Thats what i get for trusting a lowes employee! I'm just glad it's all good now. If i can get past this dang stall i will be perfectly content lol
That mold will not eat too much of the meat, that green mold puts color in you teeth......Another thing you may or may not have been told is that Durock doesn't support mold growth, which is a good thing! Unfortunately wood does. Since you are using a heat source that gives of h2o while it burns watch out for that. A friend of mine lost his year old plywood smoker to mold. He lives Portland Oregon so it's pretty damp. Even though he stored it in his garage he couldn't keep the mold from growing. I had planned to build one for sausage but now I am re-thinking my plan. I may still do it since where I live is pretty dry. I was going to use electric so it might not be as big of an issue, dry heat and all.
Jackal, you need an air gap to stop the heat transfer to the wood..... 4" of fire brick laid on wood, the wood will still burn, given enough time...ya dont usually get lucky twice. Now i need to find a way to ensure this stops.
From the base lay a layer of firebrick edge way solid. Durock on that. You would be good to goMan this things killing me I gotta figure this out. It cooks amazing meat but it cant be catching on fire every other day lol
Im gonna line lower half in heat shield. Then durock. Then put fire brick down.
How about replacing theOk so how about this. New floor goes in. Then using metal brackets (screwed into the walls through durock) about an inch off the floor I place a steel mesh grate. On this great a sheet of durock, then the burner? The burner legs are going on now also. I'm going to need to change the wooden runners that hold my cooking grates to metal also since the flame and heat is moving closer to it. I may also line the rest of my walls in durock because now im paranoid.
How about replacing theoldslightly used wooden floor (old is not a good word here..... sorry) with the expanded steel grate with durock on top of it ???? Might need a little support in the middle, like 1 brick on end or something ??? Cement board does not have much strength....
Dave
I assume the expanded metal will only be touching wood on the edges, where it meets the walls of the smoker... It should not be warm..... It will be sitting in the air with lots of heat exchange capability..... I figure probably a 2 x 4 above the ground ??? DaveThat makes much more sense, your smarter then me lol. Do I need to worry about heat teansfer fron the steel to the bottom of the smoker where its attached? Durock gets really hot because of the burner so the steel is going to heat up. Maybe the air exposure will keep it cool enough.
In assuming there would be no wood floor just steel mesh with durock on it.... YEP