Stick burner in the shop

[Joetee]

Hey all. I have a 30x40' steel building with like 12' walls.
I've decided to build me a man cave inside on one of the walls.
I want to use my offset smoker in there.
Now my question.
I'm looking for ideas on limiting the amount of smoke in the building so I can breath. LOL 😂
Any ideas?
I know I can't extend the chimney because it would change the airflow of the pit.

[Jerod Broussard]

There is a "pants leg" vent that I've seen used on an Old Hickory smoker on a trailer. It doesn't draw from the smoker and cause the airflow to change, it just collects the smoke coming from the exhaust.

[Old Glory]

commercial stove vent?

[Dan Deter]

Can you extend a lean-to style roof off the building and put the smoker there, out of weather, under shelter, right outside the door, but outside of the building proper?

[Steve R.]

Is there not a way you could just roll it outside when you want to use it, and then store it in the building the rest of the time?

[rickgregory]

Hey all. I have a 30x40' steel building with like 12' walls.
I've decided to build me a man cave inside on one of the walls.
I want to use my offset smoker in there.
Now my question.
I'm looking for ideas on limiting the amount of smoke in the building so I can breath. LOL 😂
Any ideas?
I know I can't extend the chimney because it would change the airflow of the pit.

Oh HELL NO. Not unless you'd like to gracefully die of CO poisoning.

[Huskee]

As lazy as I am I'd probably just drag it toward the open door during cooks and mount a fan on the wall to blow the smoke toward outside. Then if that didn't work I'd be forced to do what you're doing and look into doing it right by venting it.

[ofelles]

Call Chris at LSG and see if he has any recommendations.

[JakeT]

I've often dreamt of the same for my shop. If a safe solution exists, I'd be interested as well!

[Ahumadora]

Use a large hood that extends over the smoker and put the stack near the other stack/outside vent.
When you open the doors it will flood the place out with smoke, so hood needs to be a lot larger than the pit. Maybe try to find an old restaurant hood on craigslist.

[Loren]

I really don't see a safe way to do smoke from a stick burner while inside without some serious ventilation going on...

The other thing I wanted to add is that when you're doing those cold season smokes you'll have in your immediate proximity a giant hunk of metal at 225 degrees plus a firebox with a fire in it; you might find that a wind block and a roof (gotta stay dry 😎) is all you need to stay comfortable while having sufficient ventilation.

[Greygoose]

A nice welding exhaust fan above the stack

[Red Man]

Please do not do this without proper, fan powered ventilation!!!!! If you do use proper ventilation, you’ll draw in cold outside air and won’t be warm anyways. Just do it outside in a covered area. Running a stick burner indoors has an excellent chance of killing you.