New Guy Here - Long Beach, CA

[QuarantinedSteve]

Hey team. Just got a WSM 18" for my 40th Birthday. A lot of things I google bring me links to this page, so I figured I'd might as well join and say hi. And as you can see, I am currently in Quarantine mode - so a lot of time on my hand to learn the new hobby!

 

[SmokyMose]

Welcome to the forum as well as the "Stay at Home Club"!
Hopefully you can get out to find some meat and fuel...

 

[Brokenhandle]

Welcome from Iowa! You've come to a great place

Ryan

 

[Steve H]

Welcome from upstate NY!

 

[kruizer]

Welcome to SMF from Minnesota.

 

[ososmokeshack]

Welcome to SMF!

 

[Blues1]

Welcome from SC!

 

[QuarantinedSteve]

Thanks guys! Just came back from HD with some Royal Oak lump and a bag of Kingsford Cherry Chunks and some Weber Pecan Chunks. I feel it will be hard to not come out of places like that without stuff for the smoker moving forward...

 

[dr rat]

Welcome
You’ll love this site tons of Info

 

[sandyut]

Welcome from UT. A WSM is a great unit and you will learn a lot. Lots of fun mods you can do to them too!

 

[noboundaries]

Steve, congrats on the new smoker. You'll love it. With lump, you'll be looking at slightly higher smoker temps. Not a problem at all.

Enjoy the passion!

Ray

 

[QuarantinedSteve]

Steve, congrats on the new smoker. You'll love it. With lump, you'll be looking at slightly higher smoker temps. Not a problem at all.

Enjoy the passion!

Ray

Oh let the lessons start! And that is what I have learned, still very new but yes, seeing these lump charcoals do burn hotter. Not exactly meaning they burn "longer" per se from what I've read...

 

[noboundaries]

Good lump, which RO is, burns cleaner due to greater surface area exposed to available air. 275F+ chamber temp is normal.

Briquettes pack together more tightly and can burn better at lower temps. Dense briquettes (RO Ridge/HD Embers/Expert Grill/Lowes Ridge/Weber/B&B) burn longer than lighter briqs.

 

[QuarantinedSteve]

Thank you! Great info, as I was told. And it makes complete sense to me too. Thanks!