How to make a smoker from pallets - upcycling!

Today I am making a smoker to flavour and preserve meats and I’m using recycled pallet wood to do it. This is a great pallet wood project and homestead project in one!
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[@sparkymark68]

Awesome. I'm just planning making one and this was really helpful. Thanks

[@robertrolus]

Love it, going to make one. Thanks for sharing

[@radamson1]

I like your ideas even if I won't be using your building techniques or size. I especially like the old BBQ idea! Thanks for the idea.

[@popuphomesteadlivingoffgri8606]

Thanks for making this video, it was very helpful. God bless

[@bradical64]

Brilliant!

[@RedeyeCountry]

I do one pallet at a time and I use an old tarpaulin, let the nails drop and sweep them up after, the old tarps are very hardy unlike the new blue ones which tend to rip. Works for me

[@tologisa8797]

badass smoker my friend👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@BibiProvenceBBSmoothMusic]

Thank you love it❤

[@darciemerriweather1206]

Fabulous

[@gchacon316]

Nice build.

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

Great build!

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thanks 🙏 😊

[@jlastre]

The pallets I’m familiar with in the US a made with pressurized treated lumber.

[@AgtKruger]

Great video thank you

[@SergioCMaker]

Nice reuse of the pallets. Never made a smoker but i like the idea. Keep the god work. God luck. Congrats.

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thanks!

[@beebjnu3906]

pallets are threated with chemicals. U want to get cancer go head and smoke in one of these

[@palipali4264]

Brilliant mate!?

[@Hy-Brasil]

Yes we need a video of it in use! my store bought smoker fell apart a few months ago. just as my pig had her piglets and i was looking forward to finally having smoked pork again, the darned door fell right off and it can't be repaired. i have access to loads of pallets though. and like you, i have no trouble finding things just lying around that will help construct it. looks easy enough. but yes i would love to see it in operation! how long would you expect something like this to last if kept out of the weather? my poor smoker was kept on our porch and never rained on, but that didn't stop it from rusting :( but it was pretty old.....

[@mattdotson3165]

How about that video of it in use. Thanks for making great vids to help people

[@FoodForThought.]

Adapt and reuse. Great video. I think I'll be copying you this year as I can get pallets for free around my town.

[@rkillalea6706]

You obviously don't live in Northern Ireland

[@FoodForThought.]

@@rkillalea6706 No, I'm in Ontario, Canada. From Scotland and been here 20 years. I was at RAF Aldergrove, mid 90's. Loved it. Beautiful country, beautiful people.

[@rkillalea6706]

@@FoodForThought. aww that's nice, so you are familiar with the 100ft tall pallet burning ceremony's around the month of July?

[@FoodForThought.]

@@rkillalea6706 I know of it, but didn't see it.

[@rkillalea6706]

@@FoodForThought. is Canada nice?

[@ntalbert-bushcraft]

Awesome videos, I love using up old pallets, but you have to be very careful with anything food related. The boards may be treated and you have absolutely no idea what kind of chemicals leaked or spilled onto the boards over the course of their lifetime.

[@radamson1]

Then don't use it. I don't plan on rubbing my meat on the sides, as a matter of fact, I don't plan on my meat ever touching the wood!

[@mapo8401]

That's why you do first seasoning

[@davidsoloninka7742]

Do u have a video ahowing the “smoking” process? Thx Da

[@elliotthughes7542]

Someone was chucking out a perfect good metal one up the road from me. It’s now in the backyard and ready to be used. What would you suggest I try first?

[@SelfSufficientHub]

I reckon fish has to be one of the easiest things- I’m trying smoked trout as my first attempt I think.

[@whiplash1973]

would like to have seen the finished product but nice box

[@mikeyvisser8740]

Hey i saw your comment on using chunks of wood for smoking. My late grandfather used to use wood from pallets and straw to smoke sausages. Have you ever heard of that method before?

[@plugdude69]

I like this idea, it looks so simple, do you have a video of it in use? :-)

[@SelfSufficientHub]

Thanks Darren, I only built it yesterday so not yet but I will be making one in the next couple of weeks and will add a link in the description when I do

[@plugdude69]

@@SelfSufficientHub hahaha I have always been told I should pay more attention, well I look forward to seeing it in action.

[@Raynestorm1968]

@@SelfSufficientHub well, this build was a year ago. People are still waiting to see a video of it in use.

[@PedersonPantry]

I don’t know b and q but I know screw fix! Lol

[@DoctorEviloply]

Seems nice for cold smoking. But would hot smoking cause a fire? I'm much more interested in cooking a brisket with hot smoke than cold smoking some fish. But there just doesn't seem to be much info on hot smoking in the UK at all.

[@shannonward4393]

Hey mate, I loved this. Could you have an open fire at the bottom instead of a BBQ? I'm thinking of having a rack with a bigger whole in the bottom. Does that make sense? I so feel like I can do this, but don't know if these are dumb questions 😂

[@SelfSufficientHub]

The only dumb questions are ones not asked mate. I think you might struggle with an open fire as the smoke would mostly blow away, the closed fire and pipe means the only way out for the smoke is through the smoker. That’s why we aren’t trying to make an airtight box, the smoke actually Mike’s through the smoker and out the cracks as that’s the easiest way of escape… make sense?

[@shannonward4393]

@@SelfSufficientHub yeah it does. I'll add it to my list of projects lol

[@Vassle]

Where is part 2? Did this ever work?

[@markshoemaker65]

Outstanding setup...however please be careful when you use pallets as they are used for an extremely wide variety of shipping options to include poisonous products and or products you wouldn't want around your foods.

[@thomastoth9276]

They spray the pallet wood with formaldehyde when building the pallets That's what you got to look out for ...

[@jondevarney4666]

These days most pallets are heat treated, no chemicals. But always check the stamp or burn to confirm.

[@houndsmanone4563]

I'm new to your channel. I'm going to make a pallet smoker to cold smoke my bacon. I just took the pig to Freezer Camp 2 days ago. I will get the cut meat in about a week. I intend to cure the bacon then cold smoke the cured bacon in the pallet box. Iv'e never done any of this but there's a first to everything around my household. I already had a build design in my mind so your build pretty much confirmed the method I desire to go with. I was more concerned if the oak wood pallet would taint the meat but I'm trying to get pretty nice pallets that have not been painted ot had any chemical spilled on the wood. Plus, I don't want to buy wood for this build. Free pallets are a good way to save some bucks. NEW SUBSCRIBER! Thanks for the video. Do you have a video showing the smoker in use? 👍🏽🤠12/9/22

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

I've been butchering my game for over two decades now and now I'm curious what you paid for it to be cut up?

[@houndsmanone4563]

An Ugly price. My pig was 384 pounds and it cost me $400 bucks to have the following prepped : chops, ribs, shoulder roasts, ham steaks, bacon, and lotz-n-lot-za sausage. I'm almost totally out of meat in the freezer so another pig's going in for processing in a month or so. I gave a lot of meat to needy families. I'll do that again with the next pig. @@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649

[@ElevatedPrawn]

Where’s the smoker now?

[@samboudreaux7027]

Aren't pallets chemically treated? Or are these pressure treated? Is there a way to tell?

[@SelfSufficientHub]

I’m not sure, but the smoke passes through the hole and then out through the cracks, nothing is actually coming through the wood and into the meat. Hope this helps. 😊👍

[@samboudreaux7027]

@@SelfSufficientHub That makes sense. Thanks!

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Pallets aren't treated with anything.

[@rogerramjet1038]

Some are. Look for HT stamped on the pallet this means heat treated (as opposed to chemically treated)

[@candidmoe8741]

No smoker, just a wooden box.

[@richardhidalgo4710]

Pallets are treated wood with chemicals this unhealthy?

[@carriestrong591]

we were just talking about making a smoker out of pallet…. we were worried about the treated lumber and chemicals in the pallet wood. Would love to hear your opinion on this?

[@pickels8696]

Hey Carrie, that is a good question. There is cause for alarm when using pallet wood for "processing meats" (for lack of a better term). In my experience it is fine to use this wood if it has the branded marking of HT on the pallet. This signifies the pallet has been Heat Treated which would kill any bacteria or contaminates within the wood. I have used pallet wood for building cold smokers as well as for making wood chunks for smoking for many years now. I have not developed any health issues to the best of my knowledge as of yet. But Please!!! what ever you do, DO NOT use treated lumber or any type of Galvanized product when building a smoker. This is my opinion only.

[@Edgar-kl6us]

I do not believe that pallets are made from treated wood materials, … just rough sawn hardwoods, … because of the durability issues with soft woods compositions, …

[@IrishRebel88]

Most pallets are not treated. They are expendable products, so they generally don't put extra money or effort into them - so they are perfect for smoking.

[@RealMaxMura]

If re-purposing wooden pallets for any projects that include interior goods, furniture, food processing including simply burning them for fuel or cooking heat, you will want to make sure the pallets haven’t been chemically-treated with substances like Methyl Bromide ( MB) or used to transport toxic chemicals that include formaldehyde. Also keep in mind that not all pallets are US-sourced (IPPC mark). They can come from Europe and also Asia where standards can be lax. So, for quick elimination, pallets to immediate reject include: 1) colored pallets which often use toxic substances in the paints & often marked to transport toxic materials 2) pallets which have the mark MB which stands for Methyl Bromide 3) older pallets from Europe marked with the old EUR mark ( instead of the current EPAL which are safe to use ) IPPC marks that help identify pallets safe to use include: 1) HT Heat Treated 2) KD Kiln Dried 3) DB Debarked as well as EPAL which is a European standard that indicates the pallet was both DB ( Debarked) and HT ( Heat Treated).

[@ryans.arnold3008]

A friend works for 3M and said to never reuse palate wood for anything because you don't know what truly frightening chemicals have been stored or shipped on them before you got them.

[@Derrmo]

Pallets are full of chemicals. Great idea but not food safe.

[@spilledit]

Chemicals are delicious

[@Thunderdomehomestead]

Pallets are made from chemical treated lumber. Not good for anything food related.

[@abelsanchezcrespo6297]

😂

[@DougAlft]

Yeah, knowing that most pallets are treated with insecticide, I wouldn't use pallets. Perhaps some other scrap wood that hasn't been treated with fungicide or insecticide.

[@clem154]

🇦🇺🦘. Nice cheap n easy idea to build the smoker......I LOVE IT!!!!! 👍👌💯✔️😃