Unglazed ceramic quarry tile

[kdfiter]

I was thinking of lining the bottom of my fire box and the walls with unglazed ceramic tile I was also thinking of lining the smoke chamber bottom with them l..i have a Bandera vertical smoker ..i will have a grate above them so the coals will be on top of the tiles has anyone done this and is there anything I need to worry about

 

[chef jimmyj]

Can't think of a safety issue, unless there is some chemical in them I don't know of. I got my hands on some free tiles and lined an oven rack for bread baking. Worked great over the last 10 years...JJ