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I have another option for fire bricks. I ordered some samples of soapstone for my kitchen counter project. It was $35 (including the shipping) and they sent me about 10 - 6"X6"X1" chunks of various soapstones.
I took about 6 of them that I was less than enthusiastic about and wrapped them in foil (probably did not need to do that) and put two in the first box and 4 in the cooking chamber. They work like a champ.
The brochure that came with the samples gave me the idea as they use soapstone to make masonry heaters. You burn a fire for 3 hours or so and the heaters radiate heat for another 20.
They also make cooking utensils (pizza stones, and even pots) out of them so I likely did not need to wrap them in foil. Figured it would make easier clean up though.
This was the site I got the samples from:
http://www.soapstones.com/
I took about 6 of them that I was less than enthusiastic about and wrapped them in foil (probably did not need to do that) and put two in the first box and 4 in the cooking chamber. They work like a champ.
The brochure that came with the samples gave me the idea as they use soapstone to make masonry heaters. You burn a fire for 3 hours or so and the heaters radiate heat for another 20.
They also make cooking utensils (pizza stones, and even pots) out of them so I likely did not need to wrap them in foil. Figured it would make easier clean up though.
This was the site I got the samples from:
http://www.soapstones.com/