The diagram below describes the structure of a home smokery and how it works.

The diagram illustrates how a home smokery is operated and structured.

Overall

, the smokery comprises three parts, connected by pipes, beginning with a

chamber

through which

air

enters and ending with a

box

in which the food is smoked.

First,

air

enters an underground

chamber

. The entry of

air

is controlled by opening and closing the lid of

this

chamber

. At the base, there is a

pipe

which takes

air

from the

chamber

into a second underground

chamber

, with a lid situated at ground level.

This

contains logs, which are heated, producing

smoke

. The

pipe

at the base of

this

chamber

, allows heat and

smoke

to pass to the final stage. The process of smoking the food takes place in the third and final

box

or

chamber

, about two-thirds of which is above ground level. The

box

is an enclosed structure. Heat and

smoke

enters

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through the

pipe

at the base, passing through bricks which are placed on top of

this

inlet

pipe

. The heat and

smoke

then

rise to the top of the

box

, where the meat or fish to be smoked is suspended and smoked.