Recent content by jon mc

I have not made any updates to this thread for a long time - sorry. I travel a lot for work. At the end of last fall I completed the smoke box, and then just after the first of the year I decided that between my travel schedule and the fact that I am merely an amateur mason, that I should hire...

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Hey all, Sorry about no updates for a while... other projects on going at the same time. I've completed all of my block work at this time -- over 300 partition block used. I've also figured out that I am clearly not a great mason. I'm going to install the fire brick in the smoke box and the wood...

Adam, what sort of pizza oven kit did you buy for this project? I am in the middle of my own build, and had planned on home-building everything, but the kit really looks nice, and it is surely a lot faster to deal with. Thanks!

Update pics from this weekend's efforts

Here are a few more recent photos. It's slow going, I can only seem to work on it about a day every other weekend.  Jon Mc

@jeffbm, or anyone who might know, Jeff, since you are a professional mason, I have a question that I am hoping you can answer. I'm building a masonry smoker (see my recent post), and I am about to lay in all of my firebrick, and I have seen a lot of people recommend leaving a bit of room...

Hi all,  So I started my masonry build earlier this summer, using a lot of information that I gleaned from this website as well as many others. I did the design myself, and overall it will include a vertical offset smoker, a wood-fired grill, and a domed pizza oven. I have about 3,000 brick...

Steve, I looked very closely at your design - it looks great! I patterned several of my design features from your work - I will, once complete, have a large smoker, wood-fire grill, and domed pizza oven all in the same build. I'll post my design and progress photos in a separate thread. Thanks...

Thanks very much, this is helpful. I am also an engineer, so I tend to be pretty detail-oriented. I did a dry-set layout this past weekend, and I am ready to start laying block and brick this weekend, so your reply is timely. Good luck! JM

Hi all,  I'm working on my design and procuring materials for an all-masonry offset smoker, and I'm wondering about a couple of things, hoping someone can give me some advice. My plans are currently to use 4" thick CMU blocks for the internal structural walls with a brick veneer on the outside...

Hi folks,  Apologies if this is a re-post, my first one didn't seem to take.  I'm new to this site, but not new to smoking, I'm in Huntsville, Alabama, and I am getting ready to start a build on a masonry smoker. I'm about 1/2 done with the design and I am looking for tips to save me trouble...