Old Country Brazos Walkthrough

In this video I walkthrough Old Country’s Brazos Offset Smoker. I explain the cooker and it’s options. I also explain how I start and manage the fire for my cook.

[@wilymaximo_sat]

Amazing walk through. Thanks for that hack on the with the angle on the grate in the Fire box

[@jessiewilson41]

Man that's a very neat idea! Just got a brazos smoker last weekend and I'm trying this!

[@jasonmuller7612]

Man thank you for taking the time to demonstrate this. You have put a lot of time and energy into this. IT HELPS ! I’m new to smokers but I want to master it. Great job

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Thanks! Keep trying new things. The only way you’ll learn is by doing it.

[@rawjan39]

@@thesaturdaysmoker8223 I do you leave the vent open

[@pnelllott7300]

Great system, will be trying it great video

[@bbqbill8201]

Howdy! Seriously looking at this smoker and your wood management was informative. Thanks!

[@timoconnor6]

Excellent Idea on the fire box!! Thank You!

[@Trodai83]

Thank you for the video. Learned a lot

[@M4ttj0nes]

Keep the brazos content coming brother. Cheers.

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Will do! Scheduling is starting to interfere with my plans this coming weekend. Might have to do a long overnight cook. Should be fun.

[@RaleighSmoke]

Good tips on the fuel ramp. 👍

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Thanks! I hope you found it useful.

[@handsydirector4862]

Great info 👍

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Thanks. I hope you enjoyed the videos.

[@mightymike_1]

Suggestion I have. Go to a Lowe’s or Home Depot buy a piece of expanded metal for $12 and attach it to the bottom side of the coal rack. The expanded metal has smaller opening and the coals won’t fall through as much.

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[@yonny1954]

Put a piece of expanded metal on top the grate in it's proper position. Works great

[@seasonings2taste115]

I’m looking into a brazos. I would get another grate and run it the opposite way which would create a smaller gap for the coals to fall through

[@Kyle-ts5th]

How long can you go between adding log splits?

[@scottsebens9767]

Great tips, going to that set up on my next cool…..I have a question though…I’m finding the Brazos funnels all the heat under the food and comes up to the top of the chamber close to the stack end because of that baffle, is there a set up where you can direct the heat to the top of the chamber quicker ? Basically turning it into a top down smoker instead of a bottom up ?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Thanks. I have moved away the baffle plate and moved to tuning plates. I did another video showing those. Also, try it without the baffle and see what results you get. A lot of people set it up as delivered and have amazing results,

[@gregorywiley9772]

Can you give the size of the smoker?

[@robfreeman5783]

Great video. Sub'd.

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Thanks!

[@BlackMusicGenre]

Can you use the original metal charcoal/wood tray (grate) that comes with the Brazos as a tuning plate in the inside of the pit ? If so, how far apart do you set it from the vent in the pit of your smoker?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

I used to. I ended up buying tuning plates. I just posted a video about setting them up. When I was using the charcoal grate I had it pushed up right next to the firebox shield.

[@BlackMusicGenre]

@@thesaturdaysmoker8223 Sorry about the late reply. I've been having my Brazos for a little while. I'm still figuring out ways to dial it in. I'm thinking about purchasing a tuning plate/plates . Thanks again for your response.

[@JC-qk8dh]

Please show how you set the charcoal grate up in the main cooking chamber. Thanks.

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

JC, do you mean the cooking grate? I don’t put have charcoal in the cooking chamber?

[@JC-qk8dh]

The Saturday Smoker what do you do with the charcoal grate then?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

@@JC-qk8dh ahh, I wasn’t tracking. So I take the food grate out and put the charcoal grate on the bottom and push it up against the right side of the chamber. It will be above the hole for the firebox. Does that make sense?

[@JC-qk8dh]

The Saturday Smoker so do you push it all the way over to the right side? How well does it even out your temps?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

@@JC-qk8dh push it all the way over to the right. It helps, but it gets hotter by the stack.

[@craig9069]

Nice video. Where can I get one of these on the east coast?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

I ordered mine from Academy.

[@MadHouseBBQnyc]

Mine came up to NY from academy. It was a mess scratches and dents all over. Academy wrapped it in a garbage bag and sent it

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Sorry to hear that. Hope the dents are too bad.

[@fernandoarroyo1378]

Would you say it is worth $1000. plus shipping ?

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

Well, I’m Dutch, so everything seems too expensive. You won’t find a smoker with 1/4 steel close to this price. I’ve had cheaper offsets and they rust so fast. It retains heat really well and draws the smoke good. I would say it’s worth the price. People love their Pecos too. It’s a hard call.

[@fernandoarroyo1378]

@@thesaturdaysmoker8223 ok perfect thanks ..... I'm thinking of purchasing one, right now I'm using a uds homemade smoker does the job pretty good but i wanna get a stick burner .....

[@zachary9009]

Same here. I built a UDS several years ago and it has been a champ. But I can't shake the desire to get a Brazos lately. Plus there's a feed store up the street that sells local oak, pecan, and sometimes post oak.

[@swampchickenfxr779]

@@zachary9009 You're not going to find another offset of that quality for any cheaper. Once you get used to an offset smoker, the quality of BBQ is far better than a drum

[@chadjohnson3546]

That’s the old version, the new version has much taller smoke stack

[@mapledoodle5516]

Jimmy Fallon?

[@ChetPunisher]

I've been told this before... When I was younger and thinner.. Ha

[@tedbundy6701]

You going to ruin the side of your firebox

[@thesaturdaysmoker8223]

It’s 1/4 steel.

[@steponmemommy9323]

Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um.

[@ChetPunisher]

Welcome to my world of word hesitation...

[@steponmemommy9323]

@@ChetPunisher Thanks!