New Guy from Central Texas!

[torchrider]

Hey Y'all. I have been wanting a smoker for years and finally bought a used one this weekend. I can't wait to absorb all the great knowledge that is floating around out here and hope to meet some of you at one time or another. I live and work in Central Texas. I am interested in smoked foods, dirt and street motorcycles, firearms, reloading and bullet casting,

below is my photo and the photos of my new found love.

 

[mballi3011]

First off welcome Torch to SMF. It sounds like you are well on your way to be an outstanding new member of this fine site. You'll like it here cause there are abunch of good folks here that would just love to help you out with just about anything to do with smoking. We really like to have newbies here because they can bring in a new propective to how things are done. There's nothing like a new set of eyes to give and new way to make things that little differant to make things alittle better. So I hope you know about the Qview here.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=58920
Here's a link to photobucket it's free and easy to download pictures. Then if your really new to smoking Look up the E-course.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...play.php?f=127
It's also free and it will give you the basics of smoking. So after all of that you just need to go grab something to smoke and if you have any question just post them here and we will answer it quickly so you don't have any mishaps with your smoke.
Welcome To Your New Addiction

 

[beer-b-q]

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[font=&quot]Welcome to SMF, Glad to have you with us. This is the place to learn, lots of good info and helpful friendly Members.[/font]

[font=&quot]For Those of you New to Smoking, be sure to check out Jeff's 5 Day Smoking Basics eCourse.[/font]
[font=&quot]Click Here it's "FREE" ... 5 Day eCourse[/font]

[font=&quot]I Would Highly Suggest Reading these posts on Food Safety by bbally. [/font]

[font=&quot]This thread will tell you basically everything you need to know and the man explaining it is[/font]
[font=&quot]both a ServSafe Instructor and a HACCP Instructor.[/font]
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[font=&quot]Here you can get the 2009 USDA Food Safety Guide from his site.[/font]
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[font=&quot]How to post Qview to Forum:[/font]

[font=&quot]When you uploading to Photobucket I always use the Large IMG setting, 640 x 480 it is a nice size...[/font]

[font=&quot]Everyone here enjoys seeing the Qview so be sure to post plenty of pics...[/font]

[font=&quot]Large ones that us old people with bad eyes can see.[/font]

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[font=&quot]For Step By Step Instructions On Posting Qview Check Out This Tutorial[/font]

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[treegje]

Welcome to the SMF, We are glad to have you onboard

 

[etcher1]

Welcome to the SMF forum, You came to the right place. Good people and good info.

 

[meateater]

Welcome to the SMF. Glad to have you here. Lots of good folks here and knowledge. Looking forward to your first qview.

 

[pineywoods]

Welcome to SMF glad you decided to join us. Congrats on the smoker hope ya have lots of good smokes with it. Cool that your into bullet casting don't hear that one too often I cast some handgun bullets once in awhile

 

[mgwerks]

Welcome to the "neighborhood"! Looks like that lil' offset will be a good start to you smokes. Don't forget to post pics of your food - we LOVE that Q-view!

 

[rdknb]

welcome to SMF

 

[mama's smoke]

Welcome from Austin, TX. This is a great forum with all the information and support you could ever hope for. Have fun with your new addiction... I mean addition.

 

[chef jeff tx]

Howdy neighbor, welcome to the SMF!!

 

[torchrider]

Hello again from Texas! Thanks for all the warm welcomes! Hopefully I will have some QView to share soon. I am having a base welded to my cooker today and am in the process of building a fire barrel to make pre-burned wood for the smoker, when I go for those all night smokes.

My wife thinks I am crazy for starting another hobby, because I tend to go into it full bore,

but I bet she changes her tune when she gets her first taste of some good ol' brisket or ribs.