This simple smokehouse was designed and constructed by personnel of the Pascagocia Technological Laboratory of the US Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. The fire box is a 55 gallon drum with removable clamp-on lid, and a door cut out near the bottom for feeding wood. A stovepipe runs from the drum to the smokehouse, and a baffle is placed over the stovepipe opening to disperse the smoke inside the house. Exhaust holes in the sides, back and front near the top allow the smoke to escape.
Wood sealer is applied to the outside to prevent warping, and removable trays slide on wood runners.
Hooks on slender poles can also be be used to hang fish inside the smokehouse for smoking if trays are not available.