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Rvial, you mentioned the Brinkmann Gourmet...have it...seriously modified, of course. Last mods were for the AMNPS smoke generator. I don't have it tight enough to use the minion method, so I add hot coals every couple hours, but I don't try to do long smokes in it anymore...ribs, steaks, chops, chicken...6-8hrs is about long enough for tending it for me.
Here's my initial mods before I even fired it up to season and run it's maiden voyage:
Amazon has a sample pack of sheet metal that is aluminum that i.had thouggt about getting for the dampers. 4 inch by 4 inch pieces I thought tgey would be perfect for making dampers with. I could probably get some scrap aluminum from my uncle but it is PVC coated if I. not mistaken, didnt think that would be such a great idea.