Appendix 2
HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE DRUM SMOKER

Construction

Materials needed:	1 55 gallon oil drum
	2 iron rods about 50 cm long
	a hessian bag, pandanus mat or plywood board to cover the top
	Some lengths of galvanised steel rod (2–3 mm diameter) for tenter rods.

Knock out top and bottom of the oil drum (with a hammer and chisel), keep one of them.
Make a square hole (the fire opening), around 30 cm by 30 cm in the side of the drum at one of the ends, keep the panel you removed, it will serve as an air inlet control for the fire.
Drill 4 holes (the diameter of the iron rods) in the side of the drum, above the fire opening.
Introduce the two rods through these holes parallel to each other. This will be the support for the smoke divider. The ends sticking out can be used to lift and carry the smoker.
Drill as many holes as possible in the spare top (or bottom) of the drum which you kept, this will become the smoke divider.
Put the smoke divider on its supports.
If the drum is new, make a huge fire inside in order to burn all remaining oil and paint inside, remove the ashes when finished.
With a bag or mat on top of it, you can now smoke any kind of product.
You can hang the fish you want to smoke on rods in the smoker, or construct trays (grills) from thin metal rods and chicken wire to hang inside.
You can build supports for your tenter rods by cutting two iron bars to fit inside the smoker and hanging them inside with 4 hooks made of galvanised wire.

Use

you can control the temperature inside the drum:
- by making more or less fire inside;
- by closing or opening the top of the drum with the cover;
- by enhancing or reducing the airflow through the drum.
you can control the airflow:
- By putting or removing the bag on top;
- By closing the fire opening in front more or less with the leftover panel;
- by lifting the smoker off the ground and resting it on stones.

Happy smoking !