Does anyone have any sites for brick smokers plans. I would like to build a
brick smoker but also have a natural gas burner and/or a small jet burner to
assist in the fire box for my oak, wood, coal, and temperature control. My
father built a brick smoker when I was a kid, and later in life as a young
adult we purchased a home in Odessa, Texas that had a brick pit large enough
to do a small hog. This was just a large brick firebox with a grate and a
massive steel lid on a cable hinge. There was an opening (with a cast iron
door) on the side to add wood and to clean the fire box. I miss my brick
smokers.

I go through smokers about every for or five years here on the gulf coast.
Burners go out, walls rust, just the standard gulf coast cancer all metal
suffer from here from high temperatures and to just exposure of our weather.
We use covers, but if you use your smoker and grill at least three times a
week here in Houston, unless it is stainless it does not last. Now I could
buy a larger trailer cast iron style or higher end stainless but most
stainless are just grills you can "try" and utilize as a smoker. I figure
for my bucks, I would rather build a brick smoker. I would like to have an
open side where I can have a burner for grilling that I can close off for
smoking. My theory is to have a cast iron older style burner connected to
natural gas to start the wood, and if needed I can also utilize it to
regulate temperature. I think we all hate to add one more log when you have
less than 20 minutes left on a piece of meat. I also figured I can use
pellets from time to time just for the great smoke flavor and keep the temp
at 220F with a small burner in a closed system.