First smoker

[wdg]

Hello, I bought my first smoker several weeks ago (ECB), wife got two hens & I fired up the smoker & dried them bird out.

we were still able to eat them. Had trouble with ash smothering fire down. (Time to do mod's) I signed up for this forum 4/12/09 and today is the first time I am able to post. Looking forward to reading asking questions. I live just outside Atlanta, Ga. been married for 32 yrs. I'm a mechanic for major truck line. So here we go, ready set smoke.


Bill

 

[cajunsmoke13]

Welcome WDG. Glad to have you. Looking forward to seeing some good Q.

 

[slanted88]

Nice to have you here!

 

[gnubee]

Welcome to the SMF

 

[ol' smokey]

Welcome aboard Bill. I guess ya found the Charcoal Smoker Forum section for your mods. Don't let one bird get ya down, their not the same as pork or beef. Keep plugging away.

 

[bigsteve]

Welcome aboard. Lot's of Brinkman vertical users here. We'll confuse the heck out of ya.

Which model is it?

 

[irishteabear]

Hi Bill, welcome to SMF. Glad you joined us.

 

[billbo]

Welcome Bill! Here is a link to some mods you can do to improve your ECB. http://www.randyq.addr.com/ecb/ecbmods.html

Hope this helps you get started.

 

[garyt]

Don't give up, after a couple of bad experiments with a ucb I took a 15 year break until I found an offset and tried again, now I am hooked. Back then I didnt know of anywhere to get advice like you can here.

 

[smokyjeff]

Welcome to the board!!!!! Great people and resources here.

 

[pineywoods]

Bill welcome to SMF glad you joined us. The good thing about smoking is we can usually eat our not so great smokes and most of the time they taste pretty dang good

 

[smokin_tarheel]

Welcome Bill! Hens are older and tougher than fryers and roasters so they need to cook longer to get tender and this dries then out. Happy smoking and have a good time.

 

[cman95]

Welcome to SMF. Check out the chicken section and brine your yardbirds next time. Good luck and happy smoking.

 

[seenred]

Hello Bill and welcome to the SMF family! Glad you found us. Hang in there and keep browsing the threads. Before ya know it you'll be turnin' out food that will make it all worthwhile.

 

[bigtrain74]

Everything will be ok... Just relax and have fun doing it... That's what it is all about.

 

[donnylove]

Welcome and enjoy the ride!

 

[grothe]

Welcome aboard Bill....nice ta have ya here!