Hello

[bjk1086]

How is everyone doing I'm new to all of this. I just acquired a brand new new braunfels black diamond smoker that has been on storage since 1993. Good or bad smoker?

 

[s2k9k]

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 45,000 members and over 900,000 posts so you should be able to find almost anything you want to know. Remember the search bar at the top can be your best friend for finding answers fast and the “Articles” section is chock full of good useful information and “how-to’s”!

Would you do us a favor and update your profile to include your location, Thanks!

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[kathrynn]

 to SMF!  We are glad you joined us!

If you need any help roaming around the forum....just shout!  Happy to help out!

Kat

 

[roller]

Welcome to SMF !

 

[bjk1086]

Thank you already getting a lot of good tips on new smoker

 

[old sarge]

Welcome from Arizona.

Your smoker is very close to the brinkman smoke n pit that I have; they could be twins. I say it is good.  I made many a fine smoked meal over the years on mine with nary a problem. I did get a tad weary checking on temp and adding  wood but the results were worth it.  The smoke flavor was less than strong and more than subtle, if that makes sense.  Just real pleasant. I did find that through the course of smoking/cooking, I would rotate meat so that no one piece stayed consistently near the fire box nor consistently at the farthest end of the cooking chamber and this was to insure a relative evenness in the finished product.  And opening the offset fire box or the cook chamber released heat, but one develops a technique to minimize this loss. Long smokes, say a butt, can be an all nighter, so I stuck mainly with ribs.

I say use it and enjoy the results.  I still have mine but made the switch to electric last year. Definitely a difference in flavor; the electric is a tad stronger in my opinion. And I still have the offset.  Still good and a lot of memories.

You may want to repost your question in the charcoal and/or wood smoker section of the forum.

Again, welcome.

 

[bjk1086]

How do I post an add on the buy sell trade forum.

 

[s2k9k]

How do I post an add on the buy sell trade forum.

Just go here:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/f/2824/buy-sell-trade

Then click on "Create a New Classified" in the brown box just below "Buy/Sell/Trade"

 

[bjk1086]

It's not giving me that option

 

[s2k9k]

It's not giving me that option

Are you on a PC or a phone?

 

[bjk1086]

Phone

 

[s2k9k]

Scroll to the very bottom of the screen and click on "Mobile" and see if that changes anything. I'm not familiar with posting on a phone but if that doesn't work then post a question in this forum:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/f/117/forum-related-issues

and I will forward it to the Admin team, they should be able to figure it out.

 

[s2k9k]

I see you figured it out, what was it?

 

[bjk1086]

Had to be on desktop version

 

[s2k9k]

Had to be on desktop version

But still on your phone?

 

[bjk1086]

Yes sir.

 

[s2k9k]

Thanks for letting me know so I can pass it on to other members who might run into the same problem, and good luck selling the laser!!!

 

[lazykj]

How is everyone doing I'm new to all of this. I just acquired a brand new new braunfels black diamond smoker that has been on storage since 1993. Good or bad smoker?

very good smoker just extend the deflector plate.