The worth knowing links are good.
http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html#contents
http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html#contents
[FONT=Times New Roman,Georgia,Times] If one butchers only once a year it is not necessary to build an expensive smokehouse, for almost as good results can be obtained from a device such as that shown. It is made by taking both ends out of a barrel and mounting it upon a box or above a fireplace in the ground. The meat to be smoked is hung from the sticks laid across the top of the barrel, the fire built underneath and the lid put on.[/FONT]