So even though the grate will reduce the amount of space that I can use to build fire, that reduced space doesn't affect anything? Therefore the firebox is more for proper flow and limiting combustion than amount of fire you can build? Am I getting that correct?
Thanks. That post was helpful. Guess I'll have to add a slide to restrict my baffle plate gap for tuning. How does a 90 in the stack change things?dacolson wrote: ↑August 19th, 2021, 7:20 pmYou’re on the right track. You’ll find fire size will be a lot smaller than you might assume. The larger the FB, the more airflow you’ll need to get clean burns and good heat distribution and the harder it will be to get consistent temps. Too small and you end up trying to build a bigger fire to get it up to temp with not enough airflow and dirty fires. Check out Frank Cox’s write up here:
https://www.smokerbuilder.com/so-talkin ... ebox-size/
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I don't understand what you mean. As of now it'll be below the baffle plate opening and lower than the throat opening.
Lots of folks, myself included, put a dam at the gap end of the BP to keep grease from going over the edge to the bottom of the CC and then potentially running into the fb creating a grease fire. To make clean up easier, we’ll cut a hole through the baffle at that end of the BP and one below it in the bottom of the CC. I use a piece of 1.5” black steel pipe and run it up through both holes, weld it in place and put a 1.5” ball valve on the end. Makes clean up w a hose simple and keeps grease out of the bottom of the CC.
That makes sense enough. I was going to try making a low point to prevent it from getting in the firebox. The dam definitely sounds like a nice feature.dacolson wrote: ↑August 21st, 2021, 12:15 pmLots of folks, myself included, put a dam at the gap end of the BP to keep grease from going over the edge to the bottom of the CC and then potentially running into the fb creating a grease fire. To make clean up easier, we’ll cut a hole through the baffle at that end of the BP and one below it in the bottom of the CC. I use a piece of 1.5” black steel pipe and run it up through both holes, weld it in place and put a 1.5” ball valve on the end. Makes clean up w a hose simple and keeps grease out of the bottom of the CC.
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