On 13-Jul-2004, "Tyler Hopper" > wrote:

> "Lori Hunt" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Thanks for the discussion. I'll try to reply to several questions at
> > once here.
> >
> > I have a lot of admiration for the folks who have the patience to
> > master fire tending. I'm not cut out to sit among your ranks right
> > now, but maybe once things settle down here and life isn't quite so
> > hectic, I'll get the hang of it. A lot of my trouble with
> > fire-tending boils down to self-discipline and distractions. I'm
> > trying to finish up my associates degree, work full time, new husband,
> > finish moving, be involved in church, find time for my motorcycle...
> > just too much going on. Once some of the stuff is taken care (I can't
> > go to school forever, can? Please say no....), I can take a full
> > weekend and do nothing but work with the fire. Until then, it's the
> > gas smoker. I can get a lot of homework done in 3-4 hours. : )
> >
> > Grins,
> >
> > Lori
> > SE TN
>
> Hey Lori, let me say I appreciate your honesty. From time to time we have folks
> come in here whining about how bad their stuff comes out, blames it on the meat,
> blames it on the fuel, blames it on planet alignment, etc.
>
> At least you have the huevos to stand up and say it's me, I don't have the time
> to devote, I need to practice more, etc. Good for you.
>
> I think whenever you get a little spare time it would be well spent browsing
> thru the Yahoo! Bandera forum. I'm told it's a gold mine. I hear with the
> correct mods you can go a few hrs. without screwing with the fire.
>
> Let us know if we can help.
>
>
> Tyler

Hey Lori, at the risk of being sacriligious, you might want to look into getting
a drop in burner ala Big Jim's LazyQ. It will work in your Bandara just fine. You
use a nasty old cast iron skillet on top of the burner to roast your flavor chunks
for smoke and the burner makes more then enough heat to fire your pit. Best
thing is though, you don't have to F&*( with it. Big Jim gets two or three cooks
from and 20# bottle with a 5 foot pit. Nobody badmouths Big Jim's 'Q'.

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