DIY fish and meat smoker

[combatblade1]

Hi all not sure if this idea has been posted before but here goes,

its a home made smoker for fish or meat,
1 Take 1 empty biscuit tin the rover type or similar.
2 Punch small holes in lid i used a bradel about 10 of,
3 cut 4 1 inch square blocks of wood and place in the inside corners of the tin,
4 Take 1 wire rack the type you would use in a kitchen grill tray,
5 Cut it to fit snugly inside the tin,
6 Place the rack on top of the wood blocks,
7 throw some smoking dust in the bottom of tin,
8 place fish on top of rack and put on lid,
9 Cut top off empty coke tin and fill with meths
10 Place smoker on top of 2 bricks and place coke can below
11 Light meths, return when meths has burnt out
12 Open tin and enjoy perfectly smoked fish

I use the wind guard from my trangia to set the tin on and use the meths burner also from my trangia instead of coke can.

 

[rich59]

What do you use for the smoking dust? How long does it take to complete the process?

 

[combatblade1]

I got a small tub of smoking dust from my local fishing tackle shop cost £3, it only takes a small handful of dust im sure any saw dust from the like of oak would do the job. I dont have a set time exactley i do get great results from 1 fill of my trangia meths burner returning when it has burnt out, my mate says he uses 1 fill of a coke can with meths for his, its a hot smoke process.

 

[fred gordon]

I've been looking for a DIY smoker design for a while. This sounds good. Do you have any pics?

 

[combatblade1]

i will have a go at getting some watch this space

 

[combatblade1]

 

[combatblade1]

Its a simple design but it does the job this one has been used a lot im going to make another and the bonus bit is i have to eat all the biscuits first.