Hi Crispy,
Hang in there, you have gotten to the world's best BBQ/Smoking site. You have a perfectly decent cooking unit and the know how to ask questions (you got here by yourself, right?)
Don't be afraid to try something new (last weekend I smoked a rubbed rump roast...jiminy!) and no matter what, someone, somewhere has probably done it before....and they'll share it. It was nice to find out I wasn't the only one to try that experiment that turned out very well, actually! Damn Good and tender! Folks here are great.
Welcome.....