[El Ropo]

If this brinkmann we are talking about is in fact a gourmet, you can turn it into a mini uds pretty easy. Once the mods are made, it will cook just as well as a UDS or a WSM.

UDS style fire basket, seal the gap at the lid and add exhaust hole(s) on top of lid. Add a thermo at grate level and cover up the hole left by the old thermo with a sheet of aluminum and a couple screws (these thermos leak air). And finally, add a movable baffle to the intake hole so you can control oxygen to the fire.

Replace the water pan with a diffuser tray and don't use water and you end up with a very efficient cooker that will run for 10 hours @ 250-275 easy, and it can still hit 350 for chicken in a heartbeat. I love my Gourmet!