On 19-Jan-2008, "Nunya Bidnits" wrote:

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Remember, practice, practice, practice to learn your pit. Of course
as the old adage goes, when barbecueing you get to eat the mistakes.
Sounds like win/win to me!

What he said. You'll find the NBBD has a temp where its happy. Don't fight
it, learn to cook at the temp that it likes. Or, get used to fighting it
all
the time.

MartyB in KC

Well said Marty. I have the NBBD's baby brother the NB Silver. It definitely
does have it's favorite temperature. I nearly lost my mind the first year I
had
it until I finally gave in and let it run the way it wants to. One other
thing with
the offset. Once you have found the sweet spot where it likes to run, don't
ever change the vent settings except to shut it down. I set my firebox draft
at about 1" open when I start and leave it the hell alone until I'm done
cooking.
The temp never goes much above the sweet spot and when it drops below, I
simply add more fuel and go back indoors. You don't have to chase the temp-
erature. It already knows where it's going to run.

Food gets done a little earlier then some, but I can live with that. There
certainly isn't anything wrong with the taste or texture. Even the cat likes
my
brisket and that dipshit won't touch gourmet cat food.

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Brick(Youth is wasted on young people)