Gotta be my dad. They had moved to Texas; first time I visited they took us out for barbecue, I'd really never had anything like that at home in Ohio. On a later visit, dad made brisket on the NBBD he had gotten. No mods on it, hot spot here, cool spot there, started his charcoal the old way -yup, with lighter fluid -, but it was still pretty good. I decided that I wanted to learn to make some Q. I did a little research (my wife hates it when I do that, I never settle for the cheapest way to do something), and decided that a Bandera was a fit for my foray into barbecue. While doing my research I found a group on Yahoo that revolved around the Bandera. I was lucky enough to be a part of the fun farkers who moved away from that original group :heh:
Inspiration from Dad, but knowledge from my Brothers :thumb: