Oval or square

[TroyTeam93]

Hi guys it's been awhile bit I'm back. My question is what is the best shape for a fire box round, oval, or square? And how big of pipe for the smoke stack?

[MattS]

The size of the smoke stack and fire box all depends on the size of your cooker. Round works just fine as long as it is big enough. There are a few smoker size calculators online where you can enter you size data and it will tell you how big the fire box and smoke stack should be.

[Tom_Heath]

Welcome back troy,

Matts right on that the shape of the stack isn't a giant factor. The sizes are what count.

For the.fire box, I have cooked on round and square. The smokers were two different animals, so its hard to say which.is better. It's a lot like the stack in the sence that the flow has to be right. I'm sure we can get ya fixed up tho.
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[Frank_Cox]

If you decide you need more help or details shoot me a PM and i would be glad to help you out

[k.a.m.]

I prefer a square firebox over round, inch for inch the volume is just there with square fireboxes. I have used round and will again but mostly because of cost pipe is just less expensive than plate. And size does matter where fireboxes are concerned I prefer larger fireboxes.

[TroyTeam93]

Ok thanks guys I'm just going to go big and forget the small one. Bigger is always better...

[Tom_Heath]

If you have room and funding, yes the bigger the better I believe to a point.

You can always damp it down if needed.

A friend of mine has a firebox thats almost 3 feet square, and he never has more then two splits in it at any given time.