Quote Originally Posted by StagLefty View Post
I've joined the smoker club ! Son bought me a Brinkman SmokenGrill for Father's Day. going to do the curing today and decide what meal to start with.
Be careful, it's almost as bad as guns for an addiction.

1st thing you do before seasoning is take the legs and put them on the outside. Then drill some vent holes in your charcoal pan. This gets better airflow w/out having to access it to stir & add coals. Add another temp guage , one that gives you temps not Low-med-High. You'll need 3 bricks to rest the coal pan on. This along with the repositioning of the legs allows you to lift the smoker off the heat source w/out loosing more heat than necessary. Lining the water / drip pan with foil makes clean up easier.