The "shack" (after my Zack's Adirondack Shack-my adirondack home where the smokette lives full time, and I only part-time) is constructed from 2x3 pine and 1X4 tongue and groove pine, the usual connectors- sheetrock screws, finishing nails and Elmer's carpentry glue, with 4 coats of a pigmented latex stain.
It is only a 3 sided device, which I pull away from the house. As I mentioned in another post, the hinged roof, is made with a space so as to allow the smoke to clear. If I did it over I would run the tongue/grooves from back to front, instead of sideways to better allow rain to flow off.
This is the view from the back side with measurements:
the front boards should be 3 inches or more off the ground to facilitate the drip pan removal/instertion.
A more skilled carpenter would have built a swinging door in front, but the front frame cross-piece would have to be higher than mine, and the back would need to be correspondingly higher to maintain a slope to the roof. Casters mighe also be an nice upgrade.
Here is a picture showing the hinge: I used a 1x2 on the back of the roof and ripped one for the hinge bottom:
I wasn't too concerned about the back of the roof-which barely covers the rear end, since the whole contraption sits against the house and a 15" eave. I added 2 handles to ease removal.
More pics showing the fit, and security cables can be seen at
"First whopper brisket in my smokette"
