While things were slower over the Christmas break I have scoped out a few fishing related projects and venues for the coming year. One of those projects for the summer is how to build a wine barrel smoker to hot and cold smoke fish, meat and cheese. Using a 225 L (59 gallon) wine barrel produces a beautiful smoker with plenty of space for smoking either on racks or hanging from hooks. A typical 225 L wine barrel has the following dimensions:
Body diameter 69cm/27.16”
Head diameter 56cm/22”
Stave length 95cm/37.40”
Stave thickness 27/31
Metal hoops 6 or 8 pieces 40/1.57”-40/1.57”-50/2.16”
Weight 50kg/110lb
Below are the best of the YouTube videos showing you how to go about it with various features and designs. I have sourced all of the components in the UK and reckon it will cost about £300 in components to build depending on the level of finish and finishing touches that you go for. I will post more information on the building thereof when I have a go later in the year.
Tight Lines
Greg
| Components | Cost (£) |
| Wine barrel (225 L) | 45 |
| Smoker exhaust | 25 |
| Lid hinge | 3 |
| Chains for lid | 4 |
| Handle 150 mm x 3 | 11 |
| Hinges for side door | 4 |
| Barrell bolt for side door | 3 |
| Temperature gauge | 13 |
| Damper vent for intake | 20 |
| Casters to move the smoker | 8 |
| Round grill with handles (54.5 cm) | 24 |
| Round grill with no handles (54.5 cm) | 20 |
| Catch pan (50 cm) | 20 |
| L brackets 15 cm | 13 |
| L brackets 10 cm x 2 | 9 |
| Coals pan | 15 |
| Fire bricks | 10 |
| Smoke generator | 12 |
| Bottle opener | 6 |
| Hooks for tongs etc. | 10 |
| Danish oil (1 L) | 10 |
| Sundry (drill bits, screws, sandpaper, etc.) | 25 |
| Total | 310 |
