"Lori Hunt" > wrote in message
...
> Hello all,
>
> It's been a long time since my last post - like, last summer, when I
> first got my New Braunfels Bandera smoker and started trying my hand
> at this. I got a lot of help and a lot of suggestions from the group
> here. I tried them all, too. Figured I'd check in and let folks know
> what I've been up to, not that I was around all that much last year
> for folks to get to know me. Hope everybody's doing well. Since
> then:
>
> 1) I've figured out that I can't tend a fire worth a flip. There's an
> art form to it, and I never did figure it out.
>
> 2) I modified my Bandera a bit, adding the deflector in the smoke
> chamber and raising up the fire grate a little in the firebox. Thanks
> to whoever it was that suggested that - it did help. But, when you
> can't tend a fire to save your life, all the mods in the world can't
> help you much.

Lori, there's a Bandera forum somewhere that supposedly has a load of knowledge.
Did you try that?


Tyler