Meat cookin virgin in Q country

[qrkid]

Hi all.

Living in SE North Carolina there are a fair few who know thier way around smokers. I am not one of them. I love good food in general and good Q ranks right up there in my books.

I want to learn how to smoke and grill my own stuff, hence I am snooping around this place looking for help.

I do not have a smoker and I am trying to figure out a good cheap way to get into the game. Anybody care to give me an opinion on my starting out idea.

I have a Char griller gas grill. I thought it would be pretty simple to cover up some of the vents/holes (not all of them I saw the Hanna Storm thing on tv) I can run 1 of the 3 burners on low for my heat source, put my meat of choice on the opposite side of the on burner and then use an AMNPS to generate smoke.

Would this idea  work or should I look into buying some other sort of smoker. Like I say I am literally just starting out and I am not looking to join any competition circuit, but rather want to enjoy some good homeade Q.

Thanks for your idea's and opinions now and going forward.

Daryn

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Daryn! 

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 45,000 members who just love to share their experience and over 900,000 posts describing it! The search bar at the top can be your best friend when you are trying to find answers to your questions but you can still ask too if you want!

Would you do us a favor and add your location to your profile, it helps others to know where you are when they offer advice, Thanks!

You might want to check out Jeff's Free 5 day E-Course, it will teach you all the basics plus a whole lot more!

 

[kathrynn]

 to SMF!  We are so glad you joined us!

I started with an inexpensive Brinkman Electric.  Had tried the Charcoal version...didn't like it.  Those are found at Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart....just about any where.  Got mine last summer for around $69.00.  

If you need any help roaming around the forums...just holler.  Will be glad to help out!

Kat

 

[bbqbrett]

Hi Daryn,

Yes, you can cook\smoke on your gas grill that way.  You can also get a regular smoker box and wood chips or even make smoke pouches with foil and chips as well.  So if you are not sure what you want to do yet as far as a smoker you still have some other options to add some good smoke flavor.

There are a lot of good people on here with some great advice and recipes 

  so I think you should enjoy this site!