On 9-Jun-2006, Adam Preble wrote:

wrote:
For openers, New Braunfels sold out to Charbroil. You can't buy a
new, New Braunfels offset pit. I cook on/in an original New Braunfels
Silver Offset cooker. Come Saturday, I'm gonna entertain TFM® and

Well, isn't it essentially the New Braunfels design with Charbroil
handles? Too late now--I already got it and put it together. That's
99% of the way to total ownership right there.

Yes, it is. I only question the Charbroil beancounters attention
to manufacturing quality. Not that the New Braunfels was all
that great. But, from what I've seen Charbroil is far more concerned
with profit then with quality.

With that said. Buy some extra fire chamber grates and turn two of
them sideways in the fire chamber. This will give you some precious
space between the coals and the grate for longer fire life. Then create
some kind of baffle between the firebox and the cook chamber to
reduce the radiant heat from the the firebox reaching the meat in
the cook chamber. I use a very large brick to deflect the radiant
heat.
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