Turned My Wife's Old combo Brinkmann Into A Reverse Flow and Got A Butt On

well I sold all my smokers and been craving some pulled pork so it time to mod the wife's smoker into a reverse flow to get my smoke on . I cut a tuning plate to fit and the only thing to make it a reverse flow was to close the left stack and open the right . the only thing I still need to buy is a gasket to go around where the lid closes because it has a pretty big gap that looses some heat . got the Shirley on order and talked to Tyler and it will be done the first of March so soon I will be able to enjoy a Shirley smoker again .

Old Brinkmann Combo Smoker



Tuning plate cut to fit



pork butts at .99 a pound and bought a bunch



first layer with Tasefully Simple Seasoning Salt



2nd layer with Harry Soo's Love Meat Tender All Purpose Rub



the rub weapons for todays Que



will post the on going cook today

Bludawg said:

I sealed the lid on my old Chargriller pit by cutting 2 pieces of 1" aluminum angle and bolting it to the sides of the lid on the inside to make a flange. when the lid is closed the angle flat rests on the bottoms lip. It makes for a tight seal

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thanks Budawg I got a lot of angle iron sitting around and will do this instead of spending $25 on the gasket . :thumb:

internal temp hit 172 degrees so time to wrap and just a little apple juice , pretty happy with the bark .

only let it rested for 30 minutes and the kids said they were starving .



came out awesome and who said you could not smoke on a cheap smoker with a few mods but my grandson criticized it and said it could of cooked another 5 degrees :twitch: dang I raised him to dang good and thought the same thing , lol .