I live in Iowa and have been smoking for a few years with the smoker in my avatar as well as cooking on a large trailer grill.
After having some decent results on the smoker I recently entered a few competitions. As my smoker is too large to maneuver and as it is set up for propane it really wasn’t conducive to the competition scene so I have been trying to smoke meat with my grill. All though still good eat’n it isn’t helping me compete with the big boys and their toys. Not that I would win if I had their gear, but I enjoy competing and want to take this to the next level.
I used to work in a steel fabrication shop and have the ability to work metal well enough to get through most situations needed to build a smoker so I have decided to start gathering the tools, the space and a plan.
I am leaning toward the vertical smoker as that is what I’m used to but have heard/read some nice things about the RF horizontals so that’s where I’m at for now.
Look forward to joining the group.
Thank you,
After having some decent results on the smoker I recently entered a few competitions. As my smoker is too large to maneuver and as it is set up for propane it really wasn’t conducive to the competition scene so I have been trying to smoke meat with my grill. All though still good eat’n it isn’t helping me compete with the big boys and their toys. Not that I would win if I had their gear, but I enjoy competing and want to take this to the next level.
I used to work in a steel fabrication shop and have the ability to work metal well enough to get through most situations needed to build a smoker so I have decided to start gathering the tools, the space and a plan.
I am leaning toward the vertical smoker as that is what I’m used to but have heard/read some nice things about the RF horizontals so that’s where I’m at for now.
Look forward to joining the group.
Thank you,
