Ok so I have had a cheap chargriller side box that I made revers flow. I now have a GMG pellet. I'm missing the deeper smoke so want to try something new. I can run gas or electric. I want to burn sticks / wood chunks. On the old side box smoker I ran a flame tube from a gas grill and drilled out the gas orifice from Lp to NG. The burner heated a steal plate that I set the wood chunks / small split logs. It worked good but could not run much above 200*. Also being a cheap grill did not hold temp in the winter / rain. So if I run the 50s fridge on elec. I need to heat the wood to smoke and also regulate the internal temp. Sooo....