The Cookshack Shack

That is an awesome "Shack"!!

That's wonderful! I'd live in it! You should make one for inside too. It would be great with more shelves for dishes or towels.
Honestly, it's a beautiful "shack"!

Rod, that's just way too cool!!! Great job! I smell a market for these CS homes - a complete kit or plans! Good luck!!!

rod
that thing is way kewl!!!!!!!!!!
jack

Very nice! One word of warning though. I kept finding a puddle of grease/fat under my CS. Drove me crazy looking for a leak until I happened to hold my disposable aluminium drip pan up one night and I noticed a thousand tiny points of light as the light from my porch poked through holes that were near invisible to the eye. I don't baste, so it must be the salt. I just don't want you to have to clean up a mess like I had on my deck. That thar house is way to purty.

It's a beauty. I did something similiar, however, before setting unit in place I put a piece of sheet steel over the wood to protect against fire. Also put two 2x4's under legs to raise it high enough to use a stainless steel pan under the unit.

Very nice! would have taken me 5 months and wouldn't have looked half as nice.
Mark

Good feedback on the drip issue; I've been thinking about just getting a small baking tray to put underneath the cookshack rather than a disposable aluminum tray; that way I just scrape-off the drippings into my kitchen garbage after each use and pop the tray in the dish washer. Saves money in the long run...

I've also thought of putting a larger tray that even the CS legs would fit inside - along with the smaller tray, so the larger one would act more as "contingency" drip pan in case I either forgot the smaller one or drippings overspilled for some reason - it would be easy to if I can find a tray that the whole CS unit with fit on.

Thanks again for the positive responses!

A very well done shack Rod. I really like that type of wood.

bob

I'm going to try putting a pan inside the unit on a lower rack (Bradley does it) as well as the outside one. Would make cleanup a lot easier.

That is a great looking shack Rod. Now all you have to do is take your smoker out, and take out your wood and those paper towels as well. Then load it in your truck and bring it to Ohio and set it in my back yard!
I'll say thank you. Feed you before you drive back to Oregon, and put you on my Christmas card mailing list! Is it a deal?

BBQ_Rod
Maybe you should use the steel underneath. I understand that acids react with aluminum. That was one of the Alzheimers scares, because of the reaction of tomatoes with aluminum foil. They leave little holes in the foil. I doubt you'd get Alzheimers but you would get leaks if that's the case. Maybe a nice marble slab underneath. LOL
I'll fight Geiyser over it!!!! We'll take you to Disneyworld!
Peggy

Rod,

That's really beautiful.

What other wood work have you done? It's nicer than my first house-- bigger too. When you get back from Disneyworld and are on your way home from Ohio, perhaps you could drop by Salt Lake. I'll feed you, put you on my Christmas list and take you for a flight in my powered parachute.

What do you think?

Hook

Where are the pics of the shack? I don't see them here or find reference to a gallery anywhere..?

Willy

sorry about the above.. I must have had something turned off on my computer.. however, it seems I read there is a photo gallery someplace on the forum.. right? wrong?

tnx, Bill

BBQ_Rod,

This is fabulous! I agree, toss that disposable try and get a nicer one. No danger of holes.

Good job!

Donna

Do you mind if I put this in the next Backyard BBQ News?

Thanks for the great comments! I actually do stuff like this without any blueprints... work with wood enough and it just comes to you!

My wife came up with name - catchy, but a little too sappy for me... the "Cookshack Woodshack"

That's a great name! the CookshackWoodshack! I think there's probably a great market for it, too, following these responses.

Thats a great looking stand. I don't see ant kind of vent in the roof. Are you just leaving the doors open? If so how does that work for you?

In the back of the cookshack directly underneath the roof is a one inch vent that runs the width of the "shack". Since smoke rises, I put the vent at the highest point. It's a decent approach as there's no way rain can come through just underneath the rook.

It's also difficult to see from the photo, but the vertical cedar wood isn't airtight - so there are quite a few places where there are 1/16" to 1/8" gaps. So I can close the doors in the winter time and there's plenty of air flow.

Not sure if this will work.. but check it out.. Looks to be a fit for the Smokette and the model 50. I saw it at Sears and the actual depth is a bit deeper than indicated as the doors "crown" out.

http://tinyurl.com/5eluu

Otherwise, go to Sears.com/Lawn and Garden/Outdoor Storage and scroll down the page a bit.

Bill

Is there any problem with fire with the smoker enclosed like this? I just ordered mine and don't know how hot it gets.

This puppy is well insulated. None of the outside ever gets too hot to touch. I leave my Taylor digital thermometer sitting on top of mine. The Taylor has a plastic body and hasn't the slightest hint of warpage - still looks brand new! I see absolutely no problem with encasing it in wood. Rod did an excellent job of designing and building the unit above. My kudos to him again!

BBQ_ROD.. Tell me about the thermometers on the front door of your CS. Are they permanently mounted? Holes in the door for probes?

Bill

WW: Can't tell for sure, but odds are very high they are not permanent, and they do not have holes behind them. Those probe bodies have magnets on the base. They are just like fridge magnets, settin there. The probe wires are fed through the top vent hole, typically, where they either read the chamber temp, and/or the internal meat temp. Probes are not attached in the pic. Hope that helps.

woodburner is right on; these are Taylor probes I got from Target. Magnets on the back - very convenient. When I smoke, I have one probe (not shown) that goes into the meat, the other probe monitoring the oven temp. The probes would go in through the exist smoke hole in the top of the Smokette.

weewilly don't get one it won't fit I tried it.

DAn - An awful lot of us have the same type of probes and they all fit. Could you describe yours and why it wont fit?

bob

I think Dan is talking about the Sears cabinet WW had mentioned.

Grumpster your right I was talking about the sears cabinet . sorry !

I would love to see the shack now that it has been probably been seasoned just right from use. Any changes you would make now that you have had it in use for awhile?

rho

I am working on fitting mine into a suncast gs 1250. $89 dollars from sears on sale. just removed a rib on the rear wall,used 1 1/4 pvc for a smokestack through the side wall. built a 2x3 frame,table,shelf and that's it, rainproof smoking!! will be sending in pic's soon

Great minds think alike


http://www.archeryproshop.com/Smoker/index.htm

So, BBQ_Rod...

Would you happen to have plans for this, or did you just build it from your own head, so to speak?

I just bought a new Skil X-shop and all the toys, and this looks like it might be a fun project!