smoke chamber

American  

noun

1. an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.

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Example Sentences

Many pitmasters place a bowl of hot water in the smoke chamber.

From New York Times • May 24, 2019

He said the system had combined to create “a lethal smoke chamber that nobody anticipated.”

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2011

They are the throat, smoke shelf, and smoke chamber.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Lieberman, Frank

This width in the smoke chamber immediately diminishes in rising until it joins the flue at the flue’s own area.

From Making a Fireplace by Saylor, Henry H. (Henry Hodgman)

There is also the sheet-steel smoke chamber which comes complete with throat damper and smoke shelf and is put in place above the lintel where it extends to the point where the flue commences.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Lieberman, Frank