Apparatus for cooking and smoking food

In a barbecue pit of the type including a cooking chamber and a separate fire chamber located below the cooking chamber with the two chambers being interconnected for the passage of heat, air and smoke from the fire chamber to the cooking chamber, and a flue for permitting the escape of gases from the pit, the improvement comprising outer masonry walls defining the side walls and end walls of the barbecue pit, top and bottom walls cooperating with said outer masonry walls to define the interior of said pit, inner masonry walls spaced from said outer side walls, said inner walls extending to said end walls and defining the side walls of said fire chamber and said cooking chamber, a generally horizontal partition wall extending between said end walls and said inner walls separating said fire box and said cooking chamber, a plurality of openings in said inner walls providing communication between said fire chamber and the space between said inner and said outer walls and communication between said space and said cooking chamber, said openings and said space defining duct means connecting said fire chamber and said cooking chamber, adjustable damper means in said duct means for controlling the flow of hot gases from said fire chamber to said cooking chamber, vent means directly connecting said fire chamber to said flue and second vent means directly connecting said cooking chamber to said flue, at least one fire door leading through said masonry walls into said fire chamber, and at least one access door leading through said walls into said cooking chamber.