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    New Doors & Top for Old Brick Smoker

    Thanks for the compliment Jim. Yeah, my little projects always take much longer than anticipated. I'm really glad I don't ever keep track of how long I spend doing these things - if I did I'm sure I would never do another! Spent some time with a few guests New Years Eve while doing my first...
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    Smoker Chimney made of Water Heater Vent Pipe

    Thanks Cranky. I rather thought so. And this one is made of steel - thin, but steel - stainless on the outside and galvanized on the inside.
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    Smoker Chimney made of Water Heater Vent Pipe

    I have a masonry offset wood burning smoker. I recently upgraded it (new doors, top and chimney) with a new chimney made of double-walled water heater vent pipe. I was just reading through some old posts on wood burning techniques and ran across this:  "The suggestion to stop using the water...
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    New Doors & Top for Old Brick Smoker

    Thank you very much Wes W.  I must say that your little rig has some very good looks also!
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    Firebox Door Vent Theory

    Thanks Trucknchuck, Gary S and DaveOmak. I smoked some salmon yesterday and experimented with the vents - trying to see how the two worked for controlling temperature. I think that I can see how the upper one has an effect and allows you to keep the bottom vent open as little as practical to...
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    Firebox Door Vent Theory

    DaveOmak has posted a lot of info on this, but I haven't found any direct answers to my questions. Digging through old threads on this subject I found info like (I'm paraphrasing): "before I installed an upper vent on my firebox, I had to open the FB door when I added any wood to a fire...
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    Firebox Door Vent Theory

    I just built a new firebox door for my masonry offset smoker. I put a large vent low on the door for air to flow under the wood grate and another smaller vent up higher..... because I think that's a good thing. But I have to admit, I don't really understand exactly the function of the vents and...
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    LIFE SPAN OF A BRICK SMOKER

    Wow, now I'm really confused! Your drawing is good - I think I can see what you are doing. Is the arched top area going to be part of the cooking chamber? That was my assumption - but after looking at your drawing, it appears that it will not be part of the cooking chamber. Is that correct? So...
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    LIFE SPAN OF A BRICK SMOKER

    "As far as my arched top goes, the front face will be bricked or make a custom cement insert to mortar in." Ohhhh, okay, so you'll perhaps have a square or rectangular door set in the bricked front face? Steel? "The back side I am hoping to have a 8x8 square horizontal flue with a hinged door...
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    LIFE SPAN OF A BRICK SMOKER

    Thanks for the compliment Jim. I also contemplated building my newly-expanded top from brick. Other than the fact that I have a reasonably well equipped wood shop, it seemed pretty much equally good to go either way with it. I do wonder how well the laminated wood will hold up over time. I see...
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    New Doors & Top for Old Brick Smoker

    Thanks. Sorry for my ignorance, but what does "Q" mean? Is that simply short for BBQ?  
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    Questions on Tuning Plate height

    I was hoping to read some good responses to your question. I am installing tuning plates in my offset smoker also. Left unguided, I will be installing them just an inch or so above the level of the top of the opening between the firebox and the cooking chamber.
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    Brick Smoker Upgrading

    I posted a bunch of pictures of my upgrades about 95% done.  "New Doors and Top on an Old Brick Smoker"
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    LIFE SPAN OF A BRICK SMOKER

    FWIW, I built my brick smoker almost 20 years ago and 95% is pretty much like new. The brick top over the side firebox is cracked and I really  need to redo it - will probably go with a steel plate this time rather than masonry. But other that that, it is fine. Now I do live in Central Florida...
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    New Doors & Top for Old Brick Smoker

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    New Doors & Top for Old Brick Smoker

    I'm about 95% finished putting new doors and a top on my 20 year old brick smoker. When I originally built it I didn't know what I wanted to do for doors, so I just made some quick ones out of wood and used a chimney clean-out door for the firebox door. It worked, but everything leaked air like...
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