Afternoon Y’all! Wanted to get to the pics first to appease the masses I hope. I’m another one of those looong time lurkers that is finally joining up to help contribute to the place that has been a go to for me for so long. I’ve got some friends on another forum I frequent that are members here and they finally pushed me over the edge to join up.
First off, Thank you @TulsaJeff ! This site is an amazing place with a wealth of knowledge and inspiration for all. Huge Shout out to @dutch for the beans. Have been doing them for years and linking to your thread as often as I can. There’s a lot more to thank that I’ve borrowed recipes and inspiration from, so I'll try and pass along a hello and thank you as I go.
Goal is to make the carousel one day
Cliff notes about me:
Born and raised in Nebraska (Western side). Was in the Navy for a while. Met a Texan along the way and married her. Got out and now reside in Austin behind enemy lines…
Smokers:
Spent years utilizing the Char-Griller Duo with mods found from here til it caught a grease fire. The fire wasn’t bad, but it cleaned all my flavor and protectant and then very quickly rusted out after that… It had a good run of over 10 years iirc.
Picked up the Masterbuilt Extra Wide Propane smoker on sale and immediately changed the feed line out with a better needle valve for control. Worked fine, but just not a fan of propane smokers after having it for a bit.
Next stop was the Weber 26” which I LOVE. I also just yesterday got a 22” weber locally for $10. Just needs cleaned, but couldn’t pass it up.
A few months ago I took the plunge into the pellet pooper world and after tons of research I wound up with the above Pitts & Spitts Maverick 1250. Phenomenal Smoker! Most of the Q above is from that. I haven’t gone the route of the A-Maze-N setup up, but haven’t seen the need so far. There isn’t a ton of info on the forums about the P&S, so if anyone has questions, hopefully I can assist.
I look forward to trying to pay back this community as best I can after all the years of help/lurking.
Not sure what else to ramble on about… so I’ll quit typing for now.
