How to Build A Smokehouse: My Sowbelly BBQ Smokehouse

[@pnwdiy2073]

Pretty creative, well done.

[@michaelfarmer2661]

Good job Like the pig stove lots of details Keep up the good work

[@rickypastille]

That thing is so solidly put together, there will be an archaeologist 2000 years from now who'll will find it and marvel. When he figures out what it's used for, he'll be as envious of its owner as I am today.

[@wumpasscat]

That is the most colorful comment I have got with my last smokehouse build. Your liking is much appreciated good sir!

[@rickymcdowell199]

This has given me some pretty good ideas, and some stuff to think about. 100% taking the pig idea, I love it! Gotta build this thing on larger scale I suspect.

[@alanbarnes6207]

Awesome well done and inspiring

[@BosnWayne]

That's nice man. Well done

[@speedbuggie]

Great looking smoker! Happy smoking.

[@johnboy7550]

That's one of the best smoke houses I've seen yet, Happy Smoking!!!

[@JohnathanProphet]

Best design I have seen yet.

[@DanHappy84]

Best one I've seen yet! I was a little unsure of some of the others since they never put up what temperature they were able to get. But I can see that yours gets plenty hot enough! Thanks for sharing brother!

[@jasonpellerin5324]

Great job and great eye for detail enjoy

[@meganelliott1945]

Definitely going to copy this one for sure. Well done 👍

[@GOOSE-1334]

that's awesome man great job

[@MrGoosePit]

You did a fine job with that smokehouse Trevor. Inspires me to build one like it. Thanks for showing me how!

[@michaeldean9338]

Great job! Trying to build my own smoker , as well. You fellas are a big help in sharing the info you know. Very much appreciated! Happy grilling!

[@stevelecain886]

that is one fine smokehouse my friend and that drain is genious, i'll be doing that to mine for sure.its a fine job.

[@damionnichols06]

Looks great bud.

[@kratos6033]

The best one I've seen.Good job.👍

[@wumpasscat]

Thank you sure, getting a lot of views, may have to delete my secrets haha!

[@cajun812]

Very much the design I'm gonna do, but I like the idea of a drain for cleaning at some point. Thanks bub! Nice job.

[@DevinBushrow]

That looks great good job. I'm going to mirror that design. Nice piece of property too!

[@garrydragos3197]

Love the look and the idea. I am trying to build a smoker that can be used as both a hot smoker and cold smoker. From some of the other plans I have seen this could fill the fill for both. may need a longer pipe to get the cold smoking. Might put in 2 sets of pipes with cut offs. one short like yours and then one which wraps around and enters through the back. thanks for the idea.

[@louistroche5830]

Awesome smoker my friend. This is exactly what I had in mind for my backyard. Im going to Home Depot today to buy the material. My friends and family are going to really be impressed to see this at my annual July 4th BBQ.

[@wumpasscat]

Awesome man! I've had mine smoking every other weekend for almost 4 months and it gets better and better! Once she gets all black inside and seasoned, you will have a fine smokehouse!

[@evetsleywharton5632]

Yes sir , you did a supper good job keep it up .

[@fredsalay720]

nice. going to build one myself. got lots of block n brick from an old greenhouse that was in my yard. have fun n eat well!!

[@ChicagoS14T]

This is great! I am hoping to build one similar to this as soon as possible!

[@dcis2002]

That looks nice great job

[@rittaslusher2369]

I think you did awesome love the pigs very arty

[@CraigArndt]

I love it. Fantastic job. I was thinking of buying a new smoker, but now I'd love to build one of these in the yard. How awsome.

[@wumpasscat]

Craig Arndt thanks bud!

[@uglyfacebutthead2446]

Looks great nice job

[@corybueckert277]

That's just Fantastic!!

[@johnkirby5637]

Really sweet design !11

[@jomrceanchina5942]

Brother i think that u did a great job..i like it...great u got the legs on concrete..hats off to u

[@dhartwell66]

looks great!

[@marvinmcneil2876]

You did a Beautiful job on this smoke House

[@jmerica4818]

Really nice!

[@jayo1978]

Great walk thru definitely a great build.I hope one day to build my own as smoking meats is a interest of mines

[@stuartpoovey6463]

Very Nice Thanks for Sharing

[@monstertrucktennis]

Mighty fine shack ya got there!

[@ronrobert3684]

Nice job bro !!

[@wearytraveler3524]

Nice smoker brother! Whatever you did wrong is just fine!

[@chrismurphy6471]

Looks awesome and exactly what I want to build in my backyard soon. Do you have any advice if I don't want to have to add a burner? I was thinking maybe bigger firebox and shorter distance to the smokehouse? I also have a ton of bricks left over from building my house so I was going to build as much as I can from brick which should hold heat better. Any advice would be much appreciated!

[@ghinni11]

Starting working on the concrete block work today. What type of wood do you use for the smoker?

[@landonporter77]

Great job man. I think it came out great, if you haven't yet, cut a good sized mouth on the pig, with a handle and a flat piece inside to act as a damper... Paint it to look like teeth. Get you more air, in line with the fire and the pipe into the smoker, should pull more air. Again, great job

[@wumpasscat]

Wow at the views, thanks guys. As of now she has become yard art basically, I used the house a few times this year but now I have a big, metal tow behind smoker. She's not near as pretty any more tho! A lot of meat was cooked in here, several hundred butts, ribs, turkeys. Thanks for all the views and comments.

[@davesilvia9711]

that stove is squeelin hot!

[@nokkenmg]

i recently built one similar,not as nice but good enough. my question is are you having a problem burnig to much wood?? I mean its burning it fast, would you know how to combat this??

[@wumpasscat]

Yea, my fire pit is not big enough and sounds like yours might be too... It needs to be no less than a 1/3 of the volume of your cooking area... If it isn't, you use a significantly more amount of wood.

[@hihoney1122]

Nice video and great art with the piggies. That wood trim looks really nice :D

[@gman64able]

nice job

[@williamworth2746]

I wish I had friends that could help me with projects like this.

[@justintarter88]

can you do both hot/cold smoking ?

[@vanlifenomadfirekeeper]

I would of put the wood on the side where the door opens------ on the right, but. It seems to be a all around good job . Awsome smoker. Looks good.

[@johnchase4408]

Why? The firewood goes in the firebox below where the firewood is stored.

[@daltonprew2024]

nice job. I built one but I used a car themostat whitch I can control temp at all times it goes from 125 to 300 and I put a car fan to control temp it works great and can sleep at night knowing its safe also we ran a digital thermostat that you can use for grilling so you know the temp at all times because you can carry it with you. Thanks, and good smoking

[@iwanajeep6924]

Do you have more info on this?

[@JoeDaddy1755]

I think you did A-OK buddy. Love the drain pipe addition.

[@wumpasscat]

Much appreciated! And yes, that drain comes in handy. Grease really flows when you pack more than 8-10 butts in there!

[@Gokywildcats11]

Is the drum box homemade? If not what is it and we're did you purchase it

[@anthonypoole6901]

Nice build bro. I’m about to build one but I’m gonna have a slightly taller one and the smoke inlets will be further away using blocks and a fire pit at the other end probably 15’ away or more

[@ChileExpatFamily]

Very nice. It is a little small for my needs but I am still going to steel some of your ideas if that is ok? I know you are using the propane but I just can not chance the taste issue. Also here in Chile firewood is cheap and propane is expensive. Thanks for the vid

[@wumpasscat]

Steal ideas! I know I did. I run propane only when it's really cold outside. But as for size this is all I need. It can hold 20-25 butts easy

[@ChileExpatFamily]

+Trevor Motes Here in Chile after I moved I could not find REAL bacon. I mean something other than salty fat that was really expensive. So I plan on selling bacon here. Chileanos love bacon like you find in the former USA. They do not know doodles about making bacon which is actually quite surprising since there are soooooo many Germans here. Germans settled the area of Chile where I live in the 1830s so there are red haired white skinned Spanish speaking people all over the place, but I guess they have lost the skill. My Chilean friends just love my bacon and want me to sell it so I need more area to smoke and also I want a slat shelf. Jim

[@pamelawomack-canon5824]

Where are you located? Love your smoker & video! I just smoked my first brisket from beginning to end! I love it! I amazed myself the most that I got the fire going & kept it going & maintained the temp between 200-250 degrees! Now I have to figure out what to smoke next! I have a CharGriller with the little side smoker.

[@wumpasscat]

I'm located midway between. Birmingham and Montgomery Al, been a few months now since I fired her up, but I can't wait for a pecan smoked turkey this thanksgiving

[@mcdaniel01]

Trevor im from Tuscaloosa alabama , where did you get that cedar ?

[@wumpasscat]

jason mcdaniel I had it sawmilled from Joseph Lumber in Columbiana, Al... very good people out there, but I know that is about 1-1/2 hour drive for you

[@Mecheng09]

Awesome design!!! Where did you get the barrel you burn your wood in?

[@kylemiller3646]

You did one thing wrong sir. You built it at the wrong house! Good work man, looks great.

[@wumpasscat]

I saw the "one thing wrong..." pop up as a notification. I got a little mad til I read the rest of your comment haha. thanks for commenting friend#

[@kylemiller3646]

I figured I'd get you with that lol. We're about to buy a house so I've been waiting to build a good smoker. Pretty sure I'm going to copy yours if you don't mind. Thanks for the video.

[@genehand5030]

Is it safe to use I'm wanting to do same

[@veronicashea6725]

This one I like, thanks to Gretchen I found Hyezmar’s website and got his plans as well. They’re all not that good, but there are some gems in there.

[@joecaley]

Wow, I'm glad to hear your able to hot smoke in it as well. I got my blocks all set in, now cementing in my anchor bolts today! What are the dimensions on wood house? I have no welding skills, so I'm gonna go the fire brick and brick fire chamber route. Might have to into the propane option as well. For the tin roofing , do you have a wood roofing and then put the tin on top??

[@wumpasscat]

I wanted to brick and mortar a fire pit but got my hand on this old tank I had laying around. As far as the roof, I just screwed it into the 2x4 runners, I didn't deck the roof

[@joecaley]

+Trevor Motes I wish I had the welding skills to make a meal fire chamber. Started on framing the house today. I keep coming back to your video for ideas and motivation!

[@wumpasscat]

+Joe Caley here's a turkey for ya. Sorry it took 2 weeks to get around to it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5aQZpSZoayjqqM Hope the link works haha

[@southfromtexas2527]

This is f****** awesome

[@steelcitybullyz6843]

What kind of wood did you use?

[@joecaley]

I like it, do you just let the smoke vent out at the roof? Didn't know if this is better than a chimney?? I'm building one now as well, thanks for the slide show. What temps can you get your house up to? Just wondering if you could hot smoke in it as well, like thanksgiving turkey???

[@wumpasscat]

Glad you like it! For ventilation I used cheap 4"x16" ridge vents and a bigger 8"x16" vent on the back right at the top of the gable. As far as temperature goes, I have done two 9-10 hour smoke sessions with some Boston butts with my temp ranging from 225-250. With wood burning alone I can hold a temperature around 225 just fine once the fire really gets going. With the propane burner I added, I was able to easily hold 275 for smoking whole chickens and used a SIGNIFICANT lot less wood. thanks for watching!

[@wumpasscat]

Oh and as far as a turkey, I'm making a test run with one soon just to make sure everything is a go for Thanksgiving. I'll make short video of the turnout if I remember to...?

[@watty210]

how is that thermometer on the door set up? I have building one and want to make sure it's semi accurate

[@SheepdogsHeart]

So it's been almost a year and a half. Still like it? Is it holding up? What would you do differently if you were going to build one today?

[@wumpasscat]

EmpireFoodie Love it! The inside is solid black, seasoned. I do need a new fire pit. The old drum I used was very thin and it needs replaced. Other than that, all is well

[@SheepdogsHeart]

Thanks for the info, it will help when I build one myself.

[@htown9561]

Wow nice good job

[@steelcityexotics]

Where did u get the fire box

[@wumpasscat]

it was an old water pressure yank I cut up and make work

[@steelcityexotics]

+Trevor Motes k thanks

[@Mr8otter]

I like it, do you have the measurements? I want to do one in my back yard so I can smoke me some beef, pork and do a turkey for the holidays. That is one sharp looking smoke house.

[@johler48]

What is the fire pit made out of?

[@johler48]

And can you use if for hot smoking/cooking?

[@justintarter88]

did you get a answer

[@johler48]

Justin Tarter no I did not

[@bobwhite3584]

looks like a well water tank.

[@2.67acrehomestead2]

Nice

[@JohnSmith-rc3ko]

BADASS!

[@billmiller8047]

Now that you had, a chance to put it to used does it burns as you hoped for it to burn and it delivered the heat to gets that smoked flavor that you would like to have. [Slice tasting] how that chicken worked out. Mmmmm

[@chrisbennett4493]

I want one

[@johnchase4408]

Awesome

[@nathanrichards8057]

So what exactly stops this from catching on fire?

[@wumpasscat]

it's a cold smoker, all the flames stay smothered in the fire pit. the stove into the house is surrounded by block...

[@landonporter77]

None of the wood is touched by flames, have to have a roaring fire in the pit to affect the wood in the smoking chamber. As long as he keeps the grease cleaned out there's really no way it can catch

[@nathanrichards8057]

Landon Porter So even though he is smoking at 250 degrees, the wood is not at risk of catching on fire or charring?

[@landonporter77]

Not with the fire in a separate chamber. What's the burning point of wood? Even soft wood?

[@Imightberiding]

Well, paper burns at 451 degrees F. Hence the title of the novel, Fahrenheit 451. So, me thinks wood most like burns at an even higher temperature.

[@mariorodriguez9673]

Que buen trabajo 👍

[@jeffcokenour3459]

Awesome! Copying it 🤓

[@asylumvideos9358]

Make a bigger damper if you want it hotter... Great job thiugh

[@justinanbrose6919]

Where is your profile picture taken?

[@christopherprichard4952]

hope he added a drain screen. but then again I don't know what burnt snake and mouse taste like.

[@brycehartzog8154]

Great build. Can’t hear you very well. Music overlay is too loud.

[@jacobandrachel9957]

Awesome smokehouse...terrible bbq smoker there is a difference and that's why you are having trouble with your temperatures. This design is for curing and cold smoking not cooking meat

[@danthedewman1]

needs more over hang all the way around...it dont rain straight down

[@426superbee4]

its not about what i think! It's about what YOU WANT! To me its the rite size! to hang 2 hogs or deer. but i would made it different i would use the fire box to grill with too like a off set Grill or smoke and too can use it for hot water and heat THAT WHAT I WOULD DO sure cut the old electric bill down A LOT and again i would build it next to the well house to keep the well from freezing up with a hot water tank JUST TURN THE VALVE OFF AND ON WHAT YOU WANT IS MORE THAT 1 USE! cause you don't smoke that much

[@larrysmith4082]

That Is The Shit!!! U Sir Out Did Ur Self!!!

[@mikesturm4668]

I would like to show you a picture of my smoke house

[@jhayre1000]

well, dun mate.

[@longshot5738]

looks great!

[@paulbh7]

looks great!