Getting Started with My Smoker Project
Alright, I wanted that smoker for faster cooking in my Minecraft world. Simple enough, right? Grabbed my axe and headed straight for the nearest forest. Started chopping down some oak trees like crazy. Bam, bam, bam! Got myself a nice stack of logs.
Turning Logs into Useful Stuff
Next step: making planks. Went back to my basic crafting table, threw those logs in, and bam – oak planks everywhere. Needed way more than I thought! Used 4 planks to make the crafting table itself, obviously. Easy peasy.
Now, needed sticks. This part always feels a bit tedious. Split two planks into sticks. Grabbed a couple of those… done. Felt like ready to build.
The Hiccup with the Furnaces
Okay, total memory blank moment. Knew the smoker needed regular furnaces, but how many? Tried one first. Grabbed 8 cobblestones from my mine stash – been digging earlier, thank goodness. Made a furnace real quick:
- Opened crafting table
- Placed cobblestones filling all slots except the middle one
- Picked up my new furnace
Plonked it down near my cooking area. Then realized… wait, smokers need two furnaces? Dang it! Rushed back into the mine. Spent ages whacking stone with my pickaxe. Got enough cobblestone. Made a second furnace. Back topside.
Putting It All Together (Finally!)
Time for the actual smoker recipe. Felt kinda proud figuring this out without googling! Here’s what clicked:
- Opened the crafting table grid
- Placed one regular furnace dead center
- Put logs directly above and below that furnace (Used oak planks here ’cause that’s what I had)
- Made sure all other slots were empty
Held my breath… and yes! A smoker popped right into my inventory. Took it straight to my campfire kitchen spot and placed it down. Tested it fast – threw some raw porkchops in. Worked like magic, cooked them way quicker than the old furnace.
Biggest surprise? Those sneaky Minecraft villager butchers charge way too much for these things! Making your own? Totally worth the minor cobblestone grind.
