wood box question

[clintconaway]

I have modifyed my charbroil charcoal smoker to gas and in the midst I want to make any other upgrades needed, My question is this is their any difrence in having a enclosed box with some holes in the side for smoke to escape compaired to say a 6"x8" bread pan? Does the smoke escaping faster in the bread pan cause any diffrences other than burning your wood faster?

 

[coffee_junkie]

Your wood chips could catch on fire due to the amount of 02 that it can consume, if you use a bread pan you may need to cover with foil and punch a couple of holes on the top, even then I tried that method with no sucess, the chips caught on fire and had a really nasty smoke before, Lowes has a SS box that works really well, a cast iron pan with a lid (holes drilled in the lid) workes well also.