Post #388109 by MadDogMike on Thu, Jun 19, 2008 9:22 AM

Yes, I fill it completely full of wood and it burns down to about 1/3 or 1/4 coals. L'Lizard, you may be right about the sand vs clay. I do have clay soil with poor drainage, it may shrink away from the concrete pipe. Unfortunately, I poured a small concrete slab around the pipe and now have no way of knowing. EDIT - If you were building a new one, that would be easy enough to fix. The hole you dig is bigger than the pipe anyway, just backfill it with sand instead of the dirt you took out of the hole. Here's a little more info http://mgilbert.net/deep%20pit.html

I'm interested in knowing more about the above ground concrete block pit. What are they called, does anyone know of a website with more info? You can never have too many ways to BBQ (see my signature line :))

Anything worth doing, is worth doing to the point of wretched excess.

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2008-06-19 09:25 ]

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2008-06-19 09:29 ]