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  1. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    Alright so I was itching to try out the new basket today so fired up the Lang for a test run and a few Brats for supper. I started way early to get s feel for how it was going to run. I started the fire with about 2/3 of a chimney of lump charcoal. And then added a couple of smallish splits...
  2. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    Thanks!
  3. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    Hey guys I know it's been a while, but I finally got around to building my basket. I used a bit of everyone's advice, ideas and experience and this is what I came up with.... Have had a chance to try it put yet.
  4. racerjohnbf

    The Tractor Fired Right Up

    I know I'm little late to the party, but I just had to say the Tractor is one of the coolest smokers I've seen yet!
  5. racerjohnbf

    What should I do?

    Split and stacked! Thanks for the help everyone!
  6. racerjohnbf

    What should I do?

    Thanks! Glad I'm not the only one lol.
  7. racerjohnbf

    What should I do?

    No doubt you are right Doug, I over analyze a lot lol. There are holes in more than that one piece, that was just one example.
  8. racerjohnbf

    What should I do?

    Ok guys now I have a new problem. It looks like something is boring holes in my wood. I didn't notice any holes when I brought the wood home. They seem to just go straight in and are about 1/4 diameter. What does it look like to you guys? Is this a major problem? The pic shows the same piece...
  9. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    Thanks!
  10. racerjohnbf

    New member from Virginia

    Thanks! The closest town to me is little town called West Point. About mid way between Newport News and Richmond.
  11. racerjohnbf

    What should I do?

    Really? It was just cut a few weeks ago.
  12. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    Thanks for the link, that should answer any remaining questions. $200 for a basket, I'm sure it's really nice, but wow!
  13. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    Thanks I thought it looked pretty stout. What size expanded metal did you use? And do you still recommend 2 layer crossed? Thanks for chiming in, it's always good to hear the experience of someone using the same smoker. I have definitely noticed the hot spot you mention. I only really use 2/3...
  14. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    LOL! My drawing isn't as nice looking as yours though. Was that 1" angle and 1"x1/8" flat bar you used to make your basket?
  15. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    How does this look?
  16. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    That looks good. I think it would be difficult to implement for my firebox setup though. I'm gonna go with the V basket for now and see how that works. My existing rack is about 12 1/2" square. Would 6 inches for the bottom of the V be about right? With probably 4 inch tall sides? I don't...
  17. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    I think I'm going to do exactly that to start. I will probably do like JckDanls 07 said and use all expanded metal to start with, then I can cut some solid peices to add in on different sides to experiment a bit.
  18. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    I agree with civilsmoker, this is a great discussion! And I'm open to all ideas. The number one thing I'm getting from everyone is that my biggest problem is that I haven't been able to keep the coal bed together. Since my air intakes are on the sides of my firebox would it make more sense to...
  19. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    Thank you very much for the sketch! That is super helpful!
  20. racerjohnbf

    Fire brick?

    How do you think just making kind of a \_/ to set over my existing tray would work. Solid sides like you said with expanded metal across the back, but no additional bottom. And with the V, it would look like you can only lay splits one direction is it not necessary to criss cross splits with...
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