Hey all. I'm James, nice to meet you all. I've been lurking on this site for a little while. I just signed up the other day and finally had a chance to sit down and write something.
Little about me. I was born and raised in Chicago, and now live in a suburb of the city. I'm pretty new to smoking, but I've learned quite a bit already just lurking around these pages. So far I've only done pulled pork, and last week cold smoked some cheese. The pork wasn't the best, so I guess I'll just have to try again. Darn...
As far as the cheese, the harder cheeses are still resting, but I did already crack into the string cheese. My brother had never eaten smoked cheese before, and last night he became the newest convert. He's bringing more to me in a couple days to smoke for him.
Right now I have a MES30, and just bought the AMAZEN smoker (Thank you Todd). I already have a small collection of dust here, hickory, apple, and pitmasters choice. Looking forward to a winter season of smoking. I never stop BBQing in the winter, so why stop smoking right?
Besides my love of smoked foods, I work in the electronics field, but my true love is the outdoors. I'm an avid fisherman, and get out as often as I can. I'm now teaching my 5 year old daughter now the finer points of the sport, and she loves it. She gets mad if we're by a lake without our equipment.
That's pretty much it. So hello everyone again and I'll see you around.
James
Little about me. I was born and raised in Chicago, and now live in a suburb of the city. I'm pretty new to smoking, but I've learned quite a bit already just lurking around these pages. So far I've only done pulled pork, and last week cold smoked some cheese. The pork wasn't the best, so I guess I'll just have to try again. Darn...
As far as the cheese, the harder cheeses are still resting, but I did already crack into the string cheese. My brother had never eaten smoked cheese before, and last night he became the newest convert. He's bringing more to me in a couple days to smoke for him.
Right now I have a MES30, and just bought the AMAZEN smoker (Thank you Todd). I already have a small collection of dust here, hickory, apple, and pitmasters choice. Looking forward to a winter season of smoking. I never stop BBQing in the winter, so why stop smoking right?
Besides my love of smoked foods, I work in the electronics field, but my true love is the outdoors. I'm an avid fisherman, and get out as often as I can. I'm now teaching my 5 year old daughter now the finer points of the sport, and she loves it. She gets mad if we're by a lake without our equipment.
That's pretty much it. So hello everyone again and I'll see you around.
James
