Once you become adept at grilling, a smoker is usually the next step up in outdoor cooking. Most big box retailers sell inexpensive smokers for under $300 from Char-Broil, Brinkmann, and Weber.

You can make a relatively decent smoker with little more than cardboard box. Of course it won’t be quite as effective as the real deal, but it’s a fun experiment.

A steel drum and a few plumbing parts make up this no-weld smoker you can build with just a few hours of work. Add meat and smoldering wood—and get ready to feast. By Joe Kohl-Riggs Updated: Jul ...

Talk about upcycling! I took an old compressor and gave it a whole new life as a smoker. Watch how I cut, welded, and ...

How do I build an inexpensive cold smoker? You can build a cold smoker using an oil drum for the main smoking chamber. In Oil Drum Handicraft, you can find instructions for how to build a smoker ...

But not everyone is ready to commit to a 500-gallon backyard behemoth—or has the welding skills to build one from scratch. ... Many store-bought smokers have cheap thermometers built-in at the top.