Absolutely Outstanding Pit. A large water pan on the bottom baffle evens out the right -to-left temperature variation. My top grate runs significantly hotter than the rest of my grates.
Most of the competition guys use the guru fans to get quicker heat up on starts on the gravity smokers. Mixon pretty much says they are required and it’s not for regulating once you are up at temp since once the ball valve is dialed in it will stay pretty solid. Mainly useful for starts and recovery when you open door.
Start up is painfully slow for sure. Using the larger wood for this one didn’t help as drastically as I thought it would so an adapter to use my PartyQ is my next purchase. Recovery after opening the door wasn’t so bad - took 15 mins. When I resumed the video, i had let the biscuits cook for 45. Thanks for watching and the comment!
The Dude Each have their merits. Brazos is a solid buy if that’s what you’re in the market for. I’d treat them both like separate but similar tools that are both capable of equally decent BBQ.
I just picked mine up today. turn the grade at bottom of shoot upside down that there are 3 little pars you can slide your Firestarter into to lit the pit.
Kris Bruu Academy only right now. There were production issues due to Covid but last I heard more were going out. I believe it’ll show up on academies website again shortly. Price is $1300 pre tax.
