anyone built a table for their unit?

I probably should have searched around the archives for this information before asking. That's what I'm gonna do now.

Great question MarkA,
When my smokette came I thought " I am too old too bend down that far" I cleared a spot on the work bench by a out let and have had it there for a month. I think the Cookshack R and D department could make some money by offering a small stainless table.
Happy waiting to you. You will love it.

MarkA,
I use an old 2 shelf utility cart, the smokette is on the top shelf and the bottom shelf is used to store wood, podlers etc. It also makes it much easier to move the smokette from the garage to the yard.

Mornin',MarkA.

The used office equipment stores,school,govt.,etc.tend to sell off high priced rejects for very little.

You'll find heavy grade,good casters,additional electric outlets,and other toys.

Mark, here are some links, since you knew you should have done a search, I'll post 'em for 'ya.

Cookshack Cart thread

here's a photo contest on CS set-up

CS Setup Photo contest

Let me throw this out, again. If you have digital photos, just email them to me, I'll put them on the server and show you how to post

Smokin'

Hey Smokin: Thanks for posting the link to my old photo of the "wooden beast!" Still solid as a rock... and the goofball dryer vent is still pullin out the smoke through the window! Yee-Haa!!

As a great believer in multiple use items, I have had great success using a Black and Decker WorkMate (you know, the folding bench thing!) It does mean having to jackass things around a bit when I cook, but it made use of things I already had. The height is great and the top shelf (covered with a 1/4 inch piece of plywood scrap I had lying around) is large enough that I have a space to work on next to the oven . . . a must in my opinion. If nothing else, it is a good 'make-do' until you build something more permanent.

Hi Mark,
I noticed that same thing that you did when you first saw the Smokette. It's a little short in the britches, and a cart was in order to bring it up to height that made it easier to manage. I decided to make the cart a multiuse/storage unit, so that I have a nice ceramic tile worktop along with some storage shelves, and locking casters to roll it around. I am a Remodeling/Restoration and Electrical Contractor, and except for the casters, the other stuff was absconded from our warehouse/shop. My lead carpenter built it for me during periods of inclement weather, and in between service calls.
My cart is proudly displayed by my son Jesse, pitmaster in training!

Smokette Cart Pix 1

Ronnie,

Excellent design. By having the bottom of the Smokette lower than the tiled work surface, it seems you've accomplished avoiding what I was worried about, a side heavy table.

The extra mass of the higher top of the cart opposite the Smokette should countermand the weight of the smoker. A flat table top would leave a heavy smoker on one side, and a side heavy table.

I'm definitely benchmarking this design for my table/cart.

Thanks a bunch!

Mark

So, Ronnie, where are the blueprints?

Very nice, Ronnie! I especially like the paper towel holder on the side there. I have Smokette on a used government cart with wheels. Have a thick slice of UHMW under it and to the side for cutting/tending hot stuff.

Good looking boy ya got there, Ron!

Howdy all,

Built a stand for my unit today, did it for less than $20. I bought two eight foot 2x4 studs ($3.86 a piece) and cut them into 19 inch sections which left two inches left over on each stud. From there I made legs directly in line with the smokette's legs, but instead of balancing, I screwed two 2x4s perpendicular to the legs so there is a rail that the unit rests on. I put bracing about six inches down, all the way around the out side. If you count, there are exactly 10 19 inch two by fours in the stand. I used a piece of pine would 16 x 36 ($5.60) to under brace the leg rails and the mid braces, which also double as the drip pan shelf up high, and a storage shelf down low. both shelves are screwed into the bottom side of the two by fours, so the top has easy access to the drip pan, the bottom is like a bin. I found a quart of verdigris (green) wood stain on clearance ($4.50) at Lowes, and I stained the whole she-bang. I used exterior grade galvanized and painted (for cedar) wood screws for all the joints. It really came out nice.

I was considering making a whole cart or table, but due to the space requirements (where my wife says I need to put it), I decided on just a stand, which is fine.

As soon as I find my digital camera, I'll take a picture of it.

Cheers, MArk