I have smoked pork shoulder and Boston butt on my Weber Genesis gas grill before, but through the encouragement of two friends who compete professionally on a BBQ team I have finally made the move to a charcoal smoker (Chargriller). My first effort was two racks of baby back ribs and my second was (yeah, I know I'm crazy) EIGHT racks of ribs (hey, we had company and we were hungry ok?). No one died, so I guess I'm on the right track so far. Next step......Chicken so the Mrs can use the pulled meat for enchiladas and some Costa Rican chicken and rice. I look forward to all of the info in the forums! - Cloudmaker