The search tool up top would help you a lot...Ok so fire up and use it! Going to assemble tomorrow and cook something. So stoked! Any immediate mods that need to be done?
Wrap a couple bundles of chips in tin foil and poke a small hole in each pack to let the smoke out. Position them just as you would chunks with the hole up and they will last much longer and not flare up. Yeah, chunks can be kinda hard to come by in Canada where I am too. I started making my own a couple years ago. When desperate, I used some of my neighbors' well seasoned birch firewood and it turns out it is fantastic and very easy to come by. Very similar to maple. It will soon be pruning season so checke around your neigbors to see if they have any fruit or nut trees,maple, birch, oak, etc. You can often get the trimmings for free if you haul it away for them. I have a few local tree trimming services who also contact me when they get some interesting wood.Assembled it and smoked some sausage right away. It went awesome for the test drive. For the "first real drive" I'm thinking brisket this Saturday. About 10 lbs for about 12 hours I'm guessing. Only issue is that I have wood chips not chunks and there is none to be found where I live until summertime apparently. Not looking forward to putting more chips on every 45 minutes. Hmmm might have to rethink it but I have always wanted to try a brisket and could not do it with my old brinkmann...