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I have a sudden urge to start smoking! 
Has anyone built their own smoker? Have any good advice? I've seen things on the web that range from sticking a fire in the bottom of an oil drum and hanging food in the top of it through to building what look like garden sheds with smoke fed through ducting from a separate barbecue (or another fire in an oil drum!) so I'm not totally sure of what is needed.
Can I make one smoker to do both hot and cold smoking? What sort of things can I smoke? Obviously things like fish and bacon, but what else works well? Cheese? Can any sort of cheese be smoked? Is smoking always a savoury thing, or are there sweet possibilities?
I fancy trying this out tomorrow or Monday before going back to the daily grind.
Has anyone built their own smoker? Have any good advice? I've seen things on the web that range from sticking a fire in the bottom of an oil drum and hanging food in the top of it through to building what look like garden sheds with smoke fed through ducting from a separate barbecue (or another fire in an oil drum!) so I'm not totally sure of what is needed.
Can I make one smoker to do both hot and cold smoking? What sort of things can I smoke? Obviously things like fish and bacon, but what else works well? Cheese? Can any sort of cheese be smoked? Is smoking always a savoury thing, or are there sweet possibilities?
I fancy trying this out tomorrow or Monday before going back to the daily grind.
Pferdestarke said:
I haven't built my own because for what it's worth, you may as well buy one of these and spend the time smoking instead.
http://www.macsbbq.co.uk/Water%20Smoker.html
Except that's unlikely to get here before Thursday, and I could build one this afternoon for a fraction of the price! http://www.macsbbq.co.uk/Water%20Smoker.html
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