A newbie

[bruce1334]

Hello,

I am new to smoking, in  fact so new I have not smoked once like natta. I live in western Missouri near the Missouri river north of Kansas City, MO. I have been retired from engineering work for several years I spend my time now building and repairing wood furniture and such. I recently built a scale model of the fur trade steamboat, Far West. I am also a historian. I use the 8 1/2' lg steamboat as a prop for my lectures on frontier transportation, Indian Migration in North America, and the History of the Fur Trade in North America.

I do quite a bit of fishing when the weather allows, mostly crappie and walleye.

So, I have been bitten by the smoking bug after tasting some ribs that a member of the family smoked. I have gathered up the materials for a UDS. I need to start fabrication, if it would quit snowing and warm up a tad. I have been reading the web sites on UDS construction, but still have unanswered questions. I am still looking for a Weber dome cover for the UDS

I am going to start out using mulberry wood. The area around where I live is loaded with mulberry trees. I don't mind the mulberry deposits from the birds, I make mulberry pies.

Look forward to receiving experienced comments from members.

Bruce

 

[seenred]

Welcome aboard, Bruce! Glad you joined us. You've found a great place to learn and share ideas. Lots of friendly and knowledgeable folks here who enjoy helping one another. Good luck with that UDS build, and just ask when you need help and you'll get plenty.

 

[s2k9k]

:welcome1: to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 45,000 members who just love to share their experience and over 900,000 posts describing it!

The search bar at the top can be your best friend when you are trying to find answers to your questions but you can still ask too if you want!

Would you do us a favor and add your location to your profile, it helps others to know where you are when they offer advice, Thanks!

You might want to check out Jeff's Free 5 day E-Course, it will teach you all the basics plus a whole lot more!

 

[kathrynn]

 to SMF!  We are so glad you joined us!   There is quite the active group of folks in the UDS part of the forum!
 

If you need any help roaming around the forums....just holler!  Happy to help out!

Kat

 

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