hello from upstate new york

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tyotrain

Master of the Pit
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Mar 31, 2010
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Upstate new york
HI my name is dave i am 31 and from upstate new york i have been smoking food now for about 4 years.. I am from a small town and people don't no what BBQ is if you no what i mean. most everything i have learned is from reading books forums like this and yes this is the best one. I have 3 smokers I have a offset i use for party's and a upright i use for smoking sausage and cheese and the 3rd one is one i made from a trash can and it gets used the most. I have smoked just about everything i can get my hands on but pulled pork is my fav. some of my hobby's are smoking food,hunting,playing golf o and drinking beer.. well i have a lot of reading to do there is a lot here i want to read so happy smoking.. tyotrain
 
Welcome to the SMF. Glad to have you here. Lots of good folks, great recipes and knowledge. Looking forward to your first qview.
 
Dave glad you decided to join us. You'll find lots of info and some great recipes here. Have fun and happy smoking
 
Welcome aboard. Originally a New Yorker also, but kidnapped at a very young age and turned into a Floridian. Corning was my small town in New York. Good people on here and you will learn a lot more to take your craft to an even higher level.
 
Welcome to the SMF, glad to know you like what you've seen and read. It's all good my friend.
 
I am in a small town called madrid been here my whole life is like a small town you see on tv there is around 900 people here lol and yes everyone knows everyone and the town gossip is unreal lol. . its right in the middle of canton,massena,ogdensburg.
 
Welcome to the forums Dave! I'm north of Syracuse. Enjoy your stay, and we'll be looking forward to some Q-view form ya.
 
Thank you for joining our SMF family! Post a lot of Qview of your equipment and smokes so we can drool!
I'm an upstate NY'r also, transplanted almost 14 years ago to Fort Worth, Tx, but lived there for 46 years in another little town south of you, just below Watertown in Adams Center, NY, Fassett's Market. Used to be meat manager in Ogdensburg Great American for a couple years around 1990 too, and was in Clayton, Alex Bay, State St. and Arsenal St. Watertown too. A good friend John Holcomb was in Governeur GA also, and Larry Roberts in Potstam, then was the District Meat Supervisor for the entire area for many years too, from Utica to Malone.
We're all here to help you with anything you need and to enjoy and celebrate your accomplishments with you, so post away and make us drool!
 
thanks pops for the welcome.. small world u were just a few towns over from me. I like the smokehouse u built i want to build one of these can u tell me what u used. did u line the inside want to be safe on the metals i use.. thank you
 
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First off welcome Dave to SMF. You'll like it here cause there are abunch of good folks here that would just love to help you out with just about anything to do with smoking. We really like to have newbies here because they can bring in a new propective to how things are done. There's nothing like a new set of eyes to give and new way to make things that little differant to make things alittle better. So I hope you know about the Qview here.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=58920
Here's a link to photobucket it's free and easy to download pictures. Then if your really new to smoking Look up the E-course.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...play.php?f=127
It's also free and it will give you the basics of smoking. So after all of that you just need to go grab something to smoke and if you have any question just post them here and we will answer it quickly so you don't have any mishaps with your smoke.
Welcome To Your New Addiction
 
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