Camping smokehouse is good because it is lightweight, it is convenient to transport, in addition, it takes up little space. Food using this equipment is cooked quickly, but it turns out tasty. In a hot-smoked device, products are processed by smoke under the influence of high temperature, so the product is also baked. As a result, it is possible to obtain juicy and aromatic delicacies with smoked taste.
Portable Smokehouse
Camping smokehouse has a cylindrical or rectangular body, which is closed by a lid. The latter may have a smoke outlet. Grids, trays or hooks for fish, lard or meat are fixed inside. A fat tray is installed under the grills, otherwise it will burn out and change the quality of the smoke. If you install a pan under the grill, the fat will not fall to the bottom, the smoke will be clean, and the smoked meats will turn out more aromatic and tasty.
Portable smokehouse manufacturing technology
If you decide to make a camping smokehouse, then you need to choose the material. As it is usually used a 1.5 mm stainless steel. Such a design will be ready to serve for several years. If we compare with the case made of ferrous metals, then the latter will hardly survive the year with active use.
The size and shape of the device should be selected depending on the objectives pursued. In the campaign, a cylindrical smokehouse is convenient, which can also be used to heat the tent. Camping smokehouse can be supplemented with a gas burner, which will supply smoke to the body from the bucket. This design is great for a picnic and fishing.
Recommendations for the manufacture of smokehouses and stoves for tents
This design will be a cylinder lying on its side. The dimensions of the body must be equal to 300x450 mm. The case can be made of sheet metal or choose a finished product made of stainless steel. The lid should be tightly closed and have a hole with a plug.
Inside the body, angles are fixed that are located along the height of the cylinder. They are necessary for installing a removable pan. Sawdust is poured into the lower semicircle. On the baking sheet are products that slide into the smokehouse. The latter at the time of cooking must be put into the fire. You can also use this design to heat the tent. In this case, instead of sawdust, bonfire coals are used. The cylinder is closed by a lid, and the hole by a plug.
Using a pot or bucket
Camping fish smokehouse can be made from a pot or bucket. In this case, you will have a finished cylindrical body. An insert with a pallet and grates should be prepared for it. It usually has several tiers. The lower one will look like a pallet, and the upper tier will be represented by hooks and gratings.
The design can not be attached to the walls, but installed on the bottom, and for this the device is complemented by inserts with legs. A stainless steel bowl may be the pallet. Its diameter should be less than the inner diameter of the body by several millimeters. For the free passage of smoke, the pan should not come into contact with the walls.
The lattice frames should be made of stainless wire. By the same principle, hooks are made. Making a camping smokehouse with your own hands, the lid must be supplemented with fastening to ensure its snug fit. Holes are drilled for smoke to escape. If such a smokehouse is planned to be used in an apartment, then it is important to ensure the exit of smoke outside. A tube or a powerful hood, one of which is inserted into the hole in the lid, is perfect for this.
Cold smoked smokehouse option
Smokehouse in the field can become an indispensable assistant. To do this, prepare stakes, a piece of polyethylene and rods. Stakes can be replaced with a bar, which will be used to make the frame. Hook rods will be needed for hanging products.
The main convenience of such a smokehouse is the ability to transport the necessary tools and materials for the manufacture of equipment in the trunk of a car. The chimney pipe can be replaced with any suitable alternative.
If you are going to make a cold smoked camping smokehouse, you need to find a site with a slope of 60 °. He is covered with tarpaulin and branches, and then covered with turf. It will be an impromptu trumpet. Then in the upper part it is necessary to install a frame made of timber and stakes, which are wrapped with polyethylene. A rack with hooks or rods is installed inside. Then it remains only to make a fire under the smokehouse, so that the smoke begins to flow inside.
Using a barrel for cold smoked equipment
If you decide to make a smokehouse from a barrel, then you will also need a metal mesh. A grill, bolts, spade and burlap should be prepared. For the furnace, dig a hole, put a tin sheet on the bottom, which is necessary for uniform smoldering of chips or sawdust.
After completing the preparatory phase, you can do the chimney device. It will be a trench, the width of which is 25 cm. The length can reach 7 m. For tightness, the surface is covered with non-combustible material, a slate that is covered with soil is perfect for this.
After that you can do smoke chamber. It is made of a metal barrel, from which the bottom is separated. From below the metal grid is strengthened. To filter the soot, burlap is spread on it. At the bottom of the barrel, a grill is fixed on which the filter is placed. Another grate is located in the upper part of the barrel with an indent of 20 cm from the edge. This is where the products will be laid.
Conclusion
Hot smoked camping smokehouses are great for fishing and relaxing out of town. You can make a design according to one of the above technologies. Sometimes the smokehouse is even supplemented with barbecue. In this case, the case will be represented by a stainless steel box. The approximate dimensions of the structure in this case are 600x400x500 mm. The optimal barbecue depth is 200 mm.