Rookie in Chi-Town

dannyw808

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• Apr 24, 2011

• #1

Howdy all!  New to the forum so I thought I would say Hi.

I have tried smoking on my 16 yr old Brinkman Smokin-n-Pit but found it quite frustrating. It leaks way too much!  I usually either use it as a grill or simply convection cooking, which the wife loves, but I want to do more smoking so I am looking at getting a real smoker!  I am between the Master Forge 2 door model at Lowes or the Masterbulit XL.  Any thoughts on either?  I have read a lot of reviews on both and just trying to make the final decision..

Love all the info here and from a newbe, it is really appreciated. 

Thanks,

Danny

 

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les3176

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• Apr 24, 2011

• #2

Welcome to smf glad to have ya!!! Tons of info here and great members too!!

 

scarbelly

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• Apr 24, 2011

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Welcome to SMF - good luck on the smoker choice

 

scarbelly

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• Apr 24, 2011

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Welcome to SMF - glad to have you here with us

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

• #5

Welcome to SMF!

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

• #6

Welcome to SMF, Glad to have you with us.
 

This is the place to learn, lots of good info and helpful friendly Members.
 

For those of you new to Smoking, be sure to check out Jeff's 5 Day Smoking Basics eCourse.

Click Here it's "FREE" ... 5 Day eCourseE

Be sure to put a general location on where you are located in your profile this helps us when answering questions you might have.

Also for those of you new to smoking,  Get a good Probe Thermometer as we smoke by Temperature NOT TIME.



A good choice for a remote dual probe thermometer is the Maverick ET-732

 

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• Apr 26, 2011

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meateater

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• Apr 26, 2011

• #8

Welcome to the SMF. Glad to have you here. Lots of good folks, great recipes and knowledge. Looking forward to your first qview.