Out Door Smokers - How'z the cold treatin yah?

[Blueface]

It sure sucks tonight.

Just checked.

Was wondering why it felt so nippy as I sat in my patio smoking away.

It is currently a chilly 73 in South Florida.

I can't wait for the summer to come around.

[Boomer]

-3 degrees F. -28 degree wind chill. I think I'll wait until a nice warm B&M opens tomorrow to decide what I will partake. Cold! Damn Cold!

[mzade]

one word "Chiminea"...

an outdoor smokers best friend. You could get a tan from the heat those things give off.

[Sagellih]

'Nuff said

[CohibaChick]

Gah, even with our outdoor smoke hut on the balcony, it's way to damn cold to sit out right now! It's -20 with the wind chill..... brrrrrrrrrrrrr! But we were out 2 nights ago so can't complain too much considering we are in Canada!

[CohibaMan]

Well the gf and I didn't want to have to make an igloo to smoke out in so I decided to make us a little herf hut on our balcony. I am by no means an professional carpenter. I also had to cut some corners and take a bit of a creative licence, if you may, because it is an apartment building.

The hut is 10ftx5ftx8ft. The frame is made from 2x4's of 8 and 10ft lengths. Being in an apartment building there was the difficultly of getting building supplies up to the apartment and then to the balcony. I ended up not doing the entire balcony as the price would have been significantly higher as the balcony is 21ft long. Also the structure had to be temporary and inexpensive as possible since it would be coming down in the spring. I ended up being somewhat creative and used heavy blankets for the inner and outer walls which all have an air barrier instead of insulation in between. I would have perferred drywall and actual insulation but circumstances dictated otherwise. I installed an exhaut fan in the ceiling to vent the smoke as the room isn't that big and we didn't want it seeping back into the apartment. For heating we use the heater you can see on the floor in the pictures. A bonus I had not counted on was the exhaut fan from the kitchen venting into the air barrier between the sheets. I built overtop of the kitchen exhaut vent since we never use it and didn't think much of it. (The exhaust from the herf hut fan has an exterior vent). Once it was all done I realized that by turning on the kitchen exhaut it would actually heat up the hut somewhat since it's verting directly into the air space between the interior and exterior walls. I did have to modify the exhaut hut's exhaut fan a bit: wiring in a pull chain and hooking up a three prong cord to it since it could not be wired directly into the apartment. The big window to the side has an exterior layer of thick plastic with an interior layer of thinner plastic. I ended up having to run two extension cords out to the hut as the heater drew too much power to be on the same circut as everything else. Once that was all done I hooked up a mini-fridge, tv, dvd player, cable, couple chairs, ash tray and a blanket. Even now in these chilly days the heater keeps the hut fairly warm but the exhaut fan does suck heat out along with the smoke so it can get a little chilly in there after a few hours for smoking, but never freezing. So all in all we are happy, though if I did it agian I probably would add some insulation. Keeps the gars going without us freezing.

Hopefully I made some sense here and my hut passes approval.

[CohibaMan]

And three more pictures of the hut!

[scarecrow0104]

Originally Posted by CohibaMan

And three more pictures of the hut!

WoW! That beats sitting out in a cold pickup any day.

[thebiglebowski]

Originally Posted by craigblitz

Looking at the Therm and it 2.5 F with a windchill of -15/-20...Ugghh

The Steelers are fine.. Played their second worst game of the season.. Kind of like you guys vs the Texans... The Texans?!? Anyway act like you have been there before... Oh wait... You can't... J/K Just having some fun... I like Fisher a lot and glad to see you guys do well.. Hope we get to play again in a couple of weeks.

i'm actually a transplanted bears fan, blitz. lendale and bullock's thing with the terrible towel was bush league, i agree. it is nice, however, to see the titans finally get some measure of respect this year. fisher doesn't get near enough credit for what he's done.

[exploretheozarks]

5 degrees last night... luckily the wife enjoys the smell of a cigar, and lets me smoke inside; next to the fireplace of course. The crackling fire and a seasonal beer make the cigar that much more enjoyable!

[FriendlyFire]

Ahhhh, just thinking of it makes me feel hot.

Originally Posted by exploretheozarks

5 degrees last night... luckily the wife enjoys the smell of a cigar, and lets me smoke inside; next to the fireplace of course. The crackling fire and a seasonal beer make the cigar that much more enjoyable!

[FriendlyFire]

It's in the teeens here in NYC.
I got a bad cold from siting near the window in my man cave with the fan pulling the air out. I think last week I smoked the most Cigar's I ever smoked in one week. At least 5.

[bsief]

I live near Detroit Mich. it is currently 8 f with a wind chill of -16

i'm heading toward my garage to fire up mt heater and lite up a

a 601 to which I have not tried yet

[FriendlyFire]

Good for you, and enjoy that stick.

Originally Posted by bsief

I live near Detroit Mich. it is currently 8 f with a wind chill of -16

i'm heading toward my garage to fire up mt heater and lite up a

a 601 to which I have not tried yet

[FriendlyFire]

And what do you say to this?

Today Sunday : in NYC

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