For those who like to use wood logs for their asados--depending on location and type of parrilla of course, a leñero brasero (aka brasero uruguayo) is a handy piece of equipment to have on hand in order for everything to flow smoothly.

Ken Barger, a nice gentleman in Panama, emailed me a while back with some questions about building a parrilla-smoker hybrid. Since I had never built a parrilla before, I could only offer a few tips and suggestions from what I have learned over the...