Another Monday Morning Newb

[singletrac]

Heya;

Another new-ish smoker here. I'm in Vermont, so thus far it's been cool-to-cold weather smoking.

I picked up a Smoke Hollow 41170B before Thanksgiving, but took my time making the modifications that Robert Summers made in his review of the unit on Amazon:

I never tried to use the unit in it's 'un-modified' state, but I'm happy enough with it after the insulation, and sealing. The one thing that I don't care for (but can't seem to find an obvious 'fix' for) is the very non-linear nature of the gas control knob... making temp adjustments requires very, very, very subtle adjustments... oh well... a topic for another forum :-)

I've only cooked with the unit maybe 8 times or so... mostly Ribs, but some poultry too. I did Pulled Pork for the big game yesterday, and I've got some questions about how to keep the finished product from seeming so dry... but again a question for another forum.

Thanks for making this resource available!

--Bill

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Bill! 

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! 

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!

A needle valve will give you much better control with your temps. You can read about them here.

 

[kathrynn]

to SMF!  Glad you joined us!

If you need any help roaming around here..shout.  Will be happy to help out!

Kat