hello from UK

Hi Bryan , Welcome to our "Family" and "Addiction"

Plenty of good folk on here, ask any questions you can think of, and you will get your answers.

Please take time to look at the UK Smokers Forum,

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/f/3161/uk-smokers

And introduce your self on the UK Roll Call

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/229926/roll-call

It's a shame you did not find us earlier, we have just had our UK Smokers Weekend at Woodhall Spa!

It was a fantastic weekend with new comers and experienced smokers altogether cooking, chanting and enjoying good food


Smokin Monkey [emoji]133660013031[/emoji]

Hiya Bryan, 

Welcome to the forum, there are plenty of fantastic people on here with a wealth of knowledge, and some of them are even in the UK !

I think Smokin Monkey has given you the links above to the UK Smokers Group which is geared up for fellow smokers this side of the pond.

Do find time to have a look at the UK forum where there is a great group of fellow smokers with a huge amount of experience & talent on your doorstep.

Smokewood

Hi Bryan. Welcome to the forum. U used to work in the US a lot and have had some great dives off the NC coast from near Wilmington.

It was a pity that you missed the weekend, being so close, however we are already starting to plan next years.

Congratulations on the pulled pork - I am glad it turned out well for a first try. You say that you are looking for an offset smoker now so what did you smoke it in?

Are you certain that you need an offset? What are you expecting to want to smoke. It may be that a kettle or a bullet smoker would be a better fit for you.

Cheers

Wade

Hi Bryan, it will be at Woodhall Spa again next year, Dates to be confirmed, but will be around the same time.

Next year will almost certainly be at Woodhall Spa again. It is a pain for both me to get to (from Kent) and for Ewan (from Scotland) but it is fairly central for the majority of us.

Yes I went to Grillstock Bristol and had a great weekend. There was good music and some great food there - but also some not-so-good food too. One thing that you notice when you go to events like Grillstock is that almost all of the competition quality food is cooked on either bullet smokers or kettles. There are also some of the bigger commercial smokers too. Unless you are planning to cook in quantity then you may find buying a cheap offset smoker a bit of a backward step. You may want to take a look at a ProQ or WSM bullet smoker that is larger than the one you currently have.

Let us know how you smoked the pork - both the good and the bad. It is something that you can get a lot of hints and tips on from here moving forward. You will be able to build upon the bits that went well and improve the bits that didn't.

I have a variety of smokers. 2 x Weber 57cm, 1 x Weber 67cm, New Braunfels Bandera, a custom build stainless steel offset smoker, a Davy Crockett pellet smoker, a couple of gas BBQs (mainly for food warming) and almost an FEC-120 commercial pellet smoker. I have cooked on a number of other smokers too, including the ProQ and WSM.

One think I would recommend you buy at the same time is a good dual probe digital thermometer as temperature control is one of the most important factors when smoking low-and-slow. Something like a Maverick ET-732 or 733.

BBQbryan said:

My brother back in NC has an off set smoker, he is a bit fanatical about it, but saying that, his bbq is very tasty...

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The end taste is only 20% down to the smoker and 80% down to what you do with the meat and how you smoke it. Just by buying a new offset smoker is unlikely to make it taste similar to your brothers. You are also likely to find the offset smoker (especially a low end one) will be much harder to cook with. I am not trying to stop you from buying an offset but I am just trying to set expectations that it may not be the most important factor in giving you the flavour that you are looking for.

  Good evening and welcome to the forum, from another hot, day in East Texas and the best site on the web. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything.

Gary