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So, we screwed 2”x4” onto the concrete block wall as a ledger. Then we cut 3/4” plywood and set it on the 2”x4” ledger and screwed it down. We propped up the other side on the plywood with 2”x and 4”x4”. Then we placed plastic landscape edging on the plywood and screwed it in place from the...

That’s the wet grinder on the grill. It’s at about 110 in the sun. Lol

Sorry. It should read “fiberglass insulation”. Fat fingers + autocorrect.

Pardon the mess.

Brian, if you tell me what details you are interested in, I would be happy to provide them.

And here is the final product. It just took me three years, but it works great thanks for all of your input.

I finished the brickwork the first week of April. I put the cladding around the oven brickwork two weeks later. I then started firing it around the end of April, starting with a small newspaper fire, then a small twig fire a few days later, and every few days after that a progressively larger...

Oven (covered for now to keep the rain off)

Smoker

Grill

I polished the concrete counter with a wet grinder, then applied epoxy for the finish. I still have to apply the final coat of stucco (acrylic to keep the oven from soaking up water), apply the stone veneer to the concrete block walls, and extend the patio to the edge of the reveal. I had steel...

We poured a concrete counter. We glued fiberglass I dilation to the edge of the form to give a textured edge. Once we pulled the forms, we brushed the insulation off with wire brushes, and what little did not come off, we burned off with a torch.

Here we are staring the cooking chamber for the smoker. I lucked out. My cousin married a mason. Once he saw my project, I couldn't keep him away from it. He was of tremendous help.

I decided to use Alan Scott's Bread Builders design for the oven. I am very pleased and glad that I switched from the Forno Bravo pizza oven design.

I filled the form with concrete for strength, then mixed perlite with cement to insulate hot surfaces. This is the grill area. Firebrick went directly on top of this. For the oven, I used some higher tech insulation (ceramic board and an insulating silicon/cement product.

I formed up my floors for the oven (note the column in the middle), the grill, and the coking chamber for the smoker.

Then I raised the concrete block wall, laid rebar every 2 blocks horizontally and vertically. I filled the core with concrete--every core. Some plans alternate cores, I like to sleep easy at night.

I first excavated laid gravel and rebar, and formed my footing. The longest edge is 22 feet.

I want to thank you all for your help. Though I haven't completed the finish work, I have a fully functional brick grill/smoker/oven. The smoker turned out great, thanks to the calculator you pointed out to me. The photo below shows the build as we are forming up the concrete counter. The...

Thank you very, very kindly. I was going to wing it based on ratios I made up myself from measuring my offset barrel smoker, but I feel much more comfortable with your input. Thank you again.