I'm from Western Colorado. I purchased my very first smoker a MES 40" one month ago and I've been doing some hot smoking for brisket, chicken, and pork but I'm very interested in cold smoking and curing meats. I've got the cold smoke attachment for the MES and just used it for the first time last weekend. Works great and now I'm looking forward to curing some bacon. Great site, thanks for all the information!