Yet another newbie!

[phil23]

Hello everyone!

My name is Phil, I'm from Canada (Quebec, where it's cold!).

I'm new to smoking, although I LOVE all kind of smoked food.

After a few unsuccessful attempts at smoking with my propane BBQ grill, I decided I needed a smoker, a real smoker! I also decided I needed experts' advice so here I am!!

Thanks in advance for your help, hopefully I'll learn quickly!!

cheers!

Phil

 

[gary s]

  Good evening, and welcome to the forum, from a cool East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about everything

            Gary

 

[oldschoolbbq]

, Phil. You want advice

Hold on to your 'skirt' , you are about to be hit with more than you can handle . . .

Have fun and . . .

 

[pc farmer]

Welcome.

What type of smoker do you want?

You have time to add wood for a stick burner?

You want a set it and for get it?

How many people will you be cooking for?

 

[brooksy]

I would say get a stick burner because that's all I've ever had :biggrin: In the end it really doesn't matter because you will have more than one or five!

 

[themule69]

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions
Post it and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is
because their are so many different ways to make great Q...
Happy smoken.
David

 

[GaryHibbert]

Hey Phil

Welcome to the Smoking forum. You’ll find great , friendly people here, all more than willing to answer any question you may have. Just ask and you’ll get about 10 different answers—all right. LOL. Don’t forget to post qviews.

Gary

 

[phil23]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

To answer some of C farmer's questions, I'm leaning toward an electric just because I will like (and need) the ability to just set it and forget it. I have a large family of 6 so that mean I need something bigger than a countertop smoker...

I have no clue what a stick burner is so I'll have to do some (more) research!

I posted some questions on the forum for new members... feel free to answer them there!

Thanks again!

Phil

 

[brooksy]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!
To answer some of C farmer's questions, I'm leaning toward an electric just because I will like (and need) the ability to just set it and forget it. I have a large family of 6 so that mean I need something bigger than a countertop smoker...
I have no clue what a stick burner is so I'll have to do some (more) research!
I posted some questions on the forum for new members... feel free to answer them there!
Thanks again!
Phil

a stick burner is a smoker that uses wood as its main fuel source. Definitely not set and forget!

 

[bluewhisper]

Welcome to the board, Phil!

A propane grill isn't good for smoking because they're made to breathe - you can't close vents to control the fire. That's because there's no thermocouple so if the flame snuffs out, the gas still goes ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss  BOOM

 

[phil23]

Ok, make sense.

Thank you very much for answering my question!

Phil