It is raining in California

[jdmuth]

Hey guys, 

I just picked up a Oklahoma Joe Highlander Horizontal Smoker to play with. Had never smoked meat before, but every time I was walking thru Lowes this smoker caught my eye. Looked at a few different ones at a couple of places, did some research on them and decided to get one. It has thick enough steel that I can repair, replace or modify it easy. 

I got it together this week, and have smoked on it three times so far. One precooked turkey beast, & two Tri-Tips.

We are getting rain here now, haven't had any for a few years it seems, and I don't have a patio cover up yet, so lots of time to look around on this site for some modifications. I added a 90˚ to the inside of the stack, down to the grate, added a second thermometer, made a deflector plate out of some 6"x18" aluminum cut to 16.75", and added two steel 20ga 6" x 18" trimmed to 16.75" tuning plates. 

I am in Southern California where the rain never falls, or so it seems. I have mostly BBQ'ed Tri-Tip, Chicken breasts, burgers & dogs. 

So the smoker will be a learning curve. 

Happy Smokin,

Jeff

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to the forum Jeff!

Glad to have you with us!

I suggest you take the free 5 day e course.

It has a lot of good info in there!

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

Al

 

[r2 builders]

Its still damn raining

 

[r2 builders]

SoCal has 4 seasons.
Drought
Monsoon (happening now)
Fire
Earthquake

 

[akdutchguy]

Welcome Jeff,
I just got back from a 10 days in the LA area. I live in Alaska. I like to head down this time of year to get some sunshine. We have friends in Fullerton and Pomona. The last 3 years have been nice. This year it was mostly rain. I'm glad it's raining. You guys need it. My wife and I went to Newport Beach and were about the only people there.

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• akdutchguy
• Jan 23, 2017

Welcome to the addiction of smoked foods. Don't be afraid to ask questions. These guys are amazing with the knowledge they have.
Jason

 

[jdmuth]

Hey thanks guys. A lot of great information here.

 

[gary s]

  Good morning and welcome to the forum from a pretty nice day here in East Texas, and the best site on the web. Lots of                        great people with tons of information on just about everything.

        Gary

 

[ab canuck]

Hello Jeff and welcome to SMF. Browse the forums and ask lots of questions, get involved. There is a an amazing amount of info, recipes and knowledge here. Enjoy and good luck.

 

[bellaru]

Hello
There's a wealth of information here and a bunch of great helpful people
Enjoy and good luck