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Personally, I love Lamb. Some say it can have a slight gamy taste, but heck, it's not pork! You probably had a bad tasting experience at the restaurant. Weird spices or herbs. Lamb, imho, is best with salt, pepper and some garlic. Try making a small roast at home and I bet you will LOVE it!

No smoking or cooking of any sort for me. My youngest son, 10, and I will be heading to the White Mountains for a bit of hiking and memory making. Food, except for lunches, is provided by the Lodge. Also will be stopping at a mineral mine to do some rock hunting. The boy loves his rocks.

I took the KCBS judging class and have judged only one competition. At the class the instruction is aimed at getting the judges to know what the KCBS rules are for the submitted meats. Things like what type of garnish, number of pieces in the box, simple stuff. The judges are instructed to judge...

"I'd come back as my wife and leave me the HEII alone!"

Hey Duck, good job on the nice cooker. There are at least two of us in MA, a couple in Maine and PA and some I don't know of who have mini reverse flows. Wouldn't it be cool to have a gathering of folks cooking on just Mini Smokers? We could bill it as The Worlds Smallest Cook-Off!!

So the smoke can get out! Seriously though, there is a horizontally mounted convection plate in the cook chamber which is below the cooking grate and runs from the fire box end almost to the opposite end. The smoke and heat travel under this plate, flow upwards at the end and pass back over...

Nope. But I can tell you I use the Spitjack Magnum. Works great. Here's a link. http://www.spitjack.com/page/SJ/PROD/HOG/MAGNUM

I did not name the two drums, WSM or the off-set. I DID name the MINI reverse flow though. His name is Cooper. Here he is. And here are his custom made Mini wheel chocks!

It can also be plain old mild steel, that's what your cooker is made from. Till they painted it.

Congrats to you! That is a beautiful smoker! I know it is pretty big, but it looks so small in the pictures.

Ok, ok. I was thinking taste. Don't like the Turkey Bacon. For presentation, you are right. I stand corrected!

I've used ground Turkey are that has worked out well. Personally, I'd skip the Turkey Bacon. My 10 year old son LOVES Feta Cheese, so I made him a fatty with spinach, sauteed garlic and Feta. The meat was ground Lamb and the rub was some store bought Greek seasoning, no bacon on the outside...

David, I hit the outside of the fire box every time I use this cooker. I use a spray bottle with veg. oil in it and give the fire box and any spots on the smoke chamber that have no paint a squirt and a rub. El Cheapo is 4 years old and still looks pretty good.

What they all said. Making a charcoal basket out of some expanded metal will be your first best start. Here is a pic. of mine. And one in the fire box. It is about 13" square and 7" tall. Just small enough to get it in the fire box and close the door. As to firing: keep a big pile of UNLIT...

What Dutch said. These inexpensive offsets are fuel hogs. I have a Silver Smoker, maybe the same one you have, and this is how I fuel it. Made a charcoal basket. it is about 13" square x 7" tall. Just small enough to fit into the fire box. I fill that about 3/4 full, of unlit with it all piled...

Never used it myself but others report it is a heavy smoke with bitterness. A small amount mixed with fruit wood can be good though. Dutch has a sticky on here. If you search "Woods for Smoking", there you will find a wealth of info.

"You say Apple and I say Crab Apple" Sung to the old tune about tomato's and tomahtoes. One and the same in my book.

Bone in all the way here! Back when I was just starting this obsession, about 6 years ago, went into the most popular butcher shop around here to get some bone-in pork butt. Butcher tells me "We don't get it that way, what you want that for?" I go "Can you order me some?" "Nope. Use boneless...

Just cut up a bunch of Peach wood and saved some saw dust. The coffee can and soldering iron approach is what will be used. Works great. Just make sure it is a new iron. Don't want any lead smoke in there with the cheese.

I'm old school but here goes: 1. Grateful Dead 2. Talking Heads Their album "Stop Making Sense" = best live recording EVER! IMHO others Drive by Truckers, Stevie Ray, Eric Clapton, Delbert McClinton, Pink Floyd, Allison Kraus, Buffet, Hank Williams 3rd: just a couple of albums, but great...