Thanks!
I'll look at HEB in New Braunfels today. It's across the hwy from bucees. Found another called Helotes Pits in Helotes. Has a square fire box with side loading door. Was looking for one like that.
Well since you said new braunfels. There is or used to be a place called New Braunfels Smokers... In New Braunfels of all places. My grandmother bought me, my brother, and my dad each a pit from there several years ago. They are built heavy and have held up well. Not cheap but not expensive for a well built pit. Maybe check them out.
Unfortunately New Braunfels was bought out in 1997 & Oklahoma Joe's I think in 2014 by Char Broil , both are now cheap thin metal products. So everyone be aware if you buy a used one of either, lift the lid to the smoker if it feels light, it is the Char Broil cheap version!
{In 2002 the owner of New Braunfels Smoker Co. plans to close its New Braunfels manufacturing facility in coming months, throwing about 170 employees out of work.
With the plant closure, New Braunfels Smoker products will be produced at the main plant of Char-Broil, one of the largest U.S. makers of outdoor gas and electric grills}
