http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/ Bandera Pit Crew Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:05:12 GMT tom g http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9714 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9714 I had my Bandera for about eight seasons....(Thanksgivings and Xmas) I have burned the side of the fire chamber (end where the smoke enters the cooking Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:40:13 GMT joebruemmer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9713 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9713 Has anyone ever installed a rotisserie on a Bandera ? Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:46:26 GMT mkrllr8585 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9712 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9712 ... Depending on how much the shoulder weighed, you can greatly reduce the cook time by smokin' at 250 without a loss in quality of the finished product. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:00:49 GMT Luke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9711 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9711 Last night I smoked two pork shoulders. Fifteen hours at 200. I left my polder meat thermometer in the rain. A few minutes in a warm oven brought it back to Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:30:28 GMT Vernon Calder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9710 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9710 I ended up hauling my smoker back to the Academy store because they had told me they would replace it. The dept. manager looked at it and told me he would Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:34:14 GMT Randy Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9709 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9709 Not surprising that your paint peeled on the first cook. Mine did too when I fired it up the first time to season it. I don't think the  so called "powder Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:58:50 GMT Jeff Logullo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9708 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9708 ... I smoke with an electric, and at times I BBQ indirect on a grill, so I can relate. "...on a larger scale..." is putting it mildly :-) Electric smoker Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:58:00 GMT Vernon Calder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9707 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9707 I forgot to mention in my first reply that my brother told me another option for repainting the outside of the smoker is to go to one of those stores that Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:55:11 GMT Vernon Calder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9706 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9706 Thank you to Max Lorenz, Michael Parks and gvjt180 for your great replies. I think I will try the coal basket to help keep the coals from resting against the Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:40:38 GMT Jeff Logullo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9705 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9705 ... Happened to me too. I recommend the "don't worry" method. :-) I have a can of hi-temp Rustoleum spray paint that I bring out when the hot-spots start to Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:27:09 GMT kemp_shepherd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9704 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9704 I'm not an owner of a Bandera as of yet but I have been eying them for some time now. I've admired the Bandera at Academy Sports and have had some questions Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:23:43 GMT Max Lorenz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9703 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9703 Just rub it down with some lard at the end of your cook time. Treat it like a cast iron skillet. Hang onto the new lid for a replacement when the original Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:04:00 GMT gvjt180 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9702 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9702 Ok I know it is a new smoker and everything should work properly but it won't. You will probably need to modify some things and pay close attention to your new Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:02:37 GMT MICHAEL PARKS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9701 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9701 it doesn't surprise me, the temperature under and around your fire could be 1000 or more , keep it out of the weather and a little pealed paint should not be a Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:47:37 GMT cvc4450@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9700 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandera/message/9700 I did my first cooking last week in my new Bandera smoker. After about 6 hours of cooking I noticed the powder-coat paint pealing off at several spots on the