Hello from New England

[ski-freak]

Not new to outdoor cooking but new here at this forum. I've been cooking outdoors for a few decades.

In Rhode Island I cook on our patio with an Oklahoma Joe Longhorn Offset Horizontal using charcoal and wood. We also have a big stainless Jenn-Air gas grill for fast outdoor cooking. We live in the country, with lots of space away from the coast's congestion, at modest elevation and typically moderate winter snow (except 2 years ago when we were buried with snow). Zone 6 so we can keep a small Chardonnay vineyard.

We also have a small vacation ski home in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, at 1750' AMSL amongst 48 peaks that are 4000'+ and several ski areas. There we typically get a lot of snow in the winter but it doesn't usually get much colder than -10F (last winter was very little snow). We use a giant Fisher woodstove for supplemental house heat when we're there, and drive 4WDs with special tires. I cook on a Weber Gold 22.5 Kettle with charcoal, right on the driveway in the summer. That area is out of bounds in the winter due to constant driveway snow plowing, so for the winter I shovel the deck and cook on a Weber Q electric grill (so as to not burn down the deck).

Happy Outdoor Cooking, Chris

 

[ski-freak]

I will try putting up a picture of my Oklahoma Joe Longhorn Offset Horizontal - 20" Diameter, 40" Long Cooking Chamber; 20" Diameter, 20" Long Firebox:

 

Edited on 7/15 to remove and reinsert image again to maybe get it rightside up.

 

[scarbelly]

Hello  and 

 to SMF - glad you joined in

Please do us a favor and update your profile with your location  

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Chris! 

 to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! Sounds like you have some good experience to share with us, nice looking Joe too!

 

[jrod62]

Welcome to SMF

 

[ski-freak]

Thanks for the warm welcome! Added my location, etc.

Couple questions:

1. How do I rotate a picture?

2. How do I list my equipment as a signature line?

 

[s2k9k]

I'm not sure about the picture but I think the fie has to be upright when you add it.

I think you have to make so many posts, like 20 or so, before you can add a sig line.

 

[ski-freak]

That picture was upright in My Pictures on my PC before I posted it here. It posted sideways though, so now I need to turn it a quarter turn to get it back to upright. Ususally this forum format (at least on other forums using this exact same forum format like Epicski.com) have a button in the posting taskbar to spin/turn images a quarter turn...

OK on needing more posts before being allowed to have a signature line.

 

[ski-freak]

S2K9K - just noticed your username and guess you also have a Honda S2000? I love mine too - and it's the 9K revving version!

 

[ski-freak]

OK, I went to MyPictures in my PC where the image was stll properly oriented, opened it and it opened properly oriented, so I saved it as another filename and then came back here and edited my orignal post with the image to delete the image that was sideways and reinsert the newly saved one - which now came out rightside up...

 

[ski-freak]

S2K9K - do you still have your S2000?

 

[ski-freak]

OK, so it says I have 22 posts but my signature line is still hidden. Is there something I'm missing?

 

[smokinhusker]

Hello and welcome to SMF! Glad you joined us. That's a great looking smoker BTW. Unsure of why you can't edit your signature line, if you haven't already, go to "My Profile", scroll down towards the bottom of the page and you should find "Your Forum Signature" and you should be able to click on that and edit. Hope this helps.

 

[bar-b-que blues]

to SMF!... Sweet looking smoker!

 

[ski-freak]

Thanks for the warm welcome and the tips!

 

[ski-freak]

Hello and welcome to SMF! Glad you joined us. That's a great looking smoker BTW. Unsure of why you can't edit your signature line, if you haven't already, go to "My Profile", scroll down towards the bottom of the page and you should find "Your Forum Signature" and you should be able to click on that and edit. Hope this helps.

Took a look, but still no forum signature access on My Profile. Maybe more time?

 

[s2k9k]

S2K9K - do you still have your S2000?

Actually I just traded it this weekend for a TC release series 6.0, was time for a change, dealership gave me more than I paid for it 2 years ago!

 

[ski-freak]

Nice car, hope you enjoy it!

I have an '02 S2K that I bought new as a summer car, has 32K miles...

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Welcome to SMF!!!

~Martin

 

[ski-freak]

Signature line works now. Looks like it requires at least 20 posts AND 1 week of activity.

Thanks for all of the warm welcomes!

I was doing a little welding this weekend with my little 120 VAC MIG welder and made this long burning charcoal basket for my Oklahoma Joe Longhorn:

OK Joe Labyrinth Charcoal Basket.JPG

• ski-freak
• Jul 22, 2012

It's made from two 12" X 24" sheets of 18 Gauge Expanded Steel, each bent into a "U" and positioned with one sheet stting right on top of the other, but turned 90 degrees to each other so that there are 4 sides and a double thickness bottom. The sides are 6 inches tall and the bottom is 1 foot square - 1/2 cubic foot. The Sheet Steel baffles are each 6" X 8", to form a labyrinth within the basket. Welding thin metal stock like this requires turning down welder's power dial way down, and making quick welds - but it's easy and fun. Took me about 45 minutes and used about $25 of steel (since I only buy in very small quantity).