The build log

Real builds.
Real fixes.

What happens when you actually sit down and figure something out. The problems, the process, and what it took to make it work.

BBQ & Fabrication
My First Smoker Build: What I Got Wrong and How I Fixed It

Built in 2001 with zero knowledge of airflow or combustion geometry. Bad draw, poor heat retention, burning through wood. Twenty-plus years later I finally made it work — here's exactly what I changed and why.

June 2026 →
NSICBD Southwest Oklahoma