Hey everyone, been thinking about this for a while, and finally built one last week. Finished it up last night, and used it for a heat source while I was smoking a full pork shoulder. Works great!
Burning away nice and clean yesterday, this was with the BBQ grill in, gets nice and hot, and very little if any smoke once up to heat, get some flames coming up the flue.
I setup the air intake so it forces the fresh air down and under the bottom fire grate, when combined with the baffle this produces near zero smoke (I could stick my face in the exhaust at the end of the flue with little or no irritation, just pretty warm), and very little flame making it into the flue, nearly all energy is being dissipated and radiated by the firebox.
Here you can see with the lid removed. That top grate comes out, and is replaced with the baffle when running in stove mode, but you can run it this way, and it's a little grill for cooking over open fire.
The grill, legs, and baffle all fit inside, and closes up for ease of transport, if you're using it outside, I've found 1 3' section of 4" venting is enough, if I were using it in a wall tent or something, then a little more venting would be required. All in all, a fun build, and a great use for a surplus ammo can!
Burning away nice and clean yesterday, this was with the BBQ grill in, gets nice and hot, and very little if any smoke once up to heat, get some flames coming up the flue.
I setup the air intake so it forces the fresh air down and under the bottom fire grate, when combined with the baffle this produces near zero smoke (I could stick my face in the exhaust at the end of the flue with little or no irritation, just pretty warm), and very little flame making it into the flue, nearly all energy is being dissipated and radiated by the firebox.
Here you can see with the lid removed. That top grate comes out, and is replaced with the baffle when running in stove mode, but you can run it this way, and it's a little grill for cooking over open fire.
The grill, legs, and baffle all fit inside, and closes up for ease of transport, if you're using it outside, I've found 1 3' section of 4" venting is enough, if I were using it in a wall tent or something, then a little more venting would be required. All in all, a fun build, and a great use for a surplus ammo can!