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<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\nThis was the area that I laid out for the grill. \u00a0I added a small pad off the side of our patio in the back.<\/p>\n
After some initial leveling – started laying concrete blocks<\/p>\n This is the entry to the smoker<\/p>\n More Blocks<\/p>\n And More blocks…<\/p>\n Okay the inner structure is done<\/p>\n Pictures of the completed structure<\/p>\n The pile of firebrick to line the inside with<\/p>\n Started the form for the smoker top…<\/p>\n Smoker Top – take one (I mixed the concrete wrong – too much plasticizer)<\/p>\n The initial burners built offsite (too many holes to drill)<\/p>\n The Grill surface – I got it right the first time<\/p>\n Started to apply the exterior stone<\/p>\n Dry fit of the burners – after the firebox was lined with fire brick<\/p>\n My models to give you an idea of size<\/p>\n Got the tops moved into place (they were around 400lbs a piece)<\/p>\n I grew up as a millwright working on grain elevators so welding the hoods was a blast from the past<\/p>\n The messy workshop area<\/p>\n All of the hoods were painted with heat resistant paint<\/p>\n The burners lit up for the first time<\/p>\n The finished Product…<\/p>\n Inside the smoker…<\/p>\n With the thermometers installed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In July of 2012 – I embarked upon a project to build a grill and smoker. \u00a0Mind you I had never smoked a piece of meat before and I had never laid a single concrete block – so with the Internet by my side I designed an built the project below… \u00a0 This was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darrinthomason.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <\/a> \u00a0<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n