I was thinking about making my own chile grill, not that I'm cheap, I know they're not expencive, I just like making things. My question is, "is there any reason I can't make it out of aluminum.?" It'll be about 1/8" thick. I'm not sure if the heat will make the aluminum give off any kind of gas, that will harm the meat. I figure the low temp. wouldn't bother the metal, but I'm not sure of the gases. I'm kind of hooked on ABT'S now and just making 5 or 6 isn't cutting it any more.