Good evening from the Newbie

[Ham Bone]

Good evening all,
Name is Jeremiah and happy to meet you.
Started lurking on the site this morning and decided I'd stop being a lurker and just join up.
I'm in the Navy living in Southern California with 3 years until retirement. Good BBQ is a little hard to find out here and figured now's as good a time as any to start doing my own at home.
I'm a big believer in researching before purchasing so here I am.
WSM and PBC have peaked my interest when considering initial cost and learning curve.
Any other suggestions for a "First Smoker" are appreciated.
I look forward to getting to know ya'll, absorbing your knowledge, sharing thoughts, and enjoy some BBQ.
Cheers,
Jer

 

[Rusty Long]

you will get heaps of people here tell you that the WSM is the way to go.
the WSM would last you forever and is a good introduction to Charcoal smoking.

Welcome to the fold, good luck with your smoke's.

 

[SmokinLogs]

Welcome to SMF from Indiana! I’m still on my first smoker. It’s a charbroil COS. It requires more tending to than a lot of entry level smokers. I enjoy it. For a first smoker most people would probably want something a little more user friendly. For me the price was right and I like tinkering with things so it was a good fit. They don’t cost a lot to make some basic modifications to. If it sounds like something you would like there is a lot of information you can read on the forum about COS “cheap offset smokers”. Hope you enjoy getting into smoking. Thanks for joining the site.

 

[gmc2003]

Welcome to the site glad you decided to join. I'll cast my vote for the WSM. It's well built and very easy to use.

Chris

 

[HalfSmoked]

Welcome and thank you for your service. What you can afford and wither you want charcoal, propane or electric makes a big in your decision. There is nothing wrong with a WSW.

Warren

 

[kruizer]

Welcome to SMF from Minnesota.

 

[Ham Bone]

Thanks for the welcome folks. (HalfSmoked: your welcome and serving the County is my pleasure).
I'm sticking to wood/charcoal as a fuel source. I find my taste preference has always leaned toward the flavors that wood/charcoal produce.
That does remind me of a question...What's the verdict on the pellet smokers? I've never even been around one just seen them in the store and mentioned in a couple of posts.

Guess I'll get back to scouring the forum.
Thanks again fellas and have a great TGIF and Weekend (sure somebody out there is smoking!)
Cheer,
Jer

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to the forum!
Glad to have you join us!
Al