Carl from Brooklyn

[johnnyblaze]

Carl from Brooklyn New York City here. I am new to the forum and to smoking. I just revcieved a 30 inch Masterbuilt electric smoker as a gift. The first meal I tried was shrimp marinated in a chilie, garlic, cilantro, lemon juice, and Olive oil. The flavor was amazing and it was done in 15 minutes.

Tomorrow I am going to smoke a pork butt based in the information found here in the Forum. Thanks everybody for posting and sharing the knowledge.

 

[bladeguy]

Welcome! I started with pork butt. Great piece of meat to learn on as it is so forgiving.

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to SMF!

Good luck with that butt & let us know how it turns out!

Al

 

[johnnyblaze]

Thanks Al,
It is starting to rain here just a little, so I placed a patio umbrella above the smoker since it is electric and I don't want the controls to get wet.
After perusing the forum it seems like other people have done similar things to smoke in the rain, I just want to make sure this usage is safe, because the manual clearly states not to operate under any overhangs with less than 10 feet of clearance.

 

[johnnyblaze]

My first attempt, I wanted to wait till the Internal Temp was 200, but it was fork tender and delicious when I pulled it out after 11 hours on the smoker. 

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• johnnyblaze
• Jan 3, 2017

 

[gary s]

  Good morning and welcome to the forum from a cloudy and chilly day here in East Texas, and the best site on the web. Lots of          great people with tons of information on just about everything.

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