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Ok..I bought it for $210 USD. It's this Brinkman with Rona's (Canada) brand on it. Took me a couple of hrs to put together with limited help.The locking nuts for the wheels were the toughest part and the assembly drawing for the heat chamber shows the support bracket upside down but other than that everything seems pretty good.Was packaged very well.Built a charcoal basket from my old Char Broil grates,used an aluminum foil cooking sheet for a deflector and a old pizza stone for heat retention in the chimney end.At 205 on the stock thermo.I get 225 at the stack end and 235 at the fire box end.Happy so far and think I'm on the right track.Seasoning as I type..Mmmm
Just got the same smoker about a month ago. I've done ribs twice and a brisket this weekend for July 4th. The design is pretty solid for a cheaper smoker. Still trying to get a handle on fire management. I find I really need to check it every 10-15 min. But I think part of that is cause I'm still pretty new to offset smokers. I try to keep a visible flame going in there at all times. I'm actually using a charcoal basket for a weber to deflect some of the heat, but I think I might change it to a piece of sheet metal.
Overall I'm pretty happy with it. It's a good find since here in Winnipeg we have a very limited selection of offset smokers in this price range.
@DelBBQ Lookin good! Do you find the temps stay pretty consistent? I might have to give some bricks a try. I generally keep the top door shut and just poke at the fire from the side door. Wish the door was a little bigger though. Most times I have to go in there with an oven mitt to move a log or two around to keep the fire going. I've been cooking a little hotter (275F) so keeping a fire isn't too bad, although it still does get a bit hot in there at times (after a new log has caught fire). I think spikes like this might be unavoidable in such a small cooker though.