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View Poll Results: Do you use a Bandera? | |||
I have a Bandera and use it as my main cooker. | 17 | 37.78% | |
I have a Bandera but no longer use it. | 6 | 13.33% | |
My Bandera shares time with another smoker. | 7 | 15.56% | |
I do not own a bandera. | 11 | 24.44% | |
I will own a Bandera one of these days. | 4 | 8.89% | |
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll |
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05-28-2008, 08:08 PM | #1 |
is Blowin Smoke!
Join Date: 12-01-05
Location: Universal City, Texas
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Bandera use question
This site was started for cookers who use the New Braunfels Smoker model "Bandera".
After reading a post by Scolli about refurbing his old Bandera I started to wonder who had one and who still uses it. |
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05-28-2008, 08:15 PM | #2 |
is Blowin Smoke!
Join Date: 12-01-05
Location: Universal City, Texas
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I have never owned one. I saw them well after I had a custom smoker.
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05-28-2008, 08:15 PM | #3 |
Watching over us.
Join Date: 12-27-05
Location: Mid Michigan
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Did they make the first Bandera that didnt include and upright?
Looked more like an offset grill back in the early 90's? |
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05-28-2008, 08:17 PM | #4 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 01-07-08
Location: Senoia Ga
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I have two and I love them.
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Chris Fayetteville, GA 2 NB Banderas, Imperial Kamado #5, Imperial Kamado #0, Large Grill Dome, Large Primo Kamado, 22.5 Weber Silver, 18.5 Weber Silver |
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05-28-2008, 08:56 PM | #5 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 04-04-06
Location: Wichita Falls, Tx
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I've never owned one. I've always thought about getting one if i could find a used one to refurb, but ive got too many good cookers now to neglect em with a new bandera. now i wouldnt mind have Pooh's MOAB.
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05-28-2008, 09:01 PM | #6 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 09-17-06
Location: Dexter, MI
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The Bandera was my first smoker. After I got my Klose and my WSM, I gave the 'dera to a friend--a displaced Texan living here in Michigan. I learned a lot about fire control with that cooker, and more importantly, a google search for Bandera is what led me to this great forum a couple of years back.
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05-28-2008, 09:03 PM | #7 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 02-06-05
Location: Southern Minnesota
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Don't forget the Brinkmann Smoke King Deluxe. BSKD. Mirror of the newer dera's. Not as good and heavy as the original Dera's of old, but a very similar cooker. I love mine.
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05-28-2008, 09:04 PM | #8 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 01-07-08
Location: Senoia Ga
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If you look around craigslist for smokers you may find them for fairly reasonable. I bought both of mine for MUCH less than you can but any decent offset smoker new. A really good deal when you consider an old dera is way thicker than most newer smokers.
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Chris Fayetteville, GA 2 NB Banderas, Imperial Kamado #5, Imperial Kamado #0, Large Grill Dome, Large Primo Kamado, 22.5 Weber Silver, 18.5 Weber Silver |
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05-28-2008, 09:25 PM | #9 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 05-04-05
Location: Coral Bay, USVI
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My Bandera is my main Smoker. But I use my Weber kettle twice as much as the Dera for backyard cooking.
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Cat Sass BBQ - Competition BBQ Team Community Development VP - Secret Squirrel Society (but we don't exist) Member: KCBS. CBJ New Braunfels Bandera - refurbished; Two Big Green Eggs; 6' fire pit; Weber Kettles; Superfast Blue Thermepan |
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05-28-2008, 11:32 PM | #10 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 11-12-06
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
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Same here. I use it for my bigger cooks, like two 18 pound hams:
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05-29-2008, 06:16 AM | #11 |
is Blowin Smoke!
Join Date: 02-06-07
Location: Rolling down the river between St Louis and New Orleans
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I still have my BSKD but haven't used it lately since I turned into a drumhead.
I do have a project that I'm working on to mount the BSKD onto a small utility trailer that I can pull around with my lawn mower. Thinking it may be cool to take to tailgate party's.
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05-29-2008, 06:41 AM | #12 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 12-01-06
Location: Fernandina Beach FL
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I had a BSKD but sold it a while back. I just wasn't using it anymore and felt like sharing the love!!!
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05-29-2008, 06:44 AM | #13 |
is Blowin Smoke!
Join Date: 07-17-06
Location: Wantagh, NY
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I have one too, but since buying our spicewine we have not used it once.
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Julie "It is better to have burnt and lost, then never to have barbecued at all" Swamp Pit BBQ KCBS Member KCBS CBJ Charbroil Bandera Charbroil Silver Smoker/Grill Weber Kettle 18 & 26 WSM 18 1/2 Kamado 18" FEC 100 http://www.myspace.com/wannabebbqueen http://www.tripadvisor.com/members/JMBred *the views of the user Skip (The Prince Consort) do not necessarily reflect those of WannaBeBBQueen...lol |
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05-29-2008, 07:59 AM | #14 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 05-02-05
Location: Grain Valley, MO
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I have a Bandera that has sat in my barn unused for 4 years.
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05-29-2008, 08:12 AM | #15 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 04-14-04
Location: Choctaw, OK
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Mine's been my main for four years. No barn time.
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