homemade food smoker

[aneray]

I am in the process of making a food smoker out of a galvanised steel bin and i am looking to but a 17 inch diameter round cooking rack / grate. Have any of you good people any ideas where i could buy one at a good price. thankyou

[alavahalf]

What about watching out for an old barbecue rack...last years b.b.q's are ten a penny....or
If you can make a smoker, I'm sure you can fashion a rack/grate from an old cooker shelf.

Mines a smoked trout for than snippet..!

[joesdaddy]

Are you making a cold smoker or hot , Ive been thinking of making a cold smoker . I think like alavahalf a old kettle bbq rack would do the job.

[aneray]

Thanks for the reply alavhalf, for some reason down here in Cornwall you can't find the bloody things anywhere. There again i'm nearly there with a soil sieve from B & Q .

Joesdaddy, thanks for your reply. I have looked into making a coldsmoker. Looking at different sites it looks like you will need an origional heat source chamber, some sort of ducting to carry and cool the smoke, and a seperate chamber to smoke your intentions.