Chuck Zumbrun

Tales from Skunk Hill

The Big Stone Cooking Area, Tertiary Update

Tertiary. Do you like words like that? Sounds ever so more wise than ‘third.’

Language smackdowns aside, progress on the Big Stone Cooking Area continues to be rapid. Jay the mason says the bossman’s talking weekend overtime again on his day job, so he’s been pushing it on the weekends.

Door is on

The door is attached and stone is going up around it.

Flagstone Cap on Flue

Jay used flag stone to cap the flue between the firepit and the smoker.

Frying Area

Our gas ring for frying will be mounted in this open area. Jay used more of the flag stone for the back of this area.

Chimney Stone

Stone going up on the chimney.

Cleanout Door

The cleanout door on the smoker. So when we drop a chunk of smoked meat we don’t have to try to fish it out from the top.

The Firepit

The firepit has all its firebrick in place. Jay will top it with pieces of the same flagstone used to cover the flue.

Almost There

Almost all the stone is on now. Just a little bit to fill in on top of the still-to-be-done countertop.

The Sniff Test

Spenser is giving it the sniff test as only a beagle (or a least half-beagle) can.

I think it looks good in the pictures, but the pictures don’t begin to do it justice. It is a work of art in real life.

4 responses to “The Big Stone Cooking Area, Tertiary Update”

  1. Sandy Lewis Avatar
    Sandy Lewis

    Absolutely gorgeous!!!

  2. missy Avatar
    missy

    Yes, I was impressed with tertiary. Which of the doors was the “found object?” I thought you only had one metal door?

    1. chuck Avatar
      chuck

      The larger door in front is the one we salvaged. The little clean out door is a new purchase.

  3. David Avatar

    A couple of questions:
    Where did the design come from?
    How tall is the smoker section?

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