Char-Broil/New Braunfels American Gourmet, Deluxe Smoker CL score/rebuild

Creature · 04-26-2010, 01:05 AM

This will be perfect size to see if this is a hobby or a fad for me. Here is what she looked like when I got her almost two weeks ago:

Needs a little work, outside ... and in ...

Take her apart ...

Paint the pieces ...

Put her back together, foil up some flat ceramic bbq brick and line the bottom ...

Install the baffel (might trim that down later) ...

Ready for my first cook!

Jet2 · 04-26-2010, 09:47 AM

Nice score and rebuild!

jonboy · 04-26-2010, 09:49 AM

Bring on the meat.
jon

Bacchus · 04-26-2010, 09:54 AM

I hope it is a hobby, seems like alot of work for a fad. You could have cooked on it in the "before" condition.
Im thinking you are hooked on "Q"ing already.

Prairie Smoke · 04-26-2010, 10:37 AM

Wow dude you put a lot of work into that thing! That's what I started on, I hope you like tending to a fire. Nice work though! Good luck with your first cook.

Chef Jim · 04-26-2010, 10:59 AM

Nice mods and good work. Interesting baffle in that it goes in so far. I am working on mine now but didn't take the time to take it apart. Hungry and can do it later if necessary.

The bricks, their purpose? Heat sink? Or to distribute the heat more evenly?
Advice would be appreciated.

Creature · 04-26-2010, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bacchus

I hope it is a hobby, seems like alot of work for a fad. You could have cooked on it in the "before" condition.
Im thinking you are hooked on "Q"ing already.

Yeah, I've been hooked on commercial Q for a long time. Attended a comp as a spectator/sampler. I'm sure it's a hobby for me, but I've got to get the kids to eat it or there isn't much point. 2 out of 3 of them are into it so far (1st cook yesterday, I hope to post the pron later tonight).

landarc · 04-26-2010, 02:20 PM

Cool job there, I hope the first cook goes well.

Creature · 04-26-2010, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chef Jim

Nice mods and good work. Interesting baffle in that it goes in so far. I am working on mine now but didn't take the time to take it apart. Hungry and can do it later if necessary.

The bricks, their purpose? Heat sink? Or to distribute the heat more evenly?
Advice would be appreciated.

The baffle is a little long, and I think I'll trim it down because I think the smoke path will work better if I take 4-6in off of it. I thought it'd be better to make it long and trim it. It worked great because I can tell the smoke is travelling up the bottom of the baffle (the smoke marks on the foiled bricks told that story).

The bricks are a little bit of a heat sink to help with spikes (although I only opened it once during the smoke and I permitted myself that because it was a little over 250 at the top of the chamber). I saw mods that used full size bricks but they had the larger version of smoker, and I had these leftover from my gasser.

Good luck on yours.

Westexbbq · 04-26-2010, 02:21 PM

Good job Creature.
Let us know how the extra-long baffle works re temp control; might be a good combo with the fire bricks.

Creature · 04-26-2010, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westexbbq

Good job Creature.
Let us know how the extra-long baffle works re temp control; might be a good combo with the fire bricks.

I think the baffle might have made a hot zone in the far end (seems to have flowed right along the baffle and out). Which might have contributed to the thin end of the baby backs being a little dry (still good though). I'm waiting on two temp guages from ebay (and an ET7) to get a better handle on the hot spots.

The one time I opened it up, I lost about 25deg and got it back within 5min. I imagine that isn't too bad a recovery.

04-26-2010, 01:05 AM	#1
Creature Found some matches. Join Date: 04-12-10 Location: Vancouver, BC	Char-Broil/New Braunfels American Gourmet, Deluxe Smoker CL score/rebuild This will be perfect size to see if this is a hobby or a fad for me. Here is what she looked like when I got her almost two weeks ago: Needs a little work, outside ... and in ... Take her apart ... Paint the pieces ... Put her back together, foil up some flat ceramic bbq brick and line the bottom ... Install the baffel (might trim that down later) ... Ready for my first cook!

04-26-2010, 09:47 AM	#2
Jet2 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-30-09 Location: Alexandria, LA	Nice score and rebuild! __________________ John 22.5 WSM Weber Smoky Joe Hathorn Pit Strabulestone gasser UDS in progress Orion Cooker (It looked great in the pictures!) Gator Pit Bandit (When I need to use it)

04-26-2010, 09:54 AM	#4
Bacchus On the road to being a farker Join Date: 02-10-10 Location: Atlanta Burbs, GA	I hope it is a hobby, seems like alot of work for a fad. You could have cooked on it in the "before" condition. Im thinking you are hooked on "Q"ing already. __________________ Ron B..........BGE(L,M, & S). Steel Offset, Weber Kettle, Ducane Gasser

04-26-2010, 10:37 AM	#5
Prairie Smoke On the road to being a farker Join Date: 12-01-08 Location: Regina, SK	Wow dude you put a lot of work into that thing! That's what I started on, I hope you like tending to a fire. Nice work though! Good luck with your first cook. __________________ [B][COLOR=black]Cooking on:[/COLOR][/B] JR Enterprises 23-60 stick burner (on catering trailer) Primo XL Oval, Traeger BBQ200, Traeger LilTex Memphis Pro, Yoder YS-640 comp cart FEC-100, 120, 500 Southern Pride XLR-1400, SP-700 (2), SPK-500 (2) Two 32' festival rigs WSM x 4, UDS, Weber 22" OTG [B][COLOR=#0000ff]You don't win friends with salad![/COLOR][/B] [B]@prairie_smoke[/B]

04-26-2010, 10:59 AM	#6
Chef Jim Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-07-10 Location: Tequesta, Florida	Nice mods and good work. Interesting baffle in that it goes in so far. I am working on mine now but didn't take the time to take it apart. Hungry and can do it later if necessary. The bricks, their purpose? Heat sink? Or to distribute the heat more evenly? Advice would be appreciated. __________________ Judge Jim, Given to me by Terry @ Git R Smoked. Chef Jim, Gym, Jim, or CJ. [B][COLOR=Black] I'm not a Chef, but I play one on the internet.[/COLOR][/B] [URL]http://www.chef-jim.com[/URL] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]A veteran is Someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are far too many people in this country who no longer understand it. Author unknown.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=Red][COLOR=Black] [/COLOR][/COLOR]

04-26-2010, 09:49 AM	#3
jonboy is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-14-07 Location: Mount Washington, Kentucky	Bring on the meat. jon

04-26-2010, 02:20 PM	#8
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: sAn leAnDRo, CA	Cool job there, I hope the first cook goes well. __________________ [COLOR=DarkGreen][COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]me: I don't drink anymore Yelonutz: me either, but, then again, I don't drink any less [/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed] [COLOR=Pink]SSS[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE]

04-26-2010, 02:21 PM	#10
Westexbbq somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 09-02-05 Location: Rockin' Lake Ronfarkoma, Hinterlands of BBQ .	Good job Creature. Let us know how the extra-long baffle works re temp control; might be a good combo with the fire bricks. __________________ Illuminated, circa 1967. KCBS CBJ-Texas Transplant. Texas Smokemaster offset, Well-cured NB Silver Smoker, Santa Fe grill (retired). glory bee gasser. Texas International Pop Festival, Labor Day 1969. IMBAS Certified. Just roll me up and smoke me when I die. Always remember, no matter where ya go, there you are. I wanna tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat. Someday, I hope to visit Penelope. Hondo Crouch, Famous Late Mayor of Lunkenbach, Texas who advocated a 'dillo diet: "You can eat nothing but armadillos for a month, but you will have to run down and catch all the armadillos you eat and it can really take the weight off!"

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