Hi I was wondering about the dehydrators on the youtube video. We would like to build one like the last one, my question is this, I live in michigan, will this work for me? also i saw a bit of mention to it being used as a smoker. Is there a place here or where ever that has good solid info on drying meats this way? It would be along the lines as using a cold smoke house correct ?, where the smoke enters from the outside, rather than being cooked? I think these are fabulous!