Cooking and smoking apparatus

A cooking and smoking apparatus comprising a housing enclosing a cooking and smoking space and having an upper portion and a lower portion, a perforated shelf inside said housing in said upper portion for supporting goods to be cooked or smoked, a first opening in said upper portion of said housing for the egress of smoke therefrom, a second opening in said lower portion of said housing, a fire box including an enclosed drawer selectively slideable in and out of said second opening and having a transverse cross section substantially complemental to said second opening, said drawer having a flat horizontal uninterrupted top surface defining an uninterrupted planar cover completely covering said drawer for closing the top of said drawer and providing a cooking surface, an openable and closeable front access door for said drawer, a damper means in communication with the interior of said firebox for controlling the size and intensity of the fire therein, and an exit passageway through said drawer remote from said front access door and said top surface to conduct heat and smoke from the interior of said firebox into the interior of said housing even while said drawer is partially moved outwardly of said second opening of said lower portion of said housing, said planar cover serving as a second cooking means when said drawer is moved to any of its outward positions.