Dana H. Myers wrote:
> Piedmont wrote:
>
> > Scott, It sounds like you thought about it. My perspective is from
> > having already owed an NB cooker and all the messing I had to do.
> > Modifications and such to make it work somewhat decent, wool
blankets to
> > cover it in the winter, silicon the doors, baffle the opening
between
> > the firebox and cooking chamber, add bricks, on and on and on.
>
> I turned the fire grates around to elevate the base of the fire.
> I stuffed a pie tin into the firebox opening as a baffle.
> I extended the chimney to the grate with a piece of aluminum duct.
> Total time spent modifying was under 30 minutes and under $2.
>
> I'm getting consistent results without trouble. I think you
> might have tried too hard :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Dana

Sounds like it. I haven't done any of that stuff and I get great
results
my only complaint is the lack of fuel effiecency.