Greeting from England!

[philfromengland]

Hi, I'm PhilfromEngland, but Phil is fine.   My son lives in Texas and brought over for me a Camp Chef Smoke Vault (18").  I'd had some of his smoked meat and thought it was great.  I had tried to get a decent hot smoker in the UK but boy was that hard. The prices are high and they are difficult to get hold of.  So, as he was coming over for my birthday (60th) he offered to bring one with him! This was the baby he brought!  I used it (with his help) to smoke pork, beef and turkey and the taste was wonderful - everyone commented on how good it all was. So, I'm going to be left to my own devices to do the cooking now and start tomorrow with beer can chicken and have checked the site for some thoughts on baked potatoes to go along with it. I want to cook some ribs but the UK are rubbish at selling good quality ribs - everything that is sold as 'ribs' has so little meat. I think I'll need to chat to my butcher and get him to cut them the way i want. Very little smoking is done in the UK - privately that is. But it would soon catch on if they knew what they were missing and the prices were ok. Anyway, this site looks just what i need to get all the information I could ever want - Ill be back very soon! Thanks for all your ideas.

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Phil! 

 [color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, there's lot's of great people here who love to share and help each other out! Would you do us a favor and update your profile to include your location, Thanks![/color]

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: http://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-basics-ecourse.html

 

[DanMcG]

Welcome again Phil!
Were are you in England?
This is a great place to learn the art of smoking, curing and sausage making.

And welcome to your new addiction :biggrin:

 

[moikel]

Welcome from down under. Are there any chinese butchers in your 'hood. They cut pork differently might make your search a bit easier.

 

[philfromengland]

Hi ,

Bexhill - South East England, on the coast not far from Brighton.

I'll definitely check out the course mentioned - sounds just what I need.

No chinese butchers that I'm aware of. Had enough of a hassle asking for tri-tip and it took a bit of explanation and wasn't impressed with what they came up with.

Phil

 

[smokinhusker]

Hello Phil and welcome to SMF! Glad you found us and congrats on the smoker. You will learn so much here and be the envy of your neighbors!!! 

Would you mind updating your profile to include a location? It helps when answering question if we know where you are at.

Thanks and good luck!

 

[scarbelly]

 Hello Phil and 

to SMF - glad to have you here 

 

[jrod62]

Welcome to SMF :welcome1: