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I made a bunch of starters for my charcoal chimney from petroleum jelly and cotton balls. They worked really well. I got the jelly at Walmart for a couple of dollars. Melt the jelly in a can and dip the cotton balls in the liquid. Set them aside to dry. Be careful, petroleum jelly is flammable...

ddufore Thank you. I have tons, literally, of free wood between dead ash, scrub oak, beech, etc.

Thank you Smokeymose.

Costco has pre-sliced pork belly. I'm wanting to try some bacn. Could the slices be skewered together, cured, and smoked for bacon?

That's why I want to try it. I have a big sand blow that would be the perfect spot. 'course if you weigh the cost difference between homemade charcoal, store-bought, and firewood sales it's not a very economical venture.

Has anyone done this? I have a lot of scrub oak, walnut, maple, beech, and dead ash that I'd like to try it.

When I was a kid, chicken wings were 15 cents a pound! Hamburger was 3# for a dollar. Yup, long,long ago.

We have about 15-18"now. It got to 28 yesterday. I did beef ribs yeasterday--5 hours at 250. I'm new and learning by trial and error. I wrapped one set of ribs after two hours and spritzed the other unwrapped ribs about every 30 minutes. I'll be wrapping all my ribs going forward. HUGE...

I'll be smokin in the cold and snow today too.

Jck Danls 07 This is my set up. It's just temporary until I can build a permanent one this spring. Plus I wanted to try it before I invested a lot. This is made from all free recycled materials, except for the stove kit, pipe, and thermometers.

Jck Danls 07 Pipe from the heat source to the smokebox is 6" stove pipe. It is mounted at the far end of the barrel. Thinking I might get more heat if I moved it closer to the actual fire area?

smokerjim I didn't have a chimney. Installed one this afternoon, about a foot above the flat roof, and in 30 minutes it is up to 215. It barely hit 215 all day yesterday. I also am able to leave the door ajar about an inch. That you for your response and help.

I have a 55-gallon drum for a heat source and piped into a 3 x 3 x 3 smoke box. I have the door, one of the stove kits, wide open because I think I need more air intake. I'm burning ash and oak to get up to temperature but it seems like it takes a lot of wood to keep it there. Plus the wood...