Beginner from Massachusetts

mad fisherman

Newbie

Original poster

Sep 11, 2012

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Sutton MA 01590

• Sep 11, 2012

• #1

My nephew smoked me a couple racks of ribs 2 weeks ago & I'm hooked. I've started my first build as a RF using a 50 gallon propane cylinder and a grease for the fire box. Both were brand new & free so it made perfect sense. I still have a way to go as you can see in the pic, but the thought of eating more of those ribs has me plenty motivated.

 I'm comfortable with everything I know of that I need to do as of now, but my one question is the cooking grate. Should it be stainless steel or is regular steel ok?

any other suggestions are welcome

thanks,

mad fisherman

 

jrod62

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• Sep 11, 2012

• #2

Welcome to SMF :welcome1:

 

scarbelly

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• Sep 11, 2012

• #3

Hello and 

to SMF - glad to have you here  - I would post your grate question in the "Smoker Builds" section 

Please do us a favor and update your profile with your location 

 

smokinhusker

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• Sep 11, 2012

• #4

Hello and welcome to SMF!

 

zahlgren

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s2k9k

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• Sep 11, 2012

• #6

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 40,000 members and over 800,000 posts so you should be able to find almost anything you want to know. Remember the search bar at the top can be your best friend for finding answers fast!

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installman

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Jul 4, 2008

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• Sep 11, 2012

• #7

 Good luck with your build.