I'm going to make my own smoke house

[nodog]

Watched several youtube vids on doing it, but seems like there's no material that's talked about as best for the building.

Got any suggestions and why? Have seen an old one in a near by town made out of brick I like and I think the brick will flavor up nice, but is being non porous an important part of safe meat? Not like the meat will be touching the brick, then again the meat could get on it over time and they don't get all that hot (killing).

Could use some rough sawn Hickory, that would be cool, but is it safe?.

[DeerWhisperer]

I think you can use just about anything you want. Maybe stay away from pressure treated lumber though. But it's not like the sides and roof will be burning or anything, just holding in smoke for a bit.

[UncleNorby]

An old post, but thought I'd add something. The sketches I have seen for smoe houses show the fire outside the smoke house, with a buried stack leading to it. That way, there's no danger of the house being exposed to flame.

[rbduck]

If you don`t plan of smoking a lot of meat at one time, perhaps an old fridge would be an idea. Either an external smoke source or just a single element burner and a large cast iron frying pan inside the fridge works great. My father has been smoking salmon, trout, and char this way for over 40 years. I have`nt found any better.

Ron

[coma44]

I do some BBQ smoking and have a couple of cookers. But I take it you want to make something like this

http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/...mokehouse.html

She does a great blog and is a great person, very active in several BBQ and cooking forums.

Look into the smoker build section here. In fact the whole place is a great resource for all things smoking and BBQ.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/f/