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Dr_KY
11-08-2010, 10:05 AM
Come on people we all know that some times or at least once one of our cookers have gotten away from us in some way shape or form so post up those pictures ( like Phubar did) and let us see your shameful moments.

DO IT!! :heh:

bigabyte
11-08-2010, 10:07 AM
LOL!:laugh: I'm scared to look!:shock:

Pictures shortly.:thumb:

I hope there aren't any dead critters in there...

Phubar
11-08-2010, 10:23 AM
Ok...I'll post my shame again.
As I said in another thread:by the time I wanted to put some meat on there the Phire was too low so I Phinished it in the Phrying pan.
The reason I don't use this cooker so much is because if I wanted to grill/smoke something I use the UDS or WGA.
I gotta say the TG has some air leakes but I could manage temps quite good and was Phun playing with it.
Unfortunatly I also didn't had Phat meat to season the TG properly but the TG is looking good again thanks to Brother ShizNit.


http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv96/phubar/SmokeFest%2007-11-10/IMG_2095.jpg
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http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv96/phubar/SmokeFest%2007-11-10/IMG_2100.jpg
http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv96/phubar/SmokeFest%2007-11-10/IMG_2101.jpg
http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv96/phubar/SmokeFest%2007-11-10/IMG_2103.jpg
http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv96/phubar/SmokeFest%2007-11-10/IMG_2111.jpg
http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv96/phubar/SmokeFest%2007-11-10/IMG_2109.jpg
http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv96/phubar/SmokeFest%2007-11-10/IMG_2113.jpg

cowgirl
11-08-2010, 10:57 AM
Hey Phu... what causes that furry stuff? I had that in my UDS one time when I hadn't used it for awhile. I took the weed burner to it and burnt it all out. Looks like something alien! :-D

bigabyte
11-08-2010, 10:57 AM
First, a little background on this otherwise mundane little cooker.

In the spring of 2003 while carousing around at Wal-Mart for items to pick up for our new house, my wife points out a Brinkmann Smoke-N-Pit Deluxe on sale for $180 and suggests I pick it up. Prior to that I had only grilled on charcoal grills and could do some mean stuff on our Weber Smokey Joe and 18" Kettle. I checked the other smokers they had and was pleased to see that not only was it the best value it seemed, but was far and away the biggest smoker in the store!:shock: (OK, are you done laughing now?)

With that my BBQ adventures began, which to me meant brisket. Within a year I was searching the libraries and internet for ideas for other stuff to cook in it and I found some online forums. They helped me a lot. Eventually I was pointed to this forum by some people who felt I was probably well suited to this place, and I have been hanging out since.

I stopped using this smoker probably 3 to 4 years ago when I got my first WSM. I only started this thing up once since getting my WSM's. Really, she's not is such bad shape for 7 years old, and being neglected for 3 or 4 of those years.

Here she is. As you can tell some leaves are falling, seeing as it is fall and all. I actually do sweep the stuff off of the table from time to time when it builds up, but luckily for this "neglected series" it had piled up again...
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP01.jpg

The firebox is the most rusted of course since it was never able to hold any sort of seasoning due to the heat. It could use a brush and some paint. I actually picked some paint up over the summer to paint it but have not got around to it yet.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP02.jpg

It seems I left the air intake open. I hope nothing crawled inside.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP03.jpg

Here's a close-up of the paint on the cooking chamber and the table. Not in that bad of shape really if you ask me, all things considered.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP04.jpg

Let's take a peek inside the firebox now. Looks like there's some fuel ready to go! LEt's light this baby up! Wait a minute...looks like some rusty creosote has fallen off in here too. Not to mention, I left the ash in there. That's not too good. I always laid foil down in the bottom of my firebox to easily remove the ashes when I was done, but that foil is probably disintegrated. I'll find out later when I get around to cleaning this baby!
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP05.jpg

Here's a close-up of the inside of the firebox. No critters were visible. Then again, it doesn't look like the most comfy of living quarters either.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP06.jpg

Now let's pop open that cooker, shall we? Thank goodness! There's not an old forgotten brisket on the grates! As you can see, I also foil lined in the cooker for easy clean up too. I wonder how hard it will be to get that foil off?:shock:
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP07.jpg

Here's a shot of one of the grates looking toward the firebox. You can see the stainless steel paper plate holder I used as a baffle. It kept flames from leaping into the cooker, and evened the temps out quite a bit. Without some sort of baffle on these units the temp swing from side to side is huge, and a big chunk of the forward grate is unusable unless you want it to catch on fire.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP08.jpg

Here's a shot of the other grate looking towards the exhaust. Seems a leaf is stuck in the exhaust there.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP09.jpg

The grates were pretty funky looking. I took a close-up of one of the more gnarly looking areas for your viewing pleasure. Just imagine a tenderloin smoking away on that!:thumb:
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Cookers/BrinkmannSnP/SNP10.jpg

stephan
11-08-2010, 11:02 AM
You guys should have used them on Halloween. Thats some scary stuff

Phubar
11-08-2010, 11:09 AM
@CowGirl:I think water is the main problem and maybe the lack of grease on the grills and inside of the drum.
This drum was standing uncovered during this Phall,remember that I live in Holland so it rains alot.
Because of some small gaps on top of the drum water can easily drip inside.
I also don't use the Midi UDS alot because of a small airleak that I still need to Phix but I don't have mold in this one because this one has a rooPh above it's head and is seasoned quite well.


@Biggy:dang...my TG wasn't neglected,your Brinkman is Neglected!!!

Phubar
11-08-2010, 12:06 PM
I'm gonna say it again...Dang Biggy,this time I read everything and looked at your pics more carePhully but...DANG!!!
I'd rather have some mold and water in there!:cool::thumb:
This thing is way beyond mold and water!

bigabyte
11-08-2010, 12:09 PM
OK, maybe it's worse than I thought!:shock:

bigabyte
11-08-2010, 12:16 PM
This thing is way beyond mold and water!
It does seem that whatever moisture might have been here in the past is long gone. Probably eaten up by whatever mold grew around. That would explain some of the stuff that has flaked off below...pretty eerie looking. I'm not sure what ate the mold exactly...or if all that scaly stuff is just dead mold.:becky:

Maybe if I just get it fired up really good it will burn all the yucky off?:heh:

Phubar
11-08-2010, 12:24 PM
Maybe if I just get it fired up really good it will burn all the yucky off?:heh:


So...you've Phired up allready?:becky:

bigabyte
11-08-2010, 12:26 PM
No.:tsk: I'm afraid of the fumes.

landarc
11-08-2010, 12:27 PM
Fire it up Biggy, and I would suggest maybe have a good media blaster ready just in case. That is gnarly. It makes me glad I use my old gasser to help light charcoal, avoids these disasters.