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I was planning on trying to build a smoker this summer, but I saw this
cheapie at the Home Depot. It is a side firebox barrel unit, perhaps 2 1/2
feet long. Any opinions on its functionality and durability?

P

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On Sat, 22 May 2004 01:01:27 GMT, I needed a babel fish to understand
"M&M" > :

>I guess you can take it on faith or not. I shopped the
>Chargriller with and without the firebox before I bought
>my NB Silver. If you choose to believe that I don't know
>what I'm talking about that's your choice.

heya M&M, I have noticed your replys tend to not have ANY info from
the preceding post you are replying to... are you doing this on
purpose to confuse the reader?

If you prefer to not carry any of the proceeding text as a norm... Ill
just refrain from seeing your posts..

Good luck

Duwop wrote:

>>http://www.tool-buyer.com/industrial...g/chargriller/
>>
>
> Looks like they screwed up the firebox. If this is the firebox, I'd pass.

Why? It works great and is very easy to clean.

C.

On 24-May-2004, Lewzephyr > wrote:

> On Sat, 22 May 2004 01:01:27 GMT, I needed a babel fish to understand
> "M&M" > :
>
> >I guess you can take it on faith or not. I shopped the
> >Chargriller with and without the firebox before I bought
> >my NB Silver. If you choose to believe that I don't know
> >what I'm talking about that's your choice.
>
> heya M&M, I have noticed your replys tend to not have ANY info from
> the preceding post you are replying to... are you doing this on
> purpose to confuse the reader?
>
> If you prefer to not carry any of the proceeding text as a norm... Ill
> just refrain from seeing your posts..
>
> Good luck

Sorry about that. I tend to get a little careless with snipping the previous
post, especially after 4:20.

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M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

Caiman wrote:
> Duwop wrote:
>
>>> http://www.tool-buyer.com/industrial...g/chargriller/
>>>
>>
>> Looks like they screwed up the firebox. If this is the firebox, I'd
>> pass.
>
> Why? It works great and is very easy to clean.
>
OK, I may have made some assumptions, also, first pass I somehow missed the
top door and thought they were complete imbiciles and removed that as well.
But it does look like they have the coals sitting directly on the bottom
sheet metal with no grate or air space beneath for ashes to collect in. Is
that correct?


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Duwop wrote:
> Caiman wrote:
>
>>Duwop wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>http://www.tool-buyer.com/industrial...g/chargriller/
>>>>
>>>
>>>Looks like they screwed up the firebox. If this is the firebox, I'd
>>>pass.
>>
>>Why? It works great and is very easy to clean.
>>
>
> OK, I may have made some assumptions, also, first pass I somehow missed the
> top door and thought they were complete imbiciles and removed that as well.
> But it does look like they have the coals sitting directly on the bottom
> sheet metal with no grate or air space beneath for ashes to collect in. Is
> that correct?

No, it is not. The coals sit on a (removable) grate. In addition, there
is another grate, which allows you to grill in the firebox. I find that
very handy, as it allows me to grill veggies, corn, sausages, etc.

My only complaint about the firebox is that the vent is made of very
crappy metal. Once the heat picks up, the vent becomes very soft and
difficult to operate. Also, it is virtually impossible to completely
shut the air to the firebox. I used to do that on a Weber kettle and
salvage some of the charcoal left over after the Q is done.

C.