New addition ... BSKD

chargriller · 10-08-2005, 10:25 PM

WAHOO, I got one of my christmas presents early I now have a BSKD.

Is there anyone that can give me pointers on this new smoker?

I hope to put it togeather tomorrow, I have been saving my bacon grease for rub all over my smokers, now I can greas up the new one.

nmayeux · 10-08-2005, 11:21 PM

Congrats on the BSKD, and I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have enjoyed mine! All you need to do is fabricat a baffle and charcoal basked, and season to be ready to cook. Alas, you will have to change your Name and Signature, but thats all part of the fun

! Here are a couple of pics of my set up, and if you have any questions, just PM me.

Noah

P.S. You can view the fire basket pics on Q-Talk, under fire basket thread.

Jeff_in_KC · 10-09-2005, 12:03 AM

Congrats, Rob! I also have a BSKD and while I've done all sorts of meat on it, I'll tell you, for me, it's one hell of a rib cookin' piece of equipment!!!

Like Noah said, you'll definitely want a baffle and why they EVER put such a piece of junk fire grate in there, I'll never know (OK I do... to save money!) but you'll absolutely want to junk the current one. It can't get any decent air flow under the fire! I made an expanded steel fire grate for mine that is on legs made out of about 4 or 5 inch carriage bolts! When I went out to Colorado to help my brother get going with his, the fire had a difficult time staying above 200* when enough ash fell through to choke it out from below!

BBQchef33 · 10-09-2005, 12:09 AM

Fire grate.. ya gotta make a firegrate!!!! Look in bandera 101 for a copy of my plans. Was expanded steel supported by and 1 inch by 3/8 inch steel flats

nmayeux · 10-09-2005, 12:11 AM

Half the fun of owning one of these things is making the mods!!

Aeynghus · 10-09-2005, 12:34 AM

Congrats on your new smoker.

chargriller · 10-09-2005, 10:49 AM

Thank for some of the info for the mods, not sure when when I will get all the mods done, hope they can be added later, I will do some quick fixes first like the fire great. Hope most of these mods are cheap, hope you guys can help me when I get stuck, I know how good you guys are for giving advice.

BBQchef33 · 10-09-2005, 12:15 PM

u can make a quick and dirty baffle out of HD aluminimum foil. Just get that heat out and under the waterpan, otherwise it runs straight up the inside wall of the smoke box. Your temps will run low & uneven and you'll use alot of fuel. Anything is better than nothing.

chad · 10-09-2005, 01:24 PM

Congratulations!

The baffle and fire grate should only take an hour or so - not counting the trip to Lowe's or HD! This is especially true if you install the baffle when you put the beast together.

You can pick up an extra piece of expanded metal and make a very simply charcoal basket in 10 or 15 minutes. A bit more elegant one (like Noah has made) takes only a bit longer.

DWFII · 10-09-2005, 01:33 PM

Chargriller,

Photos??!

kcquer · 10-09-2005, 04:15 PM

C'griller, Cograts Brother!! Some sound advice above, follow it and you'll have a great cooker.

Sawdustguy · 10-09-2005, 10:39 PM

Sorry for being such a numbnutz guys but what is a BSKD? It is some sort of smoker I assume? Maybe a Bandera?

------Clueless in Long Island

Kevin · 10-10-2005, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sawdustguy

Sorry for being such a numbnutz guys but what is a BSKD? It is some sort of smoker I assume? Maybe a Bandera?

------Clueless in Long Island

Brinkman Smoke King Deluxe. I call it a left handed bandera.

chargriller · 10-10-2005, 08:04 AM

The baffel mod looks easy, but I am not very good at mod'ing stuff. Noah I like the design of yours I will hope to try this but I am so clue less looking at your diagram I think I have an idea what to do, but not for sure, I will do the card stock templet first. When I go to the hardware store I have no clue what metal to use.

Anyone know what type of bolts that are used to put the BSKD togeather? I would like to find more, I could use them to make my fire grate taller for now till I can make/buy a charcoal basket.

I was thinking for my quick fix baffel like Phil said and use HD foil, I was going to put some over the water pan holder, over where the firebox is located and mabe try to design a quick scoop to direct the heat more under like Phil sugested.

Going to print the 101 and try my luck with some of the mods mentioned.

Jeff_in_KC · 10-10-2005, 08:23 AM

I used the HD foil baffle mod temporarily until kcquer helped me with me permanent one. Worked pretty decent. All that matters is having SOMETHING there to deflect smoke and heat out under the waterpan and not let it go straight up the side of the smoke box and out the chimney.

10-08-2005, 10:25 PM	#1
chargriller Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-30-05 Location: Sioux City, Iowa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	New addition ... BSKD WAHOO, I got one of my christmas presents early I now have a BSKD. Is there anyone that can give me pointers on this new smoker? I hope to put it togeather tomorrow, I have been saving my bacon grease for rub all over my smokers, now I can greas up the new one. __________________ Rob K. In order of use: Char-Griller Smokin Pro BSKD Meco Electric Water Smoker Xbox Live: char skd1 Wii - 4548 1877 4323 1724 Blog: The Casual Gamer

10-09-2005, 12:03 AM	#3
Jeff_in_KC somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-04-05 Location: Pleasant Hill, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats, Rob! I also have a BSKD and while I've done all sorts of meat on it, I'll tell you, for me, it's one hell of a rib cookin' piece of equipment!!! Like Noah said, you'll definitely want a baffle and why they EVER put such a piece of junk fire grate in there, I'll never know (OK I do... to save money!) but you'll absolutely want to junk the current one. It can't get any decent air flow under the fire! I made an expanded steel fire grate for mine that is on legs made out of about 4 or 5 inch carriage bolts! When I went out to Colorado to help my brother get going with his, the fire had a difficult time staying above 200* when enough ash fell through to choke it out from below! __________________ Big Creek BBQ Competition Team KCBS Member and CBJ #14287 Contest Organizer - Smokin' on Big Creek Co-Founder and Executive Director Operation BBQ Relief, Inc. Visit us at Operation BBQ Relief dot org

10-09-2005, 12:09 AM	#4
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	Fire grate.. ya gotta make a firegrate!!!! Look in bandera 101 for a copy of my plans. Was expanded steel supported by and 1 inch by 3/8 inch steel flats __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

10-09-2005, 12:11 AM	#5
nmayeux Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-03-05 Location: Marietta, GA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Half the fun of owning one of these things is making the mods!! __________________ Noah \#/ Nauti-Que BBQ Team Pitmaster and KCBS CBJ & CTC

10-09-2005, 12:34 AM	#6
Aeynghus Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-23-05 Location: Beeville, Tejas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats on your new smoker. __________________ Defender of the Planet Against Scottish Aliens. Modded USA-Made Silver Smoker. Generic Char-Broil Gas Grill. Camel Dung Fueled Campfire. Schmoaking Monkey. *"If we aren't supposed to eat animals why are they made out of meat?"*

10-09-2005, 10:49 AM	#7
chargriller Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-30-05 Location: Sioux City, Iowa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thank for some of the info for the mods, not sure when when I will get all the mods done, hope they can be added later, I will do some quick fixes first like the fire great. Hope most of these mods are cheap, hope you guys can help me when I get stuck, I know how good you guys are for giving advice. __________________ Rob K. In order of use: Char-Griller Smokin Pro BSKD Meco Electric Water Smoker Xbox Live: char skd1 Wii - 4548 1877 4323 1724 Blog: The Casual Gamer

10-09-2005, 12:15 PM	#8
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	u can make a quick and dirty baffle out of HD aluminimum foil. Just get that heat out and under the waterpan, otherwise it runs straight up the inside wall of the smoke box. Your temps will run low & uneven and you'll use alot of fuel. Anything is better than nothing. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

10-09-2005, 01:24 PM	#9
chad somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-13-03 Location: Clearwater, FL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congratulations! The baffle and fire grate should only take an hour or so - not counting the trip to Lowe's or HD! This is especially true if you install the baffle when you put the beast together. You can pick up an extra piece of expanded metal and make a very simply charcoal basket in 10 or 15 minutes. A bit more elegant one (like Noah has made) takes only a bit longer. __________________ Dave Southern Brethren BBQ Competition Team "It's all about getting paid!" - Myron Mixon "I love being hated in my hometown!" - David Hair KingFisher Gator Rotisserie cooker, WSM, Stainless 5 burner with IR gas grill, Turkey Fryer, Weber JD Commemorative grill, slightly used Bandera chamber for future use as a cold smoker, Masterbuilt 40" insulated ELECTRIC smoker Last edited by chad; 10-09-2005 at 01:58 PM..

10-09-2005, 01:33 PM	#10
DWFII On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-24-05 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Chargriller, Photos??! __________________ DW In the High Desert of Central Oregon CG w/SFB WSM wishing for:Vicmarc 200

10-09-2005, 04:15 PM	#11
kcquer Lives in Spirit Join Date: 02-17-04 Location: Wherever there's Sweet Blue Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	C'griller, Cograts Brother!! Some sound advice above, follow it and you'll have a great cooker.

10-09-2005, 10:39 PM	#12
Sawdustguy Babbling Farker Join Date: 09-14-05 Location: Manorville, Long Island Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry for being such a numbnutz guys but what is a BSKD? It is some sort of smoker I assume? Maybe a Bandera? ------Clueless in Long Island __________________ Guy (Brewmaster and Pitmaster) BBQ Team: *Two Fat Polocks BBQ Team* Brewery: Black Dog Brewery BBQ Equipment: "Sam I Am": XL Big Green Egg "Barbra Q": Lang 84 Deluxe "R2 and D2": Twin 22" Weber Smokey Mountains Brewery: Custom Made Automated Souped Up Sabco

10-10-2005, 08:04 AM	#14
chargriller Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-30-05 Location: Sioux City, Iowa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The baffel mod looks easy, but I am not very good at mod'ing stuff. Noah I like the design of yours I will hope to try this but I am so clue less looking at your diagram I think I have an idea what to do, but not for sure, I will do the card stock templet first. When I go to the hardware store I have no clue what metal to use. Anyone know what type of bolts that are used to put the BSKD togeather? I would like to find more, I could use them to make my fire grate taller for now till I can make/buy a charcoal basket. I was thinking for my quick fix baffel like Phil said and use HD foil, I was going to put some over the water pan holder, over where the firebox is located and mabe try to design a quick scoop to direct the heat more under like Phil sugested. Going to print the 101 and try my luck with some of the mods mentioned. __________________ Rob K. In order of use: Char-Griller Smokin Pro BSKD Meco Electric Water Smoker Xbox Live: char skd1 Wii - 4548 1877 4323 1724 Blog: The Casual Gamer

10-10-2005, 08:23 AM	#15
Jeff_in_KC somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-04-05 Location: Pleasant Hill, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I used the HD foil baffle mod temporarily until kcquer helped me with me permanent one. Worked pretty decent. All that matters is having SOMETHING there to deflect smoke and heat out under the waterpan and not let it go straight up the side of the smoke box and out the chimney. __________________ Big Creek BBQ Competition Team KCBS Member and CBJ #14287 Contest Organizer - Smokin' on Big Creek Co-Founder and Executive Director Operation BBQ Relief, Inc. Visit us at Operation BBQ Relief dot org

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