Backyard Smoker Question: How Big of a Fire Box Do I Need?

bbsmkrBuilding your own Backyard Smoker is a great way to tap into your primordial roots! Thing is, there’s always a question about the size fire box you need to achieve the perfect amount of smoke for your needs.

Let’s hear your thoughts?   Say you are building a backyard smoker that is  8 feet long with a with a 30″ diameter .

What say you oh great smokerati?



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fafulone @ 10:35 pm #

for the smoker part a 24″x18″ would be more that adequate but for using as a grill you would need the entire 8′ for even grilling, Just Guessing

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William B @ 12:53 pm #

at least a 2ft sq fire box

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