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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
Did my second smoke yesterday, after making the new mods remmy posted. Got a lot better fuel efficiency after raising the grate. Used mesquite for the first half of the smoke since that's when you get the most smoke absorption and then used a mixture of oak and pecan the rest of the way.- texaninmd
- Post #415
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
Everything is sealed pretty well. I used rutlands 500 RTV when I was assembling it and then used it to create gaskets around the doors for the firebox and smoking chamber. The only area I still have a little leakage is on the door of the smoking chamber, but I cut a lot of that down by using...- texaninmd
- Post #394
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
So what is the general attitude of the boards towards baffles? I have one that is a 1/4" steel plate, 12" long and 6" wide. With it and the tuning plates I get great heat distribution, and I didn't seem to have trouble getting the heat up because sometimes it would spike up to 300 with the...- texaninmd
- Post #391
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
By splits do you mean split logs? No, I haven't tried that. I think my fuel cost yesterday was so high because the wind shifting directions all day. I love in a town home, and the townhomes behind us are all in an oval, which seems to create a funnel and causes the wind to continually...- texaninmd
- Post #371
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
Finally got to use my smoker with all the mods and the brisket was some of the best I've ever had, didn't even have to wrap it until the last 10 degrees. Only issue I had is it burned a lot of fuel, 20 lbs of kingsford, 5 lbs of frontier lump, and 10 lbs combined of mesquite, oak, and pecan...- texaninmd
- Post #369
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
Wolfnutz, do you have any suggestions? I think all I've seen at lowes is cowboy.- texaninmd
- Post #297
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
I bought a few bags of kingsford, but I've seen a lot of people using lump charcoal. Is that for a reason or just a preference? If lump is better, what does anyone recommend? Cowboy?- texaninmd
- Post #295
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
Fired up the smoker after all the mods and it seems to be running smooth at 225 with vent on the side and the stack fully open. It only lasted about 2 hours at that temp because I was just seasoning the smoker and didn't use the minion method. I may need to build a bigger charcoal box, it's...- texaninmd
- Post #292
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
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Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition
Does anyone know what size, and have a recommendation for a water pan for this smoker? Thanks.- texaninmd
- Post #274
- Forum: Charcoal Smokers
