Newbie on the Prairie

puntbumper

Newbie

Original poster

Jun 21, 2013

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North Dakota

• Jun 21, 2013

• #1

Hi all - 

New SMF member here from the great prairie lands of North Dakota.  Have made my own venison sausage from commercial spice mixes many times and got the urge to start smoking it.  Asked my family for a smoker as a Father's Day gift, and my first batch of bratwurst is smoking in my new SMF 40 as I type.  I haven't even tasted it yet and already I'm hooked!  Lurked on the forum for a few weeks reading many very informative posts, and now I'm going to start asking questions of all you seasoned smokers!

PB

 

s2k9k

AMNPS Test Group

Sep 8, 2011

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SEUSA

• Jun 21, 2013

• #2

:welcome1: PB to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 50,000 members who just love to share their experience and over 900,000 posts describing it!

The search bar at the top can be your best friend when you are trying to find answers to your questions but you can still ask too if you want!

We have an Articles section that is full of great information about smoking to include a lot of recipes and instructionals. Check it out there is a lot to learn in there!

You might want to check out Jeff's Free 5 day E-Course, it will teach you all the basics plus a whole lot more!

 

seenred

Epic Pitmaster

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Feb 9, 2009

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N.E. Oklahoma

• Jun 21, 2013

• #3

Welcome to the forums! Glad you've joined us. You've found a great place to learn and share ideas on our favorite pastimes...grilling, smoking, and curing great food! There are lots of friendly and knowledgeable folks here who really enjoy helping one another. Just ask any time you need help and you'll get plenty!

Red

 

oldschoolbbq

Legendary Pitmaster

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Jul 16, 2008

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NW Ohio - outside Toledo

• Jun 21, 2013

• #4

 , PB . Glad to have you here... hope you call this home (we are the Best anyhow).

 

so ms smoker

Master of the Pit

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Dec 20, 2010

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Gulfport, MS

• Jun 21, 2013

• #5

Welcome puntbumper!  Glad you

joined us!

   Mike
 

 

foamheart

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Apr 4, 2013

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South Louisiana, on the Mississippi River

• Jun 21, 2013

• #6

Great place awesome folks, unbelieveable search engine, but you'll figure all this out soon enough.

The Guru's are so good they can be equipment to geographic region specific with answers although N D. is a bit far off.

I will make a suggestion, that from now you you keep a log. A book, file, flash drive, card-ex, recipe book with all your cooks. It make your life a lot easier when you remmebr what you like and didn't like last time. Fill a cook with date, meat, smoke, preps like brines and rubs and trimming, time and temp in the smoker and IT, rests and /or foils. Then come back and do a post evaluation so the next time you know what to tweak and what not. It really helps.

Welcome to the boards and welcome to my addiction.

 

kathrynn

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Jun 13, 2012

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Madison, AL

• Jun 22, 2013

• #7

to SMF!  We are so glad you joined us! 

If you didn't read the "Terms of Service" notes.....please do.  There are a few things that everyone should know about those pesky little rules before plunging into the forums. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/a/terms-of-service

Off Site Links are not allowed here at SMF....just a gentle FYI! 

If you need any help roaming around the forums....just holler!  Happy to help out!

Kat