Oh the smoker! My old one was just a plywood box about 5’ high and 2’ wide. A hotplate under a false floor with holes in it. I only cold smoked in that. Lots of good bacon and ham out of it. The one I’m building now will be for both hot and cold.
Lets have some balance. There is more that the bible says about preparedness
Proverbs 6:6 –11 (NLT)
“6:6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! 6:7 Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, 6:8 they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. 6:9 But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? 6:10 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—6:11 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.”
Proverbs 21:20
“The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.”
1 Timothy 5:8 (NIV)
“If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
Proverbs 27:12
“A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”
Heh... Burned down my last teepee smoker about a year ago - This one is going to be all masonry hot/cold, w/ honest steel racks, and with an attached barbeque grill too... Messing with rocket-stove stuff right now, and will probably incorporate that idea into it some - I like fresh bread, and it is too hot to bake in the summer, so I will wind up with pretty much a whole exterior kitchen - oven and all... It is going to be a humdinger of a project. Hoping to get it done before snow. Once it is in, I doubt I will cook inside much at all.