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Thanks. We have a design in mind that should catch most of the grease in the water tray and a tray beneath the burners for the rest. On the burners, I used oven parts to allow for safety and automatic temp control. Are there good alternatives if I used a burner like those shown at Tejassmoker ?

Thanks for the link. Looks interesting

Using natural gas. The building it sits in is pretty much a shed, with large open doors to the outside. Combustion air is drawn from inside the shed, but pretty much same as outside. I can get the unit to 275 or so, but that is with the exhaust duct closed down. Will try today with the duct...

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Thank Kmmamm. I will open 'er up next firing. Attached are some photos of the unit. Any ideas on how to best capture the grease dripping down the unit without impeding the heat and smoke?

I just finished a pretty large direct vertical smoker build -- my first. 84" tall X 32" deep X 21" wide. Plate steel with 7 racks made of scrap stainless expanded metal type material. 6" variable air inlet and 6" smokestack with damper at top of unit. I used two oven gas valves and burners...