Electric range to smoker?

[Woodsman]

Has anyone converted an old electric range to a smoker?
My old range just went t*ts-up and I was thinking with it's all metal construction I could turn it into a a smoker for little money.
The storage drawer in the bottom with a little shielding will make a good fire box.
Some holes cut into the bottom of he oven will let smoke & heat into the oven area & one burner already has a vent to let smoke out.
Built in racks & door already.
Years ago old refrigerators worked great but with all the plastics they have used for many years their out.
What do you think?

Best wishes: Rick

[WildOutdoorAddict]

You could probably get it to work out ok, but it may get to hot to cold smoke stuff with the fire right at the bottom in the drawer. Maybe an electric hotplate or something like that would work too.

[Woodsman]

I figured i could let the small fire bed burn down to coals before moving the drawer underneath oven cavity.

[MookieB]

I would just put a hot plate in the drawer underneath, would be easy to regulate. I made mine out of a commercial convection oven, same idea built in racks built for heat it works great. I can smoke about 30 pounds of meat at a time maybe a little more. Good luck. MookieB