokehouse. We drill a hole in the lid for installing a kitchen thermometer, with which it is easier to control the temperature inside when smoking.

Next, we clean off the insulation to the side walls. We weld the legs from pieces of corners or what is at hand - this is not important, the main thing is that the structure is stable. On the other side of our design, we cut off the casing together with the bottom of the flask.

We got a cylinder on the bottom, of which we set an electric ten from the tile of 1 kW. - this power is quite enough. To do this, we drill holes in the bottom of the smokehouse according to the size of the shade.

It is desirable that the terminals of the electric heater are located on the outside of the bulb. Inside, the high temperature and wire insulation will break and melt. Even if the wires are placed in ceramic tubes, the copper strands will break off and the contact connection with the tena terminals will be broken.

Such a connection is more reliable and there will be no heating of the wires.

We are looking for a container for collecting fat that is suitable in diameter.

In order for the bowl to be at a distance from the heating element, a wire crosspiece had to be welded.

In the upper part of the flask, we drill holes for skewers, on which products will be hung in the future. The skewers themselves are made of wire with a diameter of 4 or 5 mm.

Before making a smokehouse, you need to decide on smoking method products. It comes in two types - hot and cold.

Cold smoking allows you to preserve the appearance of products and their taste. The main disadvantage of this method is that it is time consuming. In this case hearth is established separate from the camera, in which the cooking process will take place.

One of the options - at some distance from the smokehouse, a hole is pulled out, in which a hearth will be arranged.

It is connected to the chamber with the help of a chimney. The length of the chimney in this case is 2.5-3 meters... It is organized as follows: a trench is dug, depth which is 0.3 meters, a width — 0.5 meters.

A brick is fixed along its entire length. It should fit snugly to each other and be sealed with cement mortar. A metal sheet is placed on top of the trench and covered with earth.

As an alternative to bricks, you can use chimney... A damper is organized in its upper part. It is needed to control the flame of the hearth and remove excess smoke from the product.

The flue gas outlet at the junction with the chamber must have diameter 200 mm... It is necessary to ensure its tightness so that the smoke enters the smokehouse.

The process of preparing a product when hot smoked takes much less time than cold. In this case, the container with shavings or sawdust is fixed directly into an open fire... The smoke from these materials must go into the food chamber during combustion. A container for collecting fat from products is fixed under them. Holes are made in the chamber or a chimney is organized through which excess smoke will escape.

When a decision has been made about who needs a smoking chamber, you can start creating it.

Preparation of materials and tools

To make a smokehouse, you will need:

• materials for making a camera... This can be wooden boards, plywood, an old gas stove, etc.;
• strong fittings, the diameter of which should be not less than 6 mm;
• wire made of steel, for the manufacture of a lattice;
• materials to create a chimney or directly herself pipe;
• Bulgarian with a disc for metal cutting;
• welding machine;
• nails and hammer;
• measuring roulette.

Made of wood

Smokehouse made of wood reminds miniature house... There are walls, a door, a roof, and a chimney. Products cooked in a wooden smokehouse are distinguished by their rich taste and aroma.

Manufacturing of the case

The body of the smokehouse is made as follows:

• The frame of the device is a rectangular structure, height which is 2 meters, a width 1 meter... It is assembled from beams.
• Frame on three sides gets off with boards that fit tightly to each other.
• On the fourth side a board is installed, also hammered from boards. It should close tightly without any holes.
• Knocks roof with a hole for a tube... If there is none, then it is simply done window so that it can be opened and closed at any time. After that, the roof is fixed to the structure.
• Inside the structure are organized grooves for pallet and lattice... For the pallet, the grooves are made at the bottom of the structure, for the lattice - in the middle.

Important! If gaps form between the boards, then this is will negatively affect on the quality of the product. The gaps need to be sealed with tow.

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How to make a lattice

For the manufacture of the lattice, an unpainted wire with a diameter of 5-6 mm... From it is executed frame, the size of which corresponds to the internal size of the smoker. Pieces of wire with a diameter of 3 mm... The distance between them is 2 cm... All grill parts are welded together.

A pallet is made from a metal sheet. Its size corresponds to the size of the grate as well as the internal size of the smokehouse.

Chimney

The chimney is carried out as follows:

• Dug out trench whose length is 2.5-3 m, width - 0.5 m, depth - 0.3 m.
• The trench is laid out brick which connects to each other cement mortar.
• On a brick fixed metal sheet.
• Above the earth is filled up, layer in 15 cm so that the chimney does not freeze in winter.

Assembly

Dug out pit corresponding to the size of the smokehouse. Its depth - 40 cm... At the bottom of the foundation is laid rubble, concrete blocks are fixed along the walls with reinforcement. Further all this poured with concrete mortar... Installed on the foundation camera, inside which a tray for collecting fat from food and a grill should already be installed.

Attention! The assembly of the smokehouse begins with the arrangement of the foundation for it.

To the foundation chimney firebox

The final stage is the installation of a smokehouse. It is fixed directly to the foundation. Two structures are fastened together. The device is ready for use.

Photo 1. Possible drawing of a wooden smokehouse with the indicated dimensions. Arrows indicate the direction of movement of the smoke.

From a bar

A smoker from a bar is made in the same way as a wooden smoker, but here, instead of boards, the body is completely made of beams.

Manufacturing of the case

The body of the smokehouse is made of beams, length 1.3-1.5 m and section 20x50 or 50x50 mm... The frame of the device is formed from them. It is a rectangular box. He further on three sides sheathed with boards, section 20x150 or 25x150.

When making a case from beams, you need to decide on roof constructions. If a gable roof is assumed, then guides are made from the bars, which represent an isosceles triangle. From the top to the bottom, the median is performed.

Then done doorway... Boards are stuffed, 20 cm long from above and below. A door is fixed in the opening, a roof with a hole for a pipe is installed on top. After that, the body of the smokehouse is sheathed with clapboard. A metal sheet is laid on the roof, the hole for the pipe is not closed at the same time.

Inside the smokehouse are formed grooves for fixing the grate and pallet... For this, boards are used, the length of which is 90 cm... By using screws they are screwed onto the sides of the camera.

How to make a lattice

The grille is made of unpainted wire. First, a frame is made, the dimensions of which correspond to the dimensions of the inner space of the camera. Wires are welded to it at a distance of 4 cm apart. The grill is ready.

A tray for collecting fat from food that flows out of food when smoked is made of a metal sheet. Its dimensions correspond to the dimensions of the lattice.

Chimney

To make a chimney, you need to dig three-meter trench between the hearth and the smoking chamber, width - 0.5 m, depth - 0.3 m... It is installed chimney, which is poured with concrete mortar. A layer of earth is poured on top, thick not less than 15 cm... This will keep the chimney from freezing even in winter.

Photo 2. The chimney from the old chimney leads to a place prepared for the furnace. Thanks to refractory bricks, it is quite safe to make an open fire there.

Assembly

Before a check to install a smokehouse on the site, a foundation is made for it. For this it is dug up pit, corresponding to the dimensions of the smokehouse, depth - 40 cm... The bottom of the foundation is covered rubble, concrete blocks are fixed along the walls with the help of reinforcement, after which the entire pit is filled with a solution made of cement. On him fixed camera... Inside which should already be installed a tray for collecting fat released from products when smoking, and a grate.

To the foundation chimney... At one end of it, an iron square welded from a metal sheet is fixed. It should be sized appropriately for the camera. It is installed on the foundation. At the other end of the chimney, a firebox... It should be made of refractory bricks and equipped with a metal door. This will be the place where the fire is made.

The final stage is the installation of a smokehouse. It is placed directly on the foundation. Two structures are fastened together with metal brackets... The smokehouse is ready!

Plywood

The smokehouse is made in the same way as from wood, but here plywood is used for its cladding. The disadvantage of such a device is low thermal conductivity.

Reference. In order for a plywood smokehouse to better retain heat, it is enough to make the walls in several layers and revet the structure clapboard.

Metal smokehouse made of stainless steel

The main advantages of a stainless steel smokehouse - and security use. Its size depends on the user's needs for smoked products. To provide delicacies to a small family, a rectangular compact device will be enough. To supply smoked meats to a large family, the smokehouse must be of an impressive size.

Manufacturing of the case

To make the body of the device, you will need stainless steel sheets suitable for cooking, for example, AISI 304... If, however, an old brazier made of the same metal is used as a basis, then all that remains is to close the extra holes, make a lid and grooves.

Photo 3. A shape cut from sheet metal with dimensions of 300x300x400 is quite suitable for the body of the smokehouse.

Algorithm for making a smokehouse:

• Material sheets are cut, according to the selected device dimensions.
• Details welded between themselves.
• Inside the case the grooves are fixed for lattice or grates.
• Of steel sheets a cover is made equipped with a handle and a small smoke outlet.
• Under the cover inside the device grooves are made for water.

How to make a lattice

The grille is made of unpainted wire. A frame is made from it, the size of which corresponds to the internal size of the smokehouse. Pieces of wire are fixed to the frame at a distance of 4 cm apart. All grill parts are welded together.

Chimney

Chimney in this case not organized... The only thing that is done is a hole in the lid.

Assembly

A pallet with sawdust is placed inside the smokehouse, a pallet for collecting fat from products is fixed on it, a grate or grates are installed on the grooves. The grooves are filled with water. Such a smokehouse is placed on an open fire.

For this, a hole is dug, depth 40 cm... Its width and length must correspond to the dimensions of the smokehouse. Further, it is laid out with refractory bricks. Further, the fuel is placed here, ignited and the smokehouse is placed. It can be used even in an apartment. For this, the device is placed on the stove and left to cook food.

From an old gas stove

An old gas stove can be used to create a smokehouse. To make a device, in this case, you will need minimum time and effort.

Manufacturing of the case

An old gas stove is ready case for the smokehouse. There are grooves for a grate and a baking sheet, directly, the grate itself and a baking sheet for collecting fat from food, as well as the necessary thermal insulation and seals to ensure tightness.

How to make a lattice

To make grates for such a smokehouse don't have to as they are already in stock.

Chimney

To organize the chimney on the side walls of the slab, they are drilled 2-4 holes... Their diameter should be 10-15 mm... The same holes are made on the side walls at the top of the slab. Thanks to this, the smoke will be removed both from the bottom and from the top of the structure.

Assembly

Out of construction the gas burner is removed... Instead, there will be fuel for open fire... A baking sheet with sawdust is installed on it. A baking sheet is fixed on top to collect fat from food. A grid is inserted into the center of the plate, on which the food will be cooked. The device is ready for use.

Photo 3. The smokehouse from the old oven has already been in business more than once - traces of soot on the surface confirm this.

From the boiler

There is no need to rush to throw away the old boiler. Its body is suitable for creating a smokehouse.

Manufacturing of the case

The first thing is done - the covers are sawn off devices. The inner tank is then removed. A hole with a door is cut in the external tank, like a damper on a stove. To him barrel welded without bottom and external tank. This is necessary to create thermal insulation. At the bottom of the structure, over the opening with a door, grooves for pallets are organized, and in the middle for a lattice.

How to make a lattice

For the manufacture of the lattice, unpainted wire is used. A frame is made from it, the size of which corresponds to the internal size of the structure. Pieces of wire are welded to the frame at a distance of 4 cm apart., door hinges, metal corners, handle, hook and metal sheets. The principle of making a smokehouse:

• From sheets 2 cases are cut out, the size of which is equal to the diameter of the pipe section. A small hole is made on one sheet, after which it welded to one side of the pipe... On another drive loops, handles and hook are fixed... With the help of a loop, the sheet is fixed on the other side of the pipe. This will lid smokehouse.
• Inside constructions corners are welded... They will serve as guides for the location of the pan where the fat flows, as well as the grates for the products.
• At the bottom pipes corners are welded that will become her legs.

How to make a lattice

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For the manufacture of the lattice, unpainted wire is used.

A frame is made from it, the size of which corresponds to the inner section of the pipe. Wire cuts are welded to the frame at a distance of 4 cm

So, in the design made of wood, beams or plywood you can cook food using the method hot and cold smoked... This is the main advantage of the smokehouse. The disadvantages include the fact that the submitted materials have short operational period.

Plus design stainless steel is that she simple in manufacturing and transportable... It can be used both in a private house and in an apartment. Another advantage of such a smokehouse is long operational period.

Disadvantage - you can cook food.

Smokehouse from an old gas stove make simpler Total. Here, all the details have already been completed. Another plus is that it can be used both in the apartment and in the country. The design has long operational period, but you can cook food here only by hot smoking... This is the main disadvantage of the device.

The main advantages of a smokehouse from boiler and pipe is an long shelf life... Flaw - impossibility of cold smoking products.

Making a smokehouse from scrap materials is a matter quite uncomplicated... The process takes a little time and does not require a lot of effort, and the finished product will last more than one year, delighting with delicious smoked delicacies.

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Are you going to send your old storage water heater to a landfill? Do not hurry. He will also be of use to you. How to remodel an old boiler with your own hands, we will describe below.

Conversion options are suitable for storage models, because the tank is the basis.

Useful products from the water heater

In skillful hands, any thing that has served its time turns into a useful product for home or summer cottages. There are many examples of this. We will reveal the secrets of making the most interesting of them.

solar collector

In the article "" you will find materials for the manufacture of a collector from other improvised means. Here we will show you how to make a manifold from a waste tank. It will serve as a replacement for central water supply during the summer period, and will also be indispensable in the country.

What you need for homemade products:

• water heater tank;
• chisel;
• hammer;
• metal brush;
• black paint;
• plywood sheet;
• Styrofoam;
• glass;
• bars 50x50 mm;
• foil;
• hoses;
• polyurethane foam;
• antiseptic for wood processing.

Progress:

1. To remove the metal tank, you will have to remove the lining.
2. Take a chisel and a hammer or grinder. Do not spare the shell and insulation, you need a completely cleaned container.
3. If it is rusty, thoroughly scrub the surface with a metal brush. Then find the leak and seal.
4. Degrease the surface, cover with black paint for effective heating.
5. To increase the level of efficiency of the product, it is necessary to organize thermal insulation. For this, a body is made.
6. Assemble the frame from the supplied timber. The structure should be twice as wide as the tank.
7. On the inside, cover the frame with plywood sheets. Lay foam on the outside, and back up with plywood.
8. Arrange stands inside the case to prevent the heater from rolling. Place the board against the base of the cabinet, make marks and cut out the stands.
9. If the collector will be outdoors all year round, treat the box with an antiseptic and paint it over.
10. Installing reflective elements will help improve heating efficiency.
11. Place the foil at an angle so that the rays hit the surface of the collector.
12. Connect the water hoses to the outlets.
13. Cover the structure with glass.
14. Seal all cracks with polyurethane foam.

You can refine the container with plastic. For the winter, the water must be drained.

Brazier

What else can you do with a water heater? If you want to be original - assemble a brazier with a stove. Initially, you will need metal pipes to weld. They will serve as a firebox.

Weld a metal tank on top. Cut off its upper part first.

Install a bar in the inlet of the pipe, on which the wood will burn.

Thanks to the firebox-flare gun, the grill maintains the temperature well, so the meat comes out juicy.

You can make a barbecue grill, as shown in the photo:

For this, a smaller part of the body is cut off, placed on attachments to another part, so that a container with a lid is formed.

A handle is welded on top for convenient use, I will lower it - legs-spacers.

Smokehouse from a water heater

The principle is similar to the brazier. In this case, it is advisable to use a boiler with a volume of at least 80 liters. Cut off the top 10 cm. Install the hinges for the lid.

A handle is also welded on top, so the lid can be removable.

You need to install a plate for collecting fat from below. Holders for hanging meat are organized inside the structure. The ventilation hole on the bottom will serve to let the smoke inside.

Stove-potbelly stove

The useful and compact device can be installed in any room. The main thing is the possibility of bringing the pipe to the street.

• Prepare the enclosure. Using a grinder, remove all pipes and bends.
• Make a shallow slit lengthwise.
• Remove the cover and remove the insulation foam.
• Clean out the tank.
• Consider that the location of the heating element should be on top.
• Use chalk to mark the two holes: the firebox and the door. Cut them out.
• Weld up the pipe holes.
• Install the handles and latches on the doors.
• Weld three to four supports on the bottom of the structure.
• In the place of the heating element, cut out a circle and install a pipe for ventilation.

Water dispenser

If your boiler is dripping, make a sink out of it. To do this, clean the tank using the above technology. Cut off the top with a grinder. The piping outlets and the union must also be cut. Treat the surface: clean, prime, paint. The inside of the container can be coated with white paint.

Close one pipe hole with a plug. Install the tube and tap on the other. Attach a handle to the cut part and arrange the lid. It will protect the water from debris.

Flower beds

Having cut the container into two equal halves, you can use them for planting flowers, greenery, vegetables. It all depends on the size. You can install products in a greenhouse. To do this, weld to the back of the support, and fill the inside with earth.

If primed, painted and beautifully decorated, the body parts can be used as flower beds and unusual outdoor decor.

Chair-bench

This is not a joke, but an idea from the Greek designer Nelly Trukido. Today it is fashionable to convert unnecessary items into unusual and useful things for the home.

Using metal tools and paint, the designer turned an unnecessary tank into a stylish bench. The legs from the old stool were used as supports. The seats are removable. Covers can be changed according to your mood.

If you are unsure of how to use an unnecessary technique, get creative. Each item can be given a second life. The use of the water heater is not limited to these examples. Home craftsmen make them compressor receivers. More details can be seen in the video:

You can also arrange for an unusual trash can. If the volume of the tank is small, the product will look stylish in the interior. Be creative!

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2016-09-09

Many smoked food lovers buy it in the store and do not realize that it can be cooked at home. How to make a do-it-yourself smokehouse, today we will try to find out. Thanks to her, you can cook food in the country, increasing the taste of dishes. It is not so difficult to make it and you do not need to spend a huge amount of money to buy this cooking device in several ways of smoking:

• cold;
• hot.

Before you start preparing for the construction, decide what kind of homemade smokehouse you need.

Cold smoked food retains its firmness and texture, but this is a very time-consuming process and should not be rushed. You should wait until complete cooking to avoid poisoning. And in the hot version, the food is cooked by heat, takes on the aroma of smoke and becomes richer.

After you build a smokehouse at home, all you have to do is look for recipes for cooking your favorite dishes, which will delight your family with new tastes.

This is a very simple home smokehouse and easy to make. It works in this way: a fire is kindled, the smoke should reach the smokehouse, because all harmful substances will enter the ground along with water condensate, from which the products become limp.

After construction, you can immediately start smoking your favorite products.

The smokehouse itself should be installed on bricks that are buried in the ground so that it does not fall through and fall from wet soil. Smokehouse drawings are shown in Figures 1-2.

First, prepare a place, it should be flat and comfortable. It is advisable not to choose a place near buildings or trees.

Having chosen a place, find an iron barrel or box approximately 1x1 m in size.If such a device is not available, it is worth taking a sheet of metal, bending and welding a barrel without a bottom and a roof from it. A sheet of metal can be placed on the top wall, which will prevent smoke from escaping. The chimney duct is made above the level of the smokehouse. Having dug it out, cover it with a brick with clay mortar. Connect the structure so that the entrance is 20 cm, which will ensure the same distribution and exit of harmful substances. All joints are covered with clay mortar.

To install the camera, make a hole, brick it or put a metal box there. If you put a box, then the bottom should be cut, only the walls are needed.

Make the smoking compartment from a grate, which can be made from twigs. Attach food hooks to the structure. Place a shallow pan under the grate, leaving gaps between the walls for the passage of flue gases. Stretch a wet burlap cloth over the firebox to protect food from contamination.

To measure the temperature, hang a metal thermometer on the walls of the structure. Now from the instructions it is known how to build a smokehouse in the country - no expensive materials are required, and this version of the smokehouse will last a fairly long time.

Hot smoking facilities

Such a home smokehouse is no less simple, it can also be made quickly, without any effort. The benefits include the following:

• uncomplicated design;
• the process is simple and fast;
• installation anywhere.

The homemade smokehouse is made from stainless steel. There are separate requirements for the container lid: firstly, it must be quickly removed and installed, and secondly, it must be hermetically closed, otherwise all the smoke will come out, and the smoking process will not occur, and the products will deteriorate.

For the construction you will need:

• box;
• lattices;
• soldering iron;
• pallet.

Consider a description of how to make a do-it-yourself smokehouse for hot smoking. To get started, take a box and weld grates to it, one or two. For a large number of products, a tray is placed under the bottom, which is necessary for the fat to drip off. Without a tray, grease from food will drip onto the coals and impart undesirable odors and harmful substances.

Dig a hole that fits the size of the box, and line it with bricks. Put firewood on the bottom, which, when burned, emit smoke for smoking. Hard varieties such as pear, apple, oak are suitable. Finely sawn pieces or sawdust are laid down, which should be ignited. Place the food on the wire rack and place it on the wood, which should be smoldering. The main thing is that the temperature is high, since food will not cook at low temperatures.

Schemes and options for a hot smoked smokehouse are shown in Figures 3-4.

The cooking process takes about 2 hours. After the first hour, remove the structure and check the heat. In low heat, add wood and continue cooking. A homemade smokehouse, built with your own hands, prepares food as tasty as cooked meals in storehouses.

The layer of wood is laid evenly. You can't stack a bunch. For quality cooking, it is best to stack the food in one layer.

If you do not have a box for a smokehouse, you can use a large pot or barrel at home, but then you need suitable grates. Hooks can also be used in the barrel. To do this, weld a few twigs on top and attach hooks to them. Food in this position is prepared in the same way as on the wire racks.

Thus, a self-built smokehouse can be used for horizontal and vertical smoking of food.

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There are many options for what can be made from an old boiler:

The potbelly stove body is made from an old boiler

We mark with chalk the places for the two rectangular holes, for the door and for the firebox, and cut them out. We position the device so that the hole from the heating element is at the top. We weld the mesh from the fittings from below, weld the holes from the pipes.

We weld canopies on the doors, small strips of metal so that they do not fall through and a small latch. We fix the corners from below as supports. To extract the hole for the heating element in place, cut out a circle along the diameter of the ventilation pipe.

Washbasin from a leaking water heater. We take out the tank, cut off the water inlet and outlet pipes and the upper part. We eliminate the leak by brewing it. We clean the container and paint with enamel. At the place where the pipes were located, we weld the crane.

Trash bin. You can make a beautiful urn out of the body. We cut off a rectangular piece of the casing and make cuts evenly from below, 20 centimeters each, and bend them. We twist it into a pipe and fasten it with rivets.

A place to grow vegetables... Having cut the container along, we get two convenient flower beds, welded supports to them and filled with earth.

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