Cleaning The Old Country Brazos and Installing Tuning Plates

A video about how I clean my Old Country Brazos. I also install my tuning plates.
Steel Tuning Plate: www.ebay.com/itm/4in-x-12in-x...
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[@lynndollar1013]

I line the bottom of the cook chamber on my Brazos with foil. Makes clean up real easy. A couple sheets about 30" long over lapped.

[@hart316]

Great vid 👍🏼

[@reddemonspeed31]

Great video 📹 👍

[@Gene756]

Great video..! Cheers..!

[@stevieg2755]

Wow i gotta get one of those buckets

[@raytrout8272]

Looks awesome I was wrong

[@garybenaszeski3465]

thanks for the ebay link

[@johnknapp6328]

It looks like your using sear grate for fire grate, and firegrate as diffuser. As only an observer using the plates first one should be tight to Firefox wall and smaller gaps towards Firebox and I don't think you would use last two. Let us know how it works out. I like Lonestargrillz v basket they offer, or you can make one out of expanded metal. Brazos On

[@Gladiator1972]

I've seen people filling the bottom with water and a nosel to drain the water and grease.

[@kevinn8405]

Where is the eBay link?

[@sm208]

Hey @Saturday Smoker! I'm curious if you think it's better to buy the Brazos with thicker steel and top shelf already in instead of the Pecos? Do you the Brazos is worth 2x more than the Pecos as far as performance and value? I'm torn between Pecos to save money or Brazos for the possibility of better performance and long term value over time. Here in CA its $850 for the Pecos and $1600 for the Brazos when I factor in tax and gas to pick it up 3hrs from me, so it's a big investment but I dont want to drop $3k+ on a custom since I'm new to stick burners. I heard with the stack extension and baffle removal these things perform like any custom! Would love your thoughts, thanks!

[@i-am-me-]

Get the brazos… I wondered the same g thing but buy one cry once! If you take care of it you will have it for a long time.

[@badgermoon9229]

Just hit the edges and corners of the tuning plates with a grinder and eliminate the sharp edges. Won't take 5 minutes and will save you cut gloves or fingers.

[@steponmemommy9323]

Aren't tuning plates unnecessary? Franklin has something in his pits that creates vorticity. The hot air/smoke enters the cook chamber and starts to spin. Wish I knew more.

[@mitchellwhite4595]

How did the plates end up working out? I just purchased a used brazos

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Hi, I’ll get a video up about tuning them. It’s been raining here a ton. Should be up this weekend or by Tuesday.

[@mitchellwhite4595]

@@thesaturdaysmoker8223 thank you so much! I have a big trailer smoker that has tuning plates so I’m very curious about the brazos. The guy I bought it from was pretty adamant about having to do briskets fat side down or else the bottom would be too crunchy....

[@Barefootin999]

Hey...you say in the video that the plates are 1/4" thick but your link to the ebay page shows a 1/2" thick plate. I can't figure out how to order the 4x12x1/4 plates.

[@greggbarr5001]

You can clearly tell that those plates a thicker than 1/4

[@understandinc]

12:33 - spray it on a rag man! save your hands

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

understandinc my hindsight is 20/20... Thanks!

[@iPigee]

What’s the link to old country bbq pit group?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Added, but here it is: facebook.com/groups/1708725259402252/?ref=share

[@stevieg2755]

Your tuning plates link goes to half inch thick plates

[@frankfurino7590]

are you Aaron Franklins twin brother?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Ha ha ha. No. He works so much harder than I do.