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    Here are some more pictures . I have added a fire rack in firebox that raises my fire off of the floor by 4 inches. I also put a temp probe inside the cooking chamber. After playing with dampers in and out and even placing a small fan blowing into the intake, I only got my temp to 140 inside...
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    Ok. I will try that. Thanks for your input.
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    Ok. Thanks. I will try to move the fire back.
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    Thanks for the reply. The first fire wasn't very big. I was told to start small and work up. The fire yesterday was hot with a combo of charcoal and oak. I checked it for over four hours while playing with air in and air out. Draw seemed to work well. I haven't finished it yet but, I did...
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    Thanks for the reply. I actually extended the throat 24 inches from the firebox. Maybe needs to go further..
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    I built a large cinderbrick smoker. Cook chamber is 32 w x 40d x 64h. My fire box is 33h x 30d x 29w. Intake is 9x10 and throat is 11 x 20. Chimney is 8 x 33.7. All figures were by pit calculator on Smokebuilder.com. My firebox is 3/8" plate as well as door to cook chamber. The...
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