Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions!!!!


"Duwop" > wrote in message
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>> In alt.food.barbecue, Piedmont > wrote:
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>> > Also, once the cooker walls reach temp on a thicker wall, it could help
>> > stabilize the temp. fluctuations for a time. But then weight could
>> > become an issue if you want to move it often. I'd say I'd do it with
>> > say, perhaps, 1/4 inch steel.
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>> The place to use especially thick steel is the firebox. It will help to
>> keep the wood burning cleanly.
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> Esk knows his stuff, Klose and Tejas pits are typically 1/4" everywhere,
> but
> offer an upgrade to 1/2" for the firebox for this exact reason.
>
> My "dream pit" would be something along the lines of the Tejas 2042 with
> the
> vertical chamber and horizontal main and I would add an adjustable
> firegrate
> for grilling into the main chamber. I'd copy Klose's firebox ideas
> including
> the "extender" (or buy one from Klose and build the firebox to fit). Main
> chamber would be at least 20" (21-22 would be ideal) deep and 5 large
> untrimmed pork ribs wide. Too large and it become too much of a fuel hog
> for
> smaller cooks, too small isnt good either. For grilling in the main
> chamber
> you might want to add a smokestack to the main chamber lid.
>
> Here's a collection of links for pit and grill manufacturers for ideas of
> what others already do.
> http://www.bbqjudge.com/webpages/bbqjc_pitbuilders.htm
>
> Damn, wish I had the skills for this, sounds like fun dont it?
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