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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Couple purposes for the hood. When I looked at the county regulations, they state that if an open fire grill has combustible materials above, a hood is required. Secondly, it will gather smoke and most of the rising heat. I'm hoping this will keep the discoloring of the Alaskan Yellow Cedar...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Here we go, a slightly over-engineered, Santa-Maria style inspired grill. The cooking surface is 22" x 33". The grate is in two pieces, held in place by little welded tabs on the inside of the frame. Will be easy to pop them out for cleaning and replace entirely with different kind. I'm already...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    This was interesting, and challenging at the same time. I started calculating bend angles on a flat sheet, trying to count in all the relevant features. Then checking it over three times before I started cutting. You can kind of see the chalk lines marked for the 2" face edges. I rolled over...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    I finally came together with a plan, sort of, for the grill section. Starting with raised sections on both sides to support firebricks one more round, just matching the back wall. Then adding a layer of bricks in tight fashion. I need to get a new diamond blade for the skillsaw, these suckers...
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    Fire box insulation

    You don't want ceramic wool to spread into your cooking chamber, ever. Fibers of ceramic wool should be treated the same as asbestos, always wear respirator when handling, cutting, etc. I would rather pour in a layer of refractory cement for thermal isolation. You can find many brands from the...
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    250 Gallon Smoke Stack

    My local Tractor Supply had 6" and 8" in store for decent price. Check out their website.
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Thank you for the compliments. It's been close to two years of building and now after 10 hours of cooking, this is the result of highly scientific test. In short, ended being maybe the best Christmas dinner ever.
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Last weekend I did 3 curing fires for the firebricks, mortar and the paint. First one brought the cooking chamber to below 300F, next one around 450F and then third well over 500F something. No cracks anywhere so I think it is sound to operate. This morning I started small fire and been...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Does anybody else feel like this summer went by far too quickly? My chore list sure hasn't gotten any shorter lately. But back to the task at hand. To give you an idea of the door constructions, they are near identical. First I made an inside rectangle from 1"x1" square tubing, welded that onto...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    I took my time with the painting, applied 2 layers of high-heat enamel on all sides. Then yesterday we rigged it up and hoisted onto the platform for a dry fit. I still need to attach the gasket underneath before final seating. Work on the doors continues.
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    And then all cleaned off the weld spatter, sanded with a flapdisk and primed. I left the seams proud on purpose, not to weaken them and it is an accent to the look. The eye-hooks thread into the nuts I had welded onto the skeleton structure. Once I lift the whole thing in its place, I'll replace...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Finished putting together the floor and the roof. Made a 6" smoke stack starter section first, then attached 4 'legs' which welded to the sides and then superficial rods to help welding the 4 roof sections. Those rods have really no other purpose but to soak some heat off the welding process so...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Netspyder, I considered that but then opted using ceramic wool as a lining.
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    What's better than a smoker? Smoker with a rotisserie of course! And not permanently fixed in place, so that it can be removed when off chance you want to smoke something big, or two big things. This is the design I came up with for easy on - off and cleaning up as few parts as possible. These...
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    Backyard cooking area and smoker build.

    Little update here, I finished the fire chamber for the smoker, now I need to source a hefty piece of metal for the door. Well sort of, couple of the seams need little touch-up and brushing to clean everything up. I've spent all spare time over-engineering the actual smoker box, I'll post pics...
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