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Many thanks for that. I will give it a go.


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Hi People,

I am selling my NBBD :cry:

It is in pretty good condition as can be seen below. There have been no mods made to it except that I use some foil to extend the outlet down to the grill and I have added some high temperature silicon to more adequately seal the cooking chamber and it is now ...

Hi Keith,

Thanks for posting back and my apologies for taking so long to reply. I was waiting for the opportunity to try again and include any results in this reply.

To confirm, yes, I have a friend-of-a-friend from whom I can get hardwood at silly prices. It seems to be fairly well seasoned but I ...

Thanks for posting back.


@Tiny, Thanks for the info, I was sure I had read that all wood was ok. Bummer! I was hoping to keep the costs down using wood that I can obtain virtually free locally.

@Simon, Yes, that link is the one but I think the one I have is a little older because the legs look a ...

Hi Peeps,

Having obtained and lovingly restored a New Braunfels Black Diamond (horizontal offset) I finally managed to fire it up over the weekend. YAY!

I have to say I was somewhat disappointed :(

The main trouble was maintaining a steady temperature (want to use wood only if I can). Too low ...

Hi People,

I generally make my sauce from whatever I can lay my hands on in the kitchen but the basic ingredients generally include Ketchup, lemon zest, lemon juice, black treacle, onion, garlic, Worcester Sauce, liquid smoke etc. When digging through the spices I spotted caraway seeds. (caraway ...

Hi everyone.

Was a wonderful long weekend but I was unable for stoke up a fire because I spent the entire weekend replacing the fascias, soffits and gutters on our house. Still not finished but it is raining. :cry:

I am getting increasingly impatient waiting to try our new offset smoker. Well, I ...