Nov 14, 2024 · A couple of things that might help from a vertical pellet smoker owner. Fill that aluminum pan half way with warm or hot water. That will stabilize the temperature much better, especially when you open the door. Get a smoke tube and fill it with 50/50 pellets and wood chips. That will give you much better smoke penetration.

Apr 30, 2018 · Hi there, everybody. Long-time meat smoker (on assorted cookers, most recently a cheap-but-effective Charbroil offset) and forum lurker, but now a member. Something I've long wanted to do, and have just started, is to build a brick …

May 6, 2016 · fire bricks to replace water pan in vertical pellet smoker. BigDave11; Jan 14, 2025; Pellet Smokers ...

Nov 5, 2015 · 1. Build on a limited budget. I have taken inventory of the materials I have on hand and have based the smoker size on this inventory. I will only buy something if I absolutely need to. 2. This is to be a vertical direct smoker (not reverse flow). 3. Have fun and learn. The Build Plan: 1. The overall size of the smoker will be 24"W x 24"L x 36 ...

Aug 16, 2020 · I just finished a pretty large direct vertical smoker build -- my first. 84" tall X 32" deep X 21" wide. Plate steel with 7 racks made of scrap stainless expanded metal type material. 6" variable air inlet and 6" smokestack with damper at top …

Jul 6, 2017 · My only fear of this in a vertical smoker is "heat rises" so with the heat pouring out the top of the walls and with the out stack coming down the back and opens near the bottom of the food chamber does that mean the food at the top of the chamber is getting baked hotter and a lot more smoke than the product at the bottom of the chamber?

Jan 28, 2021 · Looking for suggestions on a new vertical pellet smoker. I'm looking for something big and under $2000. Need a new smoker for hanging summer sausage, ring bologna, brats, snack sticks etc. The bigger the better. Would be good to have the capacity to hold 100 lbs or so. Not interested in the cheaper smokers like Pitboss, Masterbilt, Bradley...

Dec 26, 2023 · Given what I know today, I would purchase a vertical over a horizontal in a heartbeat. A vertical is a better fit for my pellet pooper needs. If I want grilled it goes on one of the kettles (18" & 22") I mostly use my horizontal pellet for smoking meat and a vertical would be much better especially for sausage.

Apr 1, 2010 · The main function is to spread the heat out evenly. You will always have hot spots in your fire, so when you have a water pan (or sand pan), those hot spots hit the water pan, and the water evens the temp out, so the heat coming up from the water pan is all the same temp.

Nov 17, 2014 · If the smoker is used in the range of 120 - 350 F, I would think 3/16" interior plate and 16 gauge exterior sheet metal, with 1-2" high temperature insulation would make a fine smoker.. Have the heat channels and exhaust channel on …