"phyteach" > wrote in message
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> Saw something new at Home Despot (;-)) today. It is an offset firebox
> horizontal smoker from char-broil for 150 bucks. It has ~800 (IIRC)
> square inches of cook surface, dampers, grates and all that. Anybody
> have any experience with this unit? I also noticed that the door to
> the firebox has 1/16 gap all the way around. That is, the door that
> you would add more wood, on the vertical side away from the food
> surface. Is this a bad sign? The unit appears to be made of a fairly
> heavy gauge steel. Any thoughts?
>
> Scott

Shit, for a second there I thought you were kiddin cuz I thought Chargriller
bought out New Braunfels, but nope, those "Char-Broil" offsets sure look to
be the old New Braunfels units and the names are the same too.

http://www.charbroil.com/smokers/index.asp

New Braunfels were considered pretty decent quality for the price and were
pretty much the mass market strandard.

Me, I'd get the CharGriller Grill and order the side firebox from the
factory (used to be carried by Home Depot too) , then you have a smoker and
a grill in one unit for about the same price. My chargriller has a depth of
20", which is real nice to have, takes a bit more fuel though.