Bought this pit about 10 years ago and used it plenty times, but the firebox and smokestack were way too small.
Me and Hoyt Man started the project last Friday and will have it ready by Easter.
Here’s the before pic
Cut the back off to square it off to put a 30” pipe firebox with a flat top with a door also on top to cook steaks and such. It’ll be 2 pits in one. [emoji1303]
Put in a heat baffle to control heat going in.
Small pit within a pit
Got rid of the Mickey Mouse smokestack and put in a 6” diameter smokestack that goes down 8” inside.
That’s about as far as we got so far. The firebox ate up a lot of time, but we’re proud of the way it turned out. We still need to build a shelf under the main doors and a wood basket on the backside. Also we’re cutting that wide trailer house tongue down to the width of the rest of the bottom frame. Those pics will follow.
Me and Hoyt Man started the project last Friday and will have it ready by Easter.
Here’s the before pic
Cut the back off to square it off to put a 30” pipe firebox with a flat top with a door also on top to cook steaks and such. It’ll be 2 pits in one. [emoji1303]
Put in a heat baffle to control heat going in.
Small pit within a pit
Got rid of the Mickey Mouse smokestack and put in a 6” diameter smokestack that goes down 8” inside.
That’s about as far as we got so far. The firebox ate up a lot of time, but we’re proud of the way it turned out. We still need to build a shelf under the main doors and a wood basket on the backside. Also we’re cutting that wide trailer house tongue down to the width of the rest of the bottom frame. Those pics will follow.
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