another noob

[britj]

Hey everyone, my name is Brit, I'm a engaged father of two, a 3 year old daughter and a 5 month old son. I live in boring old Seaford Delaware and I am very new to smoking meats. The only experience I have is just regular old grilling; steaks, burgers & dogs, and chicken. I am addicted to Famous Daves BBQ, luckily we have one local. My absolute favorite thing to eat is BBQ Ribs. I honestly could eat them 24/7. For years I have wanted to have my own smoker. I am an electrician, currently laid off though, and since the economy is slow I have been trying to think of ways to make a little extra money as well as save a little money. Going out to eat is becoming to expensive so I figured since my family likes bbq food, why not cook our own, and after I get good at it, hopefully, maybe start catering or cooking whole hogs for people. I dunno, all I truely know is that I love grilling and making my own smoker would be very interesting to me because I love welding, fabricating and cooking. Since I have been laid off, I have been trying to do as much electrical work as possible. I did a job just earlier today, and the church that I did the work at, just converted from heating oil to natural gas. So they gave me there old 275 gallon oil tank (with about 150 +/- gallons of heating oil (which my house even runs on). So thats just a little about me and my visions.

Im not sure what kinds of smokers there are out there, or what kind I should, or need to build. I do know I would like to cook whole hogs, but possibly bbq chicken, or even just burgers and hot dogs. So is there any kind out there that can do all those? Also, I would like to build it as a trailer. I am currently searching around trying to find a old trailer someone may be trying to get rid of.

thanks in advance everyone

Brit J ~ Delaware

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Brit! 

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 40,000 members and over 800,000 posts so you should be able to find almost anything you want to know. Remember the search bar at the top can be your best friend for finding answers fast!

Would you do us a favor and update your profile to include your location, Thanks!

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

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Welcome to Smoking Meat Forums, Brit, happy to have you with us.

You've come to the right place, lots of great information and friendly helpful folks.

Never hesitate to participate or ask questions!

~Martin