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Dinner time!

i am calling it done. earlier than I anticipated. Wrapped it and put it in the cooler.
Waiting for the taters to finish!

Wind died down. Gained about 40 degrees.
Still learnin'!

About 11:30 a.m. and temps leveled out at about 235.
Holding pretty steady. Added a few sticks and charcoal since initial fire up.
Sticks alone did not get it at first. We'll see.
I'm learnin'.

Ok, Up a 6:00 am. Got the fire started, and took about an hour for temp come up to 250.
Put on the brisket around 7:00. Will check it in about 10 hours or so.

Thanks Rick. I may need a little moral support!!!

Well tomorrow morning we get our first hunk of flesh in the cooker!!
We are attempting a packer brisket! Yup, a full on, whole brisket!
Good luck to me!!

Than ks all!

Well, I am going to smoke some ribs as payment for some of the help I got.
As far as the counter weight goes i guess you could call it a Marine thing.
It stands for "The
Greatest Brotherhood on Earth."

Well, she's home and just about ready. Fired it up and hot burned it then steam cleaned it and seasoned it. Just have to put prep surfaces. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/smoker15.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/smoker14.jpg http://img.photobucket.c...

Frank, thanks for posting this. I was doing some research also, and came up with the same basic curing and smoking method. Seems like instacure #1 (pink salt) is the ticket for curing. About 1 week in the brine solution is the concensus. Again thanks.

damn that looks good. The fresh ham idea was a discussion we had at work friday. No one, for the lack of a better term has the guts to try it. Once I learn my smoker I may have to give it a go!

Has anyone tried their hand at curing and smoking a fresh ham. If so, would you please enlighten me!

dcman wrote:Wow....it ...and is on a more approved stand....lol....

Yeah, it makes it more mobile!!!!

Got a little more done today! Won't be long now! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/13.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/12.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/11.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/10.jpg

Here is a pic of that!

Sure is. Isn't it purdy!! LOL

Latest pics. Got a little more to do and we fire it up!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/smoker4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/SMOKER7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raidermombcb/gus/smoker6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/raid...

Cheap in my book = FREE!

It was cheap

dcman wrote:Cool beans on that firebox.....most fire boxes I see are square...way to mix it up!!!

The price was right!

Thanks first off, it is a personal build headed for the patio. It will be put on a rolling carriage. Pics will follow if I don't get lazy. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can get it fired up and start seasoning. I only work on it on the weekends, my time during the week is wholly taken up. S...

I used a calculator I found online for all of the dimensions. Today I welded up the firebox to the smoke chamber. Also had to fit the door. Damn warpage, took some time, but now it fits real nice!

This is my first attempt, not working out too bad......

Thanks all!