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If you don't want to build your own, the green egg is a really solid ceramic smoker/oven. expensive but the results are consistently good.

sgarman 11y ago
It's actually in the background of the last photo. Looks like they were comparing to the competition.
thrownaway2424 11y ago
Strangely the article doesn't mention it, even though there's one in the photo.
- gnoway 11y ago
  http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/really-try-the-brisket/ http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/really-try-the... does.
learc83 11y ago
You can build a really cheap smoker out of a ceramic flower pot. I built one after I saw Alton Brown talking about it. Mine is almost exactly like this one, except that I replaced the top pot with a ceramic lid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAydLWYGoJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAydLWYGoJA I've been thinking about building a PID controller for it (I already have the equipment from a project I did for an embedded systems lab in college), but I'm worried I'll end up eating way too much barbecue.
- jqm 11y ago
  I've built a couple of smokers out of cardboard boxes and they were fantastic. I got a large box (like refrigerator might come in), cut the bottom out and cut a door leaving one side for the hinge. I then used a pencil to poke some hole and ran dowels through the box horizontally to put the racks on. An electric hotplate and a cast iron skillet full of apple wood chips provides the smoke. I put it on the concrete and put the box over the top of it. I put a meat thermometer in the top of the box. Warning: the first time I did this, the concrete under the box was also smoked and I had a large black square on my patio. Cover the concrete with tinfoil to avoid this. This method produces a lot of smoke and not much heat. I've done salmon and a couple of turkeys like this. I let them smoke for 4 or 5 hours, then finish them off in the oven. Rave reviews on the turkey at thanksgiving. The whole thing cost like $10 to make (I already had the hotplate).
bobf 11y ago
The cheaper kamado-style/big green egg clones are pretty good these days. I recently picked up a Kamado Kooker with stand for ~$300 vs. >$1000 for the similar size Big Green Egg and stand, and have been quite happy with it.

sgarman 11y ago

It's actually in the background of the last photo. Looks like they were comparing to the competition.

thrownaway2424 11y ago

Strangely the article doesn't mention it, even though there's one in the photo.

gnoway 11y ago
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/really-try-the-brisket/ http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/really-try-the... does.

learc83 11y ago

You can build a really cheap smoker out of a ceramic flower pot. I built one after I saw Alton Brown talking about it. Mine is almost exactly like this one, except that I replaced the top pot with a ceramic lid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAydLWYGoJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAydLWYGoJA I've been thinking about building a PID controller for it (I already have the equipment from a project I did for an embedded systems lab in college), but I'm worried I'll end up eating way too much barbecue.

jqm 11y ago
I've built a couple of smokers out of cardboard boxes and they were fantastic. I got a large box (like refrigerator might come in), cut the bottom out and cut a door leaving one side for the hinge. I then used a pencil to poke some hole and ran dowels through the box horizontally to put the racks on. An electric hotplate and a cast iron skillet full of apple wood chips provides the smoke. I put it on the concrete and put the box over the top of it. I put a meat thermometer in the top of the box. Warning: the first time I did this, the concrete under the box was also smoked and I had a large black square on my patio. Cover the concrete with tinfoil to avoid this. This method produces a lot of smoke and not much heat. I've done salmon and a couple of turkeys like this. I let them smoke for 4 or 5 hours, then finish them off in the oven. Rave reviews on the turkey at thanksgiving. The whole thing cost like $10 to make (I already had the hotplate).

bobf 11y ago

The cheaper kamado-style/big green egg clones are pretty good these days. I recently picked up a Kamado Kooker with stand for ~$300 vs. >$1000 for the similar size Big Green Egg and stand, and have been quite happy with it.