Firebox Door Pros and Cons

DFoster · 12-10-2019, 04:07 PM

Trying to decide how to have my door located on the firebox. Below are the two options I am looking at. The door that is flush with the bottom of the firebox will be easier to clean out, but probably make more of a mess. While the door that is in the middle of the firebox will keep any ash from unintentionally falling out, it will be harder to clean out. Any other pro’s and con’s to these doors?

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WilliamKY · 12-10-2019, 04:41 PM

Make it flush with the bottom. Easy to brush out the ashes. You gotta scoop them out if there is a lip. If ashes fall out when the door is closed then you have a seriously deformed firebox.

Nuco59 · 12-10-2019, 04:55 PM

You need to clean out ashes after every cook- might as well make it easy.
I'm voting "Flush"

The other will work too. Just need a small shovel and a wet vac (cool ashes are a given)

DFoster · 12-10-2019, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by WilliamKY

Make it flush with the bottom. Easy to brush out the ashes. You gotta scoop them out if there is a lip. If ashes fall out when the door is closed then you have a seriously deformed firebox.

I am thinking more along the lines of ashes getting blown out if I get a sudden wind during the cook or is that not even an issue to worry about?

mcyork28 · 12-10-2019, 07:51 PM

Go flush and put a small metal trash can underneath it.

blazinfire · 12-10-2019, 08:15 PM

Go flush! 100%.. I build my smoker with a lip and I absolutely hate it! lol

DFoster · 12-10-2019, 08:29 PM

Flush it is!!

Smoke on Badger Mountain · 12-10-2019, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DFoster

Flush it is!!

Good choice! I keep mine over dirt so anything that falls out while cooking is non issue for me. But when cooking over pavement or something I don't want to make a mess on I use a metal drip pan.

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LordRiffenstein · 12-11-2019, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mcyork28

go flush and put a small metal trash can underneath it.

this!

sthamm · 12-11-2019, 10:19 AM

Why not get the best of both worlds? Go flush and fashion a removable lip.

effinUker · 12-11-2019, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sthamm

Why not get the best of both worlds? Go flush and fashion a removable lip.

I was thinking about a flap with hinged bottom that folds out for cleaning and locks on the inside, then a door that covers the hole that's left.

Randy3269 · 12-11-2019, 08:53 PM

Build the fire grate with a small lip. Something like 1" angle. Where the expanded metal sits down inside the frame. Ashes stay put. Remove the grate and enjoy the ease of clean out with the flush door.

My .02

Ayvatr · 12-12-2019, 05:54 AM

I owned a cooker with a lip...sold it and this has a flush bottom.
The winner is flush bottom hands down!

12-10-2019, 04:07 PM	#1
DFoster Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 05-15-17 Location: CA	Firebox Door Pros and Cons Trying to decide how to have my door located on the firebox. Below are the two options I am looking at. The door that is flush with the bottom of the firebox will be easier to clean out, but probably make more of a mess. While the door that is in the middle of the firebox will keep any ash from unintentionally falling out, it will be harder to clean out. Any other pro’s and con’s to these doors? EB7C8F9C-110A-4259-8A24-CD13A1B3D699.jpg 6D2C6633-ECBE-495A-9B1F-0D934592C90F.jpg __________________ 288 Gallon Offset FatStack Smoker, Traeger Texas Elite

12-10-2019, 04:41 PM	#2
WilliamKY is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 02-18-18 Location: Louisville,KY Name/Nickname : William	Make it flush with the bottom. Easy to brush out the ashes. You gotta scoop them out if there is a lip. If ashes fall out when the door is closed then you have a seriously deformed firebox. __________________ Shirley Vertical + Fire Pit Pit Boss 700 Weber 28 griddle Weber 26 WGA Old Smokey Electric. Go Cards!

12-10-2019, 04:55 PM	#3
Nuco59 Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-18-13 Location: Texas	You need to clean out ashes after every cook- might as well make it easy. I'm voting "Flush" The other will work too. Just need a small shovel and a wet vac (cool ashes are a given) __________________ I started out with nothing and I got most of it left.

12-10-2019, 07:51 PM	#5
mcyork28 Babbling Farker Join Date: 11-15-13 Location: West Linn, OR	Go flush and put a small metal trash can underneath it. __________________ LSG 20x42 BPS Drum Blackstone 24 Weber Kettle Weber Genesis Weber Smokey Joe Passed on to a new home Tejas 2040 Deluxe Humphrey's Long Weekender

12-10-2019, 08:15 PM	#6
blazinfire Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-28-15 Location: west virgina	Go flush! 100%.. I build my smoker with a lip and I absolutely hate it! lol __________________ Custom 36x24x24 Vertical Offset,Grilla Grillz Silverbac

12-10-2019, 08:29 PM	#7
DFoster Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 05-15-17 Location: CA	Flush it is!! __________________ 288 Gallon Offset FatStack Smoker, Traeger Texas Elite

12-11-2019, 10:19 AM	#10
sthamm Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 04-14-16 Location: Dallas, Texas	Why not get the best of both worlds? Go flush and fashion a removable lip. Last edited by sthamm; 12-11-2019 at 11:38 AM..

12-11-2019, 08:53 PM	#12
Randy3269 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 02-06-14 Location: Canyon Lake, TX	Build the fire grate with a small lip. Something like 1" angle. Where the expanded metal sits down inside the frame. Ashes stay put. Remove the grate and enjoy the ease of clean out with the flush door. My .02 __________________ 20x36 Chuckwagon Cooker (offset) and an old 22" split rim wheel with a Weber grill and lid.

12-12-2019, 05:54 AM	#13
Ayvatr is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-24-12 Location: Ashland, Virginia	I owned a cooker with a lip...sold it and this has a flush bottom. The winner is flush bottom hands down! __________________ Shirley Fabrication 24x70 " Chernobyl " Weber 2 Burner Spirit Thermapen Fireboard KCBS Tailwind BBQ Team follow us on [COLOR="Blue"]Facebook[/COLOR] [U] [/U] Mike :plane: "Start Your Fire" Myron Mixon