(at least from my perspective!)
This picture shows the Brinkman "Smoke 'n Grill" that was to become the "Super ECB." For those of you that don't know, ECB is an acronym of fondness for this unit, it stands for "El Cheapo Brinkman." This little guy was really my first "real" low and slow BBQ'ing equipment. I Q'd several chickens and a couple of fresh ham roasts on it before I came across the instructions on modifying an ECB to be more practical as a BBQ tool. Reading the ECB mods was what gave me the inspiration to do a little design work of my own and come up with the SECB.
This is my SnP during the first cook after I did the initial mods on it. I had used the SnP for 1 cook prior to discovering the BBQ FAQ (and BBQ Forum) and the joy of making creative improvements to this unit. So far, I've added a more well placed, fabricated steel smoke stack and a baffled coal basket in the firebox.
By the way, who says it can be too cold or there can be too much snow to Q.... wimps! On the day in the picture, I shoveled out a spot for the cooker in 10 to 18 inches of snow and the temperature hoverd around 0 F most of the day!
(New 1/29/02)
(New 1/25/02)
(New 9/25/02)
(New 3/28/02)
(New 11/21/02, still under construction)
This faithful old fellow was a hand me down from my wife's parents when they "upgraded" to a gas grill (while visiting recently, my father-in-law asked if we'd like the gas grill now, he'd rather have the kettle!) This was what I used for my first BBQ'ing and it is still used for all our grilling needs. This 10+ year old Weber has seen not only 'dogs, brats, burgers of many compositions (combinations of beef, pork, moose and venison) steaks, chops and chicken but also a few pork roasts, a turkey breast or 2 and a few ribs of assorted styles. Shortly after we received this kettle, Our Smokey Joe of around 6 years was retired... what a mistake that was! If I knew then what I know now, I'd have made new legs and we'd still have that little guy! The lid and bottom were in good shape, the spindly legs just rotted off. Who knows, it may have been transformed into a Weber mini-magnum!
Est. March 2001
