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North central Texas. Mesquite for days, pecan is the most popular residential tree next to mulberry. I cooked yesterday on the dead limbs that fell out of the trees. Oak is east of me. I have access to some fruit woods, couple family members have small family orchards.

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I’ll be using mesquite and pecan wood to cook with. Depending on my mood. I’ll get some pics of th details. The pit is setup to build a fire in the box to smoke. There is an air gate on the opposite end so I can build a fire In the cook chamber to grill. The fire box is about 75% of what the calcula...

B275F7FC-2039-4ECB-ADE2-FB6442C482CB.jpeg Well I figured out a way to get everything I wanted. I built the grill how I wanted it and then added a smoke box to the side opposite of the air intake. So I can grill for a crowd if I want or drop in the reverse flow plates and smoke for a crowd. The fire...

Well thanks guys. I’ll just build a grill for now and then do a small smoker later.

17 long x 15 wide cylinder.

I want to use the firebox as my primary cook surface. And the smoke box as a smoker. A 15.5 gallon beer keg is about the perfect size for the smoke box for me.

Hey guys new member here. Not my first rodeo with bbq pits, but I moved 3 years ago and sold my pits to ease the move. I’ve been using the wife’s trager since then and it’s boring and the steak sucks. I don’t smoke a lot, but I love to cook steak hot, and slow bbq some chicken and ribs. So my idea i...