- Sep 15, 2019
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Do you really need a fire box a third the size of the cooking chamber? I have built a 30 x 30 x 30 inch double wall firebox for my current trailer smoker. I plan on building a bigger 36 x 50 x 111 inch cooking chamber with double wall 10ga and 2 inches of insulation. This will be a horizontal smoker with tuning plates along with 4 48x48 inch pull out shelves. I use 24 inch split logs in it currently. Is there some point you do not need to follow the normal rule of the fire box being a third the size of the cooking chamber? I mean 6 18-24 inch x 8+ inch diameter logs is a really big fire. Any help from someone who has experience with building big smokers would be greatly appreciated.