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bishopchip

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My name is Chip - I live in the East Bay Area of Northern California. I am real in to food and cooking for friends and family. I just this crossed over from grilling, to attempting to gain some success in real BBQ. I have a couple Webers - one gas, and my kettle that I have been developing some smoker skills on. I started with St Louis ribs, then tri-tip, pork butt, and a few small other items to experiment with.

I plan to search and re-search this forum for ideas, tips, techniques and recipes to keep feeding my learning and desire to experiment. I do have furture plans to possibly build my own smoker once I figure on what would siut my needs best (or simply add-on to a WSM...it's certainly big enough for my current needs(but how fun it would be to build something custom!).

Thanks in advance for the combined wisdom and experience in this group! I look forward to picking your brains and learning what I can!

Kind Regards,

Chip
 
Hey Chip, welcome to SMF from another NorCal'er (SAC area).  Like you, I cut my smoking teeth on the Weber Kettle, then moved up to the 22.5" WSM.  The WSM is my smoker for life.  I have used it hot n' fast, low n' slow, and everything in between.  With a BBQ Guru DigiQ DX2 blower on it, it is like setting the oven.  I'll throw a pork butt or brisket on the smoker at 6 or 7 PM, sleep like a baby, then finish it up the next day.  Did that with a butt on Sunday/Monday. 

I still use the 22.5" Kettle for smoking, but it is mostly a griller these days. I have an old 18.5" Kettle I may turn into another smoker, but there's no hurry on the project. 

Have fun and don't hesitate to ask any questions!

Ray 
 
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Welcome aboard chip. You "crossed over" to the right place! Lot's of good info and great people on this forum. Good luck and happy smoking!
 
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