The attached thread may help U decide a bit. Dave's build touched this somewhat a few days ago if I recall correctly..breavis wrote: ↑August 27th, 2020, 8:21 pmI'm just about ready to weld the firebox together and before I do I'm going to cut the throat out. I would like to have the grate around 11 inches from the bottom so do you recommend the throat at grate level or just below or as close to the bottom of the CC? Also how far from the top of the throat do you like the firebox to be?
BTW this is an offset smoker