I put together a drum smoker (kit I bought from Big Poppa Smokers) and have been using that for the last six months or so. After looking on the net and wanting to move up, I recently purchased a Brinkmann Trail Master Limited. After a disastrous thanksgiving using the Brinkmann I found this site looking for answers and I think I found what was wrong and will be needing to do some modifications. I'm glad I found this site and hope to learn a lot more.