I can safely add to this thread now. It's good to know I'm not the only one...I made a home made cedar smoker out of scrap wood many years ago...even painted an Indian motif on the side...Finally caught the thing on fire last year when I made my briquet fire a little too big underneath...Put it out and am still using it today. And no...it's not on the deck...I have the fire pan pit set in the side yard.
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"I'm old and tough, dirty and rough" -Barnacle Bill the sailor