Hey Everyone,
It's my first post on here, so forgive any "repeats". I did a few searches for mods on Brinkman smokers and found a bunch of great advice! After all the searches I have completed the first set of mods to my Brinkman smoker. Here they are:
1. Purchased a "grilling wok" from Amazon, it was ~$12 shipped. I use it as the charcoal pan.
2. Bought some BGE felt tape from Amazon, it was ~$18 shipped. I used it to seal the firebox door and smoker door.
Here are a few pictures of my smoker with the mods (I cured it before adding the felt seal):
And before the Mods (curing process):
I'm really excited to get into smoking and as of this posting have only done a set of whole chickens. I will be using this smoker for the first time over independence day (trying my hand at a long smoke doing some Boston Butts)! Since the pictures were taken I have purchased additional cement pavers to make sure I don't get any lit coal onto the wood deck, $5 per paver is much cheaper than building a new house, also you can note I soak the entire deck before starting, I may just be paranoid, but I'd rather like to avoid a fire, especially where I live, since the whole state appears to be burning.
As a new member I am interested to know if anyone else has done additional mods to the Brinkman vertical smoker that I should be aware of and implement. Also, any suggestions and how-to's you want to include, feel free to do so! I'm looking forward to all the great advice and suggestions on the forums!
It's my first post on here, so forgive any "repeats". I did a few searches for mods on Brinkman smokers and found a bunch of great advice! After all the searches I have completed the first set of mods to my Brinkman smoker. Here they are:
1. Purchased a "grilling wok" from Amazon, it was ~$12 shipped. I use it as the charcoal pan.
2. Bought some BGE felt tape from Amazon, it was ~$18 shipped. I used it to seal the firebox door and smoker door.
Here are a few pictures of my smoker with the mods (I cured it before adding the felt seal):
And before the Mods (curing process):
I'm really excited to get into smoking and as of this posting have only done a set of whole chickens. I will be using this smoker for the first time over independence day (trying my hand at a long smoke doing some Boston Butts)! Since the pictures were taken I have purchased additional cement pavers to make sure I don't get any lit coal onto the wood deck, $5 per paver is much cheaper than building a new house, also you can note I soak the entire deck before starting, I may just be paranoid, but I'd rather like to avoid a fire, especially where I live, since the whole state appears to be burning.
As a new member I am interested to know if anyone else has done additional mods to the Brinkman vertical smoker that I should be aware of and implement. Also, any suggestions and how-to's you want to include, feel free to do so! I'm looking forward to all the great advice and suggestions on the forums!
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