wow i read the paragraph before looking at the pictures and thought it was going to be a gigantic metal one that weighed a ton lol you sure showed me!
now i want to go build a cool bbq pit in our newly expanded back yard just for fun lol
Yeah, that's the beauty of it, it's not metal. Metal cools and heats too rapidly. With the sand in the walls it's very stable temp wise. This one I just used a old Weber grill with no legs for a fire pit but the next one I'll probably use a "propane turkey cooker" burner and rotate pans of smoking chips for the smoke. That way, once regulated, I can probably let it burn through the night and not worry about the temp. That dam food was good (I used apple wood).