{"id":445,"date":"2010-09-05T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=445"},"modified":"2010-09-05T15:29:52","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T20:29:52","slug":"a-big-stone-cooking-area-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"A Big Stone Cooking Area Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big Stone Cooking Area<\/a> is moving forward.<\/p>\n

Here’s the footer, ready to bear the weight of the blocks and stone for all eternity.<\/p>\n

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The Footer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had an inch of rain after Jay poured it, and there was nary a puddle on it. Jay got it both level and flat.<\/p>\n

Here’s the chimney\/smoker setting in place. <\/p>\n

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The Smoker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is astonishingly heavy. I’d guess it at 500-700 pounds the way the tractor handled.<\/p>\n

Here’s Jay cutting the flue pipe holes in the smoker.<\/p>\n

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Cutting Pipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notice the two chains on the pipe. Safety First<\/b><\/em>, that’s our motto. That’s why I told Jay to keep his feet, or any other body part he didn’t care to lose, out from under it.<\/p>\n

This shows the flue pipe that will connect the fire pit to the smoker. So the smoke from the fire pit will traverse the flue and then through the cement pipe smoker, providing cool smoke to whatever is in it.<\/p>\n

\"Flue<\/a><\/p>\n

With the chimney in place with the holes cut in it, it is finally time to lay some block and bring some shape to this project!<\/p>\n


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Block Work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More Block Work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ll be cooking in no time now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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