new design in Off set

[FireMan]

What I saw was that the ringing in my ears is destroying my brain cells.

[bardsleyque]

mine have sadly gone missing...
the Zappa interview was a British late show from 1993

[Ahumadora]

How do you remove the lower grate for cleaning if the door opening is smaller than the rack? Not really impressed with it and looks like a prototype . If they wanted a better design, angle the back of the firebox 45* and enlarge the opening between firebox and cook chamber. Add firebricks to lower side of the firebox. Also stack seems overly tall for that little pit. Easier just to do a reverse flow pit.

[Uncle Bob]

Debating "best design" will always be in play, it's what humans do, but today Jeremy Yoder (Mad Scientist BBQ) posted a video focussing on managing the heat/smoke transfer from fire box to cook chamber. As a heads up, the first quarter is fluff stuff from his recent travels, but he gets to the hardware eventually, and winds his way to the point near the end. Spoiler: it's a vertical, partial baffle inside the end of the cook chamber that routes the gases upward. Someone must have put a bug in his ear as he gives quick mention to LSG who has that type of baffle in their 20" series, as well as the newer Texas Edition (which is why neither of those have "tuning" plates).
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[JLR]

It makes sense. It wouldn't work on a reverse flow. I wonder how it works if your smoke stack is above grill level. I may give mine a test run.

[realdocBBQ]

This is what SmokerBuilder Frank Cox has been saying for years. In fact, we discussed this very topic at great length in a nearly 2-hour group Zoom video call he did a few weeks ago.