I've been wanting to get my smoker up off the ground of my screen porch for a while, so I don't have to sit on the floor to clean it, foil the bottom of the smoker, etc.
I've been looking forever for some kind of reasonably priced enclosed cabinet to put it on. I want the stand to keep the smoking supplies in and wanted it enclosed so it looks neater.
I was hoping I could find a Rubbermaid, Suncast or similar outdoor cabinet that I could set the smoker on. But none of them were sturdy enough to hold a smoker.
I finally came up with a solution: I bought a Rubbermaid corner cabinet, which is about 3 ft. high, and then found some Rubbermaid adjustable shelving brackets at Home Depot that were strong enough to hold up a smoker.
Basically, I created a shelf above the Rubbermaid cabinet, and the shelf is very strong and sturdy. The brackets I picked are rated to hold hundreds of pounds, and are easy to install. You just mount two twin-track brackets going vertically on the wall. And then the shelf brackets that your shelves go on top of, fit into the vertical brackets on the wall, and you can raise or lower the shelves.
The photo below is a close-up of the brackets.
I cut some treated plywood to make the wood shelf, screwed it to the brackets, and painted the plywood shelf to match the walls in our screen porch.
Then I took the wheels off my smoker, went to the hardware store and found the right sized bolts to fit into the legs of the smoker, and drilled holes in the shelf, below where the smoker's legs are. Then from underneath, I bolted through the plywood shelf and into the legs of the smoker, essentially bolting the smoker to the shelf. That makes everything very stable, so the smoker doesn't move around on the shelf.
Anyway, this is a real easy way to get your smoker off the ground, and if you're like me and don't have the skills to build your own cabinet, this works well and is inexpensive.
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