Hey Everybody. I suppose this is the place to introduce myself and to thank you for all this wealth of knowledge. Great forum you have here! I received a Traeger Pro 22 as a Christmas gift and I seasoned it per instructions, and then cooked 2 butts last Sunday. Before last weekend, my only attempt at smoking was to sprinkle a little wood chips on our charcoal grill, or to place a metal pan with soaked wood chips inside our Weber Genisis. Definitely never heard of "thin blue smoke", nor ever attempted to achieve it, until logging a few hours on here. My uncle had a couple bbq restaurants when I was a kid, and he was always building smokers and pits, but I moved away to Key West before I could learn anything from him. Having been raised in that small town in Southern Illinois ( we had almost as many bbq joints as churches), I consider myself able to appreciate and differentiate good bbq from mediocre. That's why I was extremely disappointed in the smoke flavor from my first attempt on the Traeger. Researched my issues on here and now we own 2 bags of Lumberjack Hickory Pellets and a 12 inch oval A-MAZE-N tube to hopefully improve this situation. Armed with optimism and an open mind to learn...I'm happy to be here, and eager to improve. Cheers!
