500th post! A celebration

[lc in va]

Congrats on 500. I hope to be around to see your next 500.

 

[mossymo]

LC in VA
I think ole Capt Dan may be in the same boat as most of us, we might all just be lifers !!!

Capt Dan
Congrats on the Lang and on your 500th post; SMF would not be the same without you !!!

 

[white cloud]

Wow it sounds Like you just won a grammy. Congratulations, it seems you have excelled quickly and are moving forward. Bet you can't sleep tonight. Congrats again.

 

[travcoman45]

Congratulations on the 500th! Waiting to see some q-view from that new smoker!

 

[firetruck]

Congrats, here's my first. I'm new to smoking...Q that is, and like yourself I have been lurking and learning. I recently bought a Big Green Egg and have only cooked on it about ten times, but so far, thanks to good people like you, my family thinks I am a genius.

JoJo

 

[desertlites]

yup Dan congrats and heck your already out there helping others-keep up the good posts.

 

[capt dan]

It was not long ago that I stumbled onto this site while surfing for BBQ recipes and info. Lurked for about a week, learning tons, and enjoying all the friendly threads about everything bbq. I wanted to see the Q-views, so I registered. It was over, I fell in love with this site, and have spent many, many hrs, reading, posting, laughing and drooling here. I have made some great friends, and improved my abilities to make good food by 10 times. I know the learning is just beginning. Its funny that when I joined here jut a week or two before thanksgiving, I had a charbroil silver, stock from the factory, and knowledge of how to burn food,and suffer through over smoked, dried ribs, and black pork butts. Not only has this site helped save my food, all the fine folks who make this place great, have helped me turn that POS silver into a pretty decent smoker, and the menu items I have cooked in it continues to be endless.

So I say to all of you folks who have had a hand in helping me learn the art of Q................THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I won't go through the list of members who have contributed, it would be a page long, and I fear I might forget a name or two. Those who are responsible know who they are.

On the eve of my 500th post,I sit here with great antiipation of using my Lang 60 tomorrow with my first smoke on it! How much better could an old fat guy have it?

Some day, in the future, I'll look back at these days and laugh. I'll have cooked hundreds of lbs of meats by then, and the stick burner will be second nature to me, and I will consider my self"well seasoned" in the art of Q, and hopefully I will be extending myself, and my knowledge to others, just like you folks have done to me.

I raise my glass to you all, thanks!

Capt Dan.

 

[smoker matt 54]

What u gonna smoke for the 500 celebration?

 

[capt dan]

10 lbs of leg quarters, 2 fatties, and a batch of dutch's wicked beans.
The fatties and beans are going into the warmer/smoker box at 225, and the chicken is going onto the main chamber at 300-325.

I'll do my best to get some pics!

 

[richtee]

Hmmm maybe a Hammy?

 

[richtee]

A great post, Dan! And what's better is your enthusiasm for the art...it's downright contagious! Here's to many great times and smokes with the Lang!
POINTS!

 

[bustedluckbarbq]

Congrats Dan!! I usually check out the site every day when i get up, when I get home from work, and before i go to bed.... you know... just to see what the rest of the family is doin'....

 

[dono]

having joined after you and feeling very much the same way as you. I must say that if I was to make a list of people who have helped me improve my BBQ skills you name would have tobe on the top ten . so congrats on you 500th and keep um coming cause I need the insite

 

[travcoman45]

How bout we call the award "The Smokie"!

 

[glued2it]

Sounds to me like you talk to much!

Yea I remeber when your post count was knee high to a grasshopper.
Not really, I don't really pay attention, But congrats on the milestone!

 

[smok'n steve]

That's it, a Hammy. Congrats on the Hammy Award!

Well said Dan! And to modify your quote just a bit ("I raise my glass to you all, thanks!")

I raise my "can" right back at ya!!!

Steve

 

[kookie]

Congrats.................

 

[bertjo44]

Congrats, I dream of the day I can reach 500.