bbq: I'm trying to build a BBQ smoker using geodes instead of bricks. The only problem is that I can't make the walls strong enough. How would you go about doing this?|||I'm just about everything but a mason, but if it was me, I would use the geodes as a facade. Still build a brick or cinder block smoker but cover it with the geodes and a colored mortar. BTW I love to smoke meat. Smoked chicken is our favorite plus it's not as time consuming. I smoke 8 chickens in around 6 hours. We usually consume one instantly, leave one in the frig for the week and freeze the others for later, if they are not taken or given to others.