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Default Brinkman Vertical Smoker

On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:28:16 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:

> There are two kinds of inexpensive Brinkmans. One is the Gourmet, which
> is what I have. That one does not require drilling since it has legs.
> The regular, little bit cheaper, Brinkman is the one that they say needs
> to be drilled.
>
> Before you drill anything, figure out which one you have.


The Smoke 'n Pit ad the Cajun Cooker need holes drilled because
they have an enclosed fire-pan (basically it's just a bowl). The
Brinkman Gourmet has a firepan with integrated air louvers. All
the models have legs, the Gourmet actually has the piddliest legs
of them all. But they do raise it off the ground an inch to let
air in underneath.

The way he said "easier to add charcoal" and mentioned the door and
"shelves" (not racks) makes me think he has a newer box-style
smoker. It's square, not round.

And IIRC, this one has reverted back to the bowl-type firepan with
no holes in it. So it would need holes or at least a small round
rack in the bottom to allow air in and ash to fall through. It's a
stupid design and I don't know why they went back to it.

http://www.foodsmokingreview.com/page05.htm

-sw