Brinkman

This is the one I have and I love it. It is a lot of work though. For me it was and is a great first smoker to learn on. A lot of people love them and a lot hate them. For me I would save the 125 and spend like 60 bucks to do the mods and use the rest to buy charoal, wood, and meat.

Good for you. Smoking is addicting and fun. Just don't get discouraged the first few times. It takes practice to learn your smoker. Once you get it down there's nothing like it. Any questions just ask on this site and someone will help you. I just did the mods to mine myself. I got where I still put out quality que without them but everyone says do the mods and it will make it easier. My first smoke wasn't so good but I learnedly and so will you.

Okay, I am getting into smoking, but I am a little further along than you.  I started with the Brinkmann ECB (the same you are considering).  There are some threads on the smoking Internet about mod's you can do to make that unit a pretty good smoker (I did all of them).  I started with it because it was cheap and I wasn't into smoking with a lot of $$$'s.

Patience will award you with a good unit to start with.  I am now doing my smoking with that unit that runs up to 225 degrees and holds it there for hours on end.  If you are brand new to smoking, I would recommend it as a way into smoking.....you can learn a lot with it.

- Move the legs out to the outside of the body of the smoker

- Put the charcoal pan up on about three round pavers

- Get a better temperature gauge and put it through the lid

- Get a wood stove round rope gasket and put it around the lid to stop leaking heat/smoke there

- Put in a good damper in the lid to control air flow and therefore heat in the smoker

These are the great mod's that make the Brinkmann ECB a really good, starter smoker.
 

joben said:

Advice taken.. just text him i'd take it

Click to expand...

Dude if He's your buddy tell him to give it to you and you can reward him with some Excellent "Q".

That's how I roll, I don't sell to buds they get freebies.