New Member From Southern California.

[shadowsp7]

Hello, I am new to this forum, I am from a small city in Southern California called San Pedro, it's right next to Long Beach. I recently got a new Char Griller Pro fro Christmas from my girlfriend, I was going to wait until the summer to buy it myself, but she decided she would get it for me as a X-mas gift. I purchased the SFB attachment because I really want to get into smoking, I've always been interested and finally decided to do it. I only used it twice since i got it, once to grill some patties and once to smoke my first pork butt, which didn't go as planned (Didn't really think it would on my first try anyways) but still ended out being really good, everyone enjoyed it. While looking up info on how to smoke pork butt, i ran into this website a few times, after reading posts from this website and others, I decided to join, seems like there are a lot of good people here. I plan on modding my char griller with an extended smoke stack and a charcoal box or basket, and adding two thermometers at grate level and replacing the factory thermometer on the middle of the top lid which is not good at all. So far the only thing I did was seal up the vent stack with high temp sealant.

I am a total newbie when it comes to smoking and hope to learn a lot from everyone on this site and later once I get some more experience with smoking, teach someone here something.

 

[s2k9k]

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 40,000 members and over 800,000 posts so you should be able to find almost anything you want to know. Remember the search bar at the top can be your best friend for finding answers fast and the “Articles” section is chock full of good useful information and “how-to’s”!

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

If you have any questions about the forums or need any help navigating around don’t hesitate to ask or send me a PM, I am more than happy to help out!

 

[kathrynn]

:welcome1: to SMF! We are happy you joined! If you need any help...just shout!

Kat

 

[old sarge]

Welcome from Arizona.

 

[themidniteryder]

Hodwy neighbor, Inland Empire here, out by Lake Perris. You found the best place on the web to learn. In my opinion the Chargriller is a great entry level smoker for the newbie. It's what I started on. Sure it takes more work than a more expensive, better built smoker, but it lets you find out if you really have the passion, knack, and patience for smoking without having to spend $500+ to get started. The best thing you can do is take the charcoal rack in the cook chamber, flip it upside down and but it up against the firebox end. Acts as a tuning plate of sorts. Made a difference in mine. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about it.

 

[shadowsp7]

Thanks all for the welcomes and tips, planning on smoking some pork ribs in a few weeks, I will let everyone know how it goes and be sure to ask for help when needed.