DIY $50 Concrete Kamado Smoker

The Big Green Egg costs over $1,000. You can build this Concrete Kamado Smoker for $50 in Five minutes with NO Tools! It works incredibly well. See results above.

Please click on the video, above, to see the complete build and smoke, or read the step-by-steps below.

Parts:

4 Standard concrete blocks

15 half concrete blocks

can of black spray paint

meat thermometer

10"x14" tile

11"x16" grate

24"x24" plywood

Paint the wood black for style and weatherproofing.

Build as follows: (Each line of instruction matches one picture above.)

- 3 big blocks for bottom

- 1 big block in front and 3 half blocks form the second layer. Sides are two half blocks stacked.

- 4 bricks in corners

- tile centered on bricks

- 4 more half blocks

- grate

4 more half blocks

2 half blocks on very front and wood on top.

I promised no tool, so you can simply slide your thermometer in the front edge and it will work fine.

If you can get your hands on a drill and a 1/8th inch bit, drill a hole in the wood and stick it in.

This is not a instructable on how to smoke, but here are the basic steps:

- Pour about 50 charcoal briquettes in the bottom of the smoker and light them.

- Put in the ceramic plate, the grate and the meat.

- Use front half-block and tipped up lid to adjust air flow to achieve 225 degrees.

- Smoke for roughly 1 hour per pound of meat. Wrap meat in foil at about halfway through.

- Check every 30 minutes, toward the end, and take meat out when it falls apart with the touch of a fork.