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Last night I built the folding shelf. I'm not so sure I like it. I used treated wood and it's still kinda wet feeling from the store so when it dried out I was going to stain or seal it. Now that it's there it seems to take away from the smoker. Good thing I tried it now because I'm thinking of...
I may have missed it, but if your running 5-10 lumps of coal and a chunk of wood, what's the height from the coals to the baffles, first rack, and preferred rack? I'm sure that affects the temps some. I started a thread last night on one I started on Monday.
From Wes' posts I see I will need to add some sort of baffle to block some of the direct heat and make the air flow. Also thinking of switching the top to a step chimney, or at least partially stepped.
Added a couple courses of brick and installed hinges for a folding shelf for plates and tools. I bent one side of the hinges at a 90 and filled the hole in the brick with mortar and inserted the bend into the mortar, then laid the next course as usual. The shelf will have a kickstand that rests...
Making a little progress and dry fitting some regular brick to see how the grill will fit. I think with the 1-1/4" fire brick the grill should work out nicely.
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