Finally Joined

[gunnys smoke]

Hi everyone, my name is Bryan. I have been lurking behind the scenes here for some time and finally decided to join. I love the information that you can get here and the fact that I will be surrounded by BBQ enthusiasts. After years of thinking about it, I will be opening a new restaurant and bar here in Ventura IA. I have smoked meat on my Weber (I bought the conversion kit years ago), a Smokey Mountain gas grill, and now I have a MES 40. I am looking at getting something like a Southern Pride SBK 500. Any advice on what to buy or where to buy it would be appreciated. I don't want to have to spend 20 large on a smoker if I can avoid it.  

Thanks for allowing me to be a member of this awesome site. 

 

[noboundaries]

Bryan, welcome to SMF!  Glad you are here, bringing the enthusiasm and the dreams.  I can't help you with the commercial smoker, but someone here will be able to.

Looking forward to seeing you around the Forum!

Ray

 

[submariner]

Welcome and I am not up on the big commercial smokers but I bet someone will jump in for you!!!

 

[bluewhisper]

Great, now that you've joined, have fun with it! We enjoy a lot of back-and-forth exchanges here.

Look around the recipes here if you haven't already done so. You can probably find a lot of ideas that no one else in your area is offering.

 

[sauced]

Welcome to the forum!! 

 

[SmokinAl]

Glad to hear you decided to join the group!

Al

 

[gunnys smoke]

Thanks everyone.