brinkman dual barrel mod for no money

[brdprey]

posted this on another site, im one of them that are a glutton for punishment. so i have been reading mods that were done on the other brinkman side fire box so far this is what i have come up with
this is the culprit.
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as with the big ones you can get uneven heats so i cleaned it then asked why not use the charcoal holder pan
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here is the hole

so i cut one side using a die grinder and slowly bending cut ends to be end leg supports
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the other side got rib reliefs by using die grinder

drilled in a few holes spaced roughly 2 inch apart starting at very small and ending in an inch. they are also staggered

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foiled the bottom

mounted it to the fire box side

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got my fuel ready

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and put it in the box , the smoke you see is its still trying to light no wood has been put in as of yet.

but it was nice to see the smoke going all the way to the end like it did.
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oh and added a new thermo

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as you can see its running near 250
 

so i waited for about hour to let it get nice and hot.

these are the readings next to fire box

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rear right side                                                          front right side
 

         

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as you can see im running  300 at grate level
so i lowered the temp and the guage reading is now under 200
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now the temp reads
 

          

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sorry it started to rain after so i called off the test. moral of the story i didnt realize the dif between the location

of the door therm and the grate.
 

no no some of you that are seasoned pros dont flame me, i was showing you what i did with nearly no money.

total cost of this was 12buck for all the thermometers. ill have to buy two new ones to put at grate level so i can

read them with out opening it up.

 

[daveomak]

brdprey, evening.... try posting the pictures directly from your source and not another forum....  They are not working....  Dave

 

[brdprey]

shhh but i came in to work and opened the thread. i can see the pics. wounder what is wrong.

 

[roller]

I can`t see them either but sure would like to.

 

[brdprey]

ok ill fix them when i get home tonight

 

[brdprey]

ok see if that worked..

 

[daveomak]

Works now..... Thanks for fixing it....   Dave