My Smokette has a new home! A cart made from a Weber Genesis frame with a Stainless steel top. I've tried to get all my cookers on wheels to easily move them under cover if it rains!
quote:Here's a pic of the finished product. You may notice some of the wifes garden tools in there as well. It was a way of selling her on the project. Give a little, take a little.
I've used it twice now and it works quite well.
Thanks for the ideas.
Hey Brewbek, what's that off to the left there? I've got one that looks awfully similar as well as the upright smoker. Fixin' to put them both on a trailer to haul around to "get togethers" and such.
Nice looking set up you got there. I was wondering if anyone else noticed that it looks like Cook Shack ought consider putting their smokers on a taller set of legs! 
That Rubbermaid shed; do they sell accessories such as shelving and hang up hooks with it?quote:Originally posted by Pawclaws:
I was wondering if anyone else noticed that it looks like Cook Shack ought consider putting their smokers on a taller set of legs!
I agree with needing the taller legs. Before I was really only able to put a cookie sheet underneath it. It worked but could be messy when carrying it to the emptying ground. Now I have a deep glass dish that I use and it eliminates all of that problem.
Rubbermaid doesn't make any accessories for it as far as I know, but putting a shelf or hooks and hangers up are no problem at all. The walls are all hollow so I just put a plastic molley and screw into it and everything is staying put. I even have a paper towel hanger mounted on the ceiling which works out well and doesn't get in the way.
I really like brewbeks setup. Goin to get my own rubbermaid shed, except would have to kick out the wife. Guess thats why i'll allways be single. I am a fabricator at a soft drink producer so i have a good supply of stainless stock at work. My my the dreams i have had of the perfect setup. Plan on it being the complete setup for the smoker and grill, probably include a frig. Hate to run inside for a cold one while all the action is on the patio!
Colin.
IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE!
Colin.
IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE!
Great Ideas are always welcome. Keep the good stuff comming. My set up!
Al
Al
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SweetQ, sweet setup, looks great. Was the Rubbermaid closet easy to set up or what! Like 5 minutes and I was done.
Wish I had an Amerique, that's the one I'd get if I was movin' up. Can't really justify it right now, my 008 is doing everything I throw at it. Besides, I'd have to cut the legs on my table.
Wish I had an Amerique, that's the one I'd get if I was movin' up. Can't really justify it right now, my 008 is doing everything I throw at it. Besides, I'd have to cut the legs on my table.
Lots of great set-ups. Does anyone have any problems with the smoke discoloring the siding on the house?
Arthur
Arthur
My 055 is about 4 inches from my siding and the vent hole sits about four feet under the eaves of a roof overhang. Haven't noticed any problems on siding or eaves and don't expect any.
just set it up the other day 4x7 Rubbermaid still have some arranging to do need to label all the draws with different wood types and such but it's getting there did my famous fajita roll in it Sunday as always everyone loved it don't think the shed changed the flavor at all 
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Here is mine, rigged up as a "pseudo-AQ"using my BBQ Guru attached to a Power Raptor.
This lets me do a low and slow cook in ramp-up mode, and, hold the meat temp when it reaches my end-point.
I am cooking a small, boneless butt as I post this.
This lets me do a low and slow cook in ramp-up mode, and, hold the meat temp when it reaches my end-point.
I am cooking a small, boneless butt as I post this.
quote:Originally posted by RichH:
Here is my setup
RichH, I really like your setup, you put some thought into that. I am thinking on purchasing an CS 0008 and was going to get the stand, but after seeing your setup I think I will build it instead. I am not very good at wood projects and building the table will be a challenge. Any suggestions for me?
quote:Originally posted by coffeebluff:
the wall opens up, to allow access. awesome!
That's a real nice setup... but what model Cookshack is that? Didn't find it on the Cookshack site...
I don't see a CookShack in that pic.
Hello All,
I just received my 009 from Cabela's and am trying to figure out my setup. I like what RichH and Brewbek have done with the plastic sheds, and am more inclined towards the smaller one. I see RichH said to leave the chimney a couple of inches above the top vent or it will draw too much air. Does anyone else have experience with this? Brewbek, how far is your chimney above your vent - I can't tell from the pic. How much smoke are you all getting inside the shed? How has this setup been working for you. Thank you all for the information on this forum.
I just received my 009 from Cabela's and am trying to figure out my setup. I like what RichH and Brewbek have done with the plastic sheds, and am more inclined towards the smaller one. I see RichH said to leave the chimney a couple of inches above the top vent or it will draw too much air. Does anyone else have experience with this? Brewbek, how far is your chimney above your vent - I can't tell from the pic. How much smoke are you all getting inside the shed? How has this setup been working for you. Thank you all for the information on this forum.
Welcome to the forum Capt Q.
I built a shed for my CS55 and used the same venting as Brewbek. My vent pipe sits 3-1/2 inches above my smoker vent and I've had no problems with this set up. I have noticed on cold days that condensation will drip from the vent pipe but it does not go into the smoker. I do get some smoke inside the shed but that smoke is leaking from around the smoker door and not from the vent. The leaking is almost gone now that my smoker is well seasoned.
Good luck and enjoy your cookshack.
I built a shed for my CS55 and used the same venting as Brewbek. My vent pipe sits 3-1/2 inches above my smoker vent and I've had no problems with this set up. I have noticed on cold days that condensation will drip from the vent pipe but it does not go into the smoker. I do get some smoke inside the shed but that smoke is leaking from around the smoker door and not from the vent. The leaking is almost gone now that my smoker is well seasoned.
Good luck and enjoy your cookshack.
Trucky, thanks for the reply. I have to really access the space I have on my deck to see what I have room for. I am now thinking of using a stand and set the 009 on it and use the cover when not smoking. It sounds like even in Alaska leaving the 009 outdoors under an eve, with the Cookshack cover, should work.
Right now I am seasoning it, according to the manual, with as fat of a piece of meat I could find on short notice, a 3.35lb pork shoulder. Over night. I will report on this when done. I hope it is an uneventful report.
Right now I am seasoning it, according to the manual, with as fat of a piece of meat I could find on short notice, a 3.35lb pork shoulder. Over night. I will report on this when done. I hope it is an uneventful report.
quote:Originally posted by Capt Q:
Hello All,
I just received my 009 from Cabela's and am trying to figure out my setup. I like what RichH and Brewbek have done with the plastic sheds, and am more inclined towards the smaller one. I see RichH said to leave the chimney a couple of inches above the top vent or it will draw too much air. Does anyone else have experience with this? Brewbek, how far is your chimney above your vent - I can't tell from the pic. How much smoke are you all getting inside the shed? How has this setup been working for you. Thank you all for the information on this forum.
I believe I recently saw a post by one of the guys at Cookshack that said the same thing. My recollection is that you leave 3" between the top of the smoker and the vent.
If you go up and look at mine notice I don,t have any venting I'm in Houston Texas so we don't get that bad of weather I just leave the door open and I have no problems .
I have my vent sitting within a 1/4" of the breather vent and have had no problems with wood catching fire. I also have no problems with smoke inside the closet. Often the smoker is running when I am not around.
I understand what RichH is saying but I just don't feel its that critical or likely to happen.
I understand what RichH is saying but I just don't feel its that critical or likely to happen.
I tried to post pictures of our CS inside this thread, but it wound up in the Open Forum instead (http://forum.cookshack.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7091028883/m/7011054274). The vent sets 3" above the top of the smoker, and I notice very little, if any, smoke that does not go up the vent. If the vent was closer than 3", I think getting a probe into the CS would be troublesome. At 3", the probe has to go up inside the vent before it will enter the hole on the CS.