Smokehouse
Burns sparkpowder at low temperatures to dehydrate food and kill bacteria. Keeps perishables from spoiling for a longer time.
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 5 ingredients
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 35
- Engram points
- 9
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 1 map
Video guides: search YouTube for Smokehouse guides
How to craft Smokehouse (Primitive Plus)
Smokehouse (Primitive Plus) is crafted from 5 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 35, costs 9 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 15 XP.
Smokehouse — Detailed Guide
A food-preserving structure from Primitive Plus
The Smokehouse is a placeable structure from the Primitive Plus DLC of ARK: Survival Evolved. Its in-game text explains that it burns sparkpowder at a low heat to dry out food and kill bacteria, which keeps perishables fresh for longer. The ARK Wiki puts the extension of spoil timers inside it at 15x.
Jerky and salted meat
The wiki also lists the Smokehouse for making Jerky, with a caution: on Primitive Plus, Organic Oil is the only oil that works there. Salt or Crude Oil together with sparkpowder is another option, giving Salted Jerky from regular 
Cooked Meat or Salted Prime Jerky from 
Cooked Prime Meat.
Engram and recipe
The engram unlocks at level 35 for 9 engram points. One Smokehouse takes:
Fiber
Wood
ThatchCrafting takes 5 seconds and gives 15 XP. Each Smokehouse weighs 4 and up to 100 fit in one stack, so a full stack weighs 400.
How it holds up to damage
The ARK Wiki notes that the game handles it as a thatch structure: anything can damage it except ranged attacks that do not explode.