Hello!
The
footprint is roughly 600mm x 1000mm.
The lid can be removed for pizza mode, add the lid for smoking/cooking meat on the top (grill mode).
The design is based on a J-tube style rocket stove. Sticks standing vertically in the oblong
wood feed.
I think I would try to get the middle up to temperature, then put a pizza inside, probably nearer the heat riser.
Yes, 18" tall terracotta chimney pot from the builder depot. That's the bit that holds me back from revving it too much. I could do bricks all the way up, but I've bought the chimney already.
I'm hoping I can get away with it. So far its survived 2 sessions.
The gap between the top of the chimney and the edge of the top kettle at the final exit point (where the mushroom gills would be) has a cross sectional area similar to the rest of the J-tube path (more so in real life than the screenshot), I hope that prevents a bottle neck.
So far it seems to draw strongly/reliably in the correct direction (in a previous version with smaller general cross-sections), making a satisfying grumbling noise.