I've been a lover of smoke for most of my life, but just started really doing it last year. My mother is from western KY and my wife from near Memphis. We met and married in KC, so it was in the cards. I live in Silicon Valley and am a retired biochemist who also enjoys home brewing all-grain ales but an occasional lager (takes too much patience). I use a Masterbuilt digital electric smoker and am partial to butts and baby back, but find that brined poultry comes out awesome.
