My first smokehouse

in #meat7 years ago

Hello!

This is my first post, so I chose a project that I am very proud of. My name is Aaron and I live in Ohio. I came here after watching merican homestead. Here we go!

I've owned many smokers over the years, bit I always wanted to cold smoke. Old fashioned dried sausage, bacon.....mmm. My mouth is watering.20150815_154713.jpg

Here is my base. I started with rough oak and plumbed in a drain that could be used as a way to connect a small in ground firebox.

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We poured a concrete base that sloped to the drain. Next, I started framing. All the lumber was bartered for from a friend. It was not dry wood, so I expected some shrinkage (built in venting).
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Siding came next and the door.
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I used some scrap pieces of metal siding from a building project. My wife suggested turning it 90 degrees to allow the edge to be pulled down to create an overhang above the door.

After harvesting my first deer ever, I made some old fashioned dried sausage and let it smoke/dry for a couple months. 20161224_095104.jpg

Success! A very fulfilling project and a belly full of amoked deliciousness. Hope you enjoyed my first post20170202_170857.jpg

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Hi Aaron,

It's great to have you on Steemit!

Nice to meet you!

very nice post Aaron, so it's a meat drying chamber!

Great job! Love it!

Really appreciate it. I learn a lot from your family. Keep it up.

THANK YOU!! We appreciate you coming and watching! It means a lot!

Now I want to build a smokehouse in my friend's backyard ... he'll probably let me.

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