Be always prepared: a portable camping smoker is indispensable for outdoor recreation

Multifunctional portable smokehouses – ideal assistants lovers of outdoor recreation, tourists, gardeners.

This is a compact equipment. does not take up much space and is suitable for carrying in a backpack or small bag.There will always be a place for it in the car.

What is a portable smokehouse and what does it consist of?

Those who have cooked food in portable mini smokers note that the products are not only smoked, but also slightly baked. This gives them a unique piquant flavor.

Once you try it, it’s hard to resist such a pleasure. That’s why connoisseurs of camp cooking definitely take it on the road this compact, reliable thing.

Factory mini-smokehouses are made of stainless steel. Often these are collapsible structures.

They come in different sizes, but always consist of the same elements:

• a box with four walls and a bottom;
• U-shaped gratings;
• pallet;
• regular or L-shaped lids with handle and smoke pipe.

This simple set of metal sheets and rods is a real lifesaver for tourists and picnic lovers. For greater ease of transportation of single-tier portable smokehouses, there is a caseIt is made of durable, stain-resistant fabric.

There are also more capacious, but equally light and durable smokehouses - two-level. Their main element is a steel box with a lid, into which is welded union. It (the nozzle) is the outlet for smoke. Two grates in two tiers are installed inside the smokehouse. Four U-shaped projections are welded to the bottom, which are the supports for the fat tray.

Each element of this portable equipment has been carefully designed. Everything is made for maximum convenience use. The tray, smoking chamber, grates are equipped with convenient handles. All elements are lightweight and easy to clean. A special groove is welded to the upper part along the perimeter, which is called water seal.

Folding camping smokers for fish and meat

There is another type of portable smokehouse - folding. It differs from fully collapsible and welded ones in that Its two side walls are equipped with hinges on hinges and are foldingThis is a profitable solution in all respects.

Folding smokehouses take up even less space than single-tier ones; when folded, they look like a flat, elongated pencil case.

As with other types of portable smokehouses, folding ones are provided with caseThe principle of the device of such camping equipment is easier to understand by unpacking new equipment.

1. Open the zipper fabric cover.
2. They slide along the grooves removable cover with a U-shaped handle.
3. Raise one part of the wall to a vertical position (¾ from a full wall) of the smokehouse, then another.
4. They take it out U-shaped lattice.
5. Two metal sheets are removed with low sides.
6. The second grate is removed.
7. Remove the tray/baking sheet for fat.
8. One by one push metal sheets into the space between the folding walls smokehouses. You get a ready-made smoke chamber in the form of a box.

What can you make a portable mini smokehouse from?

Experienced tourists know how important it is to minimize the weight of a hiking backpack. They take only the most necessary, vital things on the road. A portable smokehouse also belongs to this category of equipment. It is always will help out in the absence of normal food and the need to feed on the gifts of nature.

When thinking about making your own smokehouse, you need to understand that the choice of materials here is small. Or, to be precise, completely absent.

Ideal for use in portable smokehouses food grade steel AISI 304. According to the type of surface treatment, it is three types:

• matte;
• polished;
• mirror.

You can make yourself a glossy assistant based on aesthetic and practical considerations. Mirror smokehouse in field conditions can replace a mirror. Rarely does anyone take it on the road, but it won’t be superfluous either.

One of the varieties of food grade stainless steel is magnetic. Her brand AISI 430. If you decide to make a smokehouse with water seal, you can choose this material. It has its advantages.

A smokehouse with a water seal is rarely taken on hikes, but is regularly used at home.

Magnetic stainless steel equipment will heat up on induction cookers as well. It is also convenient because all of its the parts are slightly attracted to each other. This is ensures tightness constructions.

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Where can I get drawings of a portable structure, single or double tier?

Portable smokehouse drawing do it yourselfThere is nothing complicated about this work, the main thing is to decide on the dimensions smoking chamber. You can focus on factory products. Experts have long found the most convenient proportions and sizes.

All the design elements of the portable smokehouse are either a rectangle or a cylinder. The chamber consists of five rectangles: four walls and a bottom. The lid also consists of five: a top plate with a tube and four sides. The tray and protrusions on the bottom of the smoking chamber have a similar design.

Grilles for laying out products consist from rods, made of the same stainless steel. When making a smokehouse yourself, they can be replaced pieces of aluminum wireAlthough it is soft, it is capable of withstanding the weight of those products that can fit into a small-sized smoke cabinet.

Photo 1. Approximate drawing of a portable smokehouse with dimensions and explanations. This design can be used both at home and outdoors.

Making a collapsible universal smokehouse: for hot and cold smoking

For hiking, it makes sense to make not only compact one- or two-tier smokehouses. You can make a universal collapsible one that is suitable for hot and cold smoking. This equipment when assembled it has impressive dimensions. And when disassembled, it is a stack of several flat metal sheets.

Materials required:

• stainless steel thickness 2 mm;
• bolts with nuts diameter 6-10 mm;
• metal rods section 2-3 mm;
• soft (knitting) wire.

To complete the work you will need: grinder, thin metal disc, drill or screwdriver, drills, pliers, tape measure, ruler, pencil.

First of all, they are determined with dimensions future smokehouse. As a reference point, you can use a bag or backpack in which you plan to carry this equipment.

The collapsible smokehouse is 4 L-shaped sheets of metal connected together with bolts.

Along two opposite walls fasten stainless steel corners. They will serve as supports for the grate, which is installed inside the smokehouse. You can make two or three tiers of gratings. Lid May be flat or with sides. You can do it in it smoke outlet hole.

Operation such a smokehouse simple. If cooking is required hot smoked, The structure is installed on the ground so that there is a fire inside it. There should be small gaps between the ground and the smokehouse for air flow.

If you wish to receive the product cold smoked, dig a trench for the chimney, cover it with suitable materials. At the beginning of the trench, arrange a hearth with smoldering shavings, at the end, install a smokehouse. The direction of the smoke is regulated with a non-flammable damper.

How to do it yourself

1. On a sheet of stainless steel using a simple pencil and a ruler draw a rectangle, the sides of which correspond to the desired dimensions long smokehouse walls. Measure 1.5-2 cm from the right line of the rectangle. and draw a parallel line. This will be the allowance for the bolts.
2. Cut out a rectangle with a grinder with a metal cutting disc (or metal scissors).
3. With a grinder make a shallow cut along the line, separating the rectangle and the allowance.
4. Bend stainless steel along the line saw cut. It should turn out to be an L-shaped canvas. They do the second is similar.
5. Draw a rectangle on a sheet of stainless steel, corresponding to the narrower wall of the smokehouse (its width). Allowance is made for the bolts.
6. Fold along the allowance line and they make the second similar one detail.
7. In the places of allowance drill holes for bolts.
8. They cut it off 4 stripes stainless steel from which they will make L-shaped supports for gratings. They do they have holes for bolts.
9. They are collecting all canvases into a single structure (a box without a bottom and a lid) using bolts and nuts.

Photo 2. A version of a camping smokehouse made of stainless steel. You can easily cook hot smoked fish in it.

Recommendations for use in nature

Portable smokehouses are installed protected from the wind places and ensure that there are no flammable materials or objects near an open fire.

Useful video

A video demonstrating how to quickly and easily assemble a folding stainless steel smokehouse.