the downhome homemade smokers i've seen have been constructed of a trash can in the ground, with a smoke hole out the top with 6 inch pipe run horizontally to the bottom of an old refrigerator set on a terrance.
a hole in the bottom of fridge admits the pipe from the trash can, and a damper and exhaust in top of fridge allows airflow to emit. shelves in the old fridge are handy for holding the smoked meat.
not the prettiest sight imaginable, but practical. kinda like something in Mother Earth News way back yonder.
The first time I saw one of those was about 35yrs ago when I visited an old buddy in Iowa. They were smoking sturgeon on one just like that. That was my fist time to see those ugly and good tasting fish. The smoker worked great. Had just about fogotten Mother Earth News, thank for reminding me.
