Here is the current pit I am building. Going to be a long post... offset 125-gallon backyard model.

[FoxmanNC]

I'm sold on the baffle. I use one that sits inside the cook chamber and is movable. Im planning on building a smoker and am considering having a small exhaust on the firebox end of the cook chamber to allow some of the scorching heat to vent allowing the top rack to be a more usable cooking area.

 

[realdocBBQ]

I'm sold on the baffle. I use one that sits inside the cook chamber and is movable. Im planning on building a smoker and am considering having a small exhaust on the firebox end of the cook chamber to allow some of the scorching heat to vent allowing the top rack to be a more usable cooking area.

I know what you've been watching.

My first couple baffles were removable like that, but then I thought, why not just attach it to the firebox and incorporate it. I never had a need to move it around once I got it set into one spot, and honestly they cooked pretty well regardless of where they were, just had to learn how to run that pit - so I am using a more permanently-mounted one now. And I get to reuse the section I cut out of the firebox for the throat opening, so it's a win/win.

 

[FoxmanNC]

Yeah, honestly, I wasn't sure I'd move the baffle, and I don't, and don't see the need now that I have it. I guess I just hadn't seen one like you made it, but it does make sense to just use the scrap and incorporate it the way you did in reflection.

 

[seenred]

You're making good progress, Danny - Looking good! Most of the "big stuff" is behind you, and now it's on to the tedious, small jobs that seem to take the longest on most builds...doors, hinges, grates and rails, exhaust stack, drains, etc...

Your detailed explanation of your baffle design makes perfect sense to me...I expect that design promotes great top-down air flow for sure.

Keep up the good work Brother - lookin' forward to more updates!

Red