Hello everyone.
I live in saudi arabia and don't have a lot of options for smokers to pick from.
I'm currently using a "not so great" offset barrel smoker. And was thinking of either a custom build from a gas tank or a brick smoker.
So i've been trying to educate myself on builds, what i found is that vertical brick smokers have their fire right under the smoking box, while similar metal ones have their firboxes next to it. Not sure why is that, the build that came to mind was the "next to" one, but felt like i was missing a vital info as to why most out there just have the fire under it.
So my question is, why don't they just build the firebox next to it to avoid direct heat and have more space in the smoker without having it built high?
Thanks in advance
I live in saudi arabia and don't have a lot of options for smokers to pick from.
I'm currently using a "not so great" offset barrel smoker. And was thinking of either a custom build from a gas tank or a brick smoker.
So i've been trying to educate myself on builds, what i found is that vertical brick smokers have their fire right under the smoking box, while similar metal ones have their firboxes next to it. Not sure why is that, the build that came to mind was the "next to" one, but felt like i was missing a vital info as to why most out there just have the fire under it.
So my question is, why don't they just build the firebox next to it to avoid direct heat and have more space in the smoker without having it built high?
Thanks in advance