New Smoker From Cali!!!!!!!!!

[leonidasmma]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Joseph aka Leonidas I'm an MMA fighter here in CA and I'm BRAND new to the Smoking aspect of BBQ'ing and I must admit my first attempt looks to not be going so well!

I've got a Brinkmann Smoke 'N Grill bought it Sunday.

I had to go buy a cheap thermometer cause it came with one that didn't actually tell specific temp

I just smoked my first whole chicken.....kind of unsuccessfully haha I couldn't get my smoker temp up past 220 and damn near smoked it for 5+ hours and STILL couldn't get the internal temp of my chicken past 159 so after 5+ hours I just tossed it into the oven at 240 to finish it off.

I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Joseph! 

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!

Would you do us a favor and update your profile to include your location, Thanks!

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!

Here's some good reading, might help you out with that Brinkmann:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/search.php?search=smoke+n+grill

 

[smokinhusker]

Hello Joseph and welcome to SMF! Well looks like you overcame the temp obstacle! 

Try using the search bar for Brinkmann Mods.

 

[leonidasmma]

Thanks SmokenHusker! being my first Attempt it wasn't too bad!  Looking forward to many more great smoking days with help from people here in this forum!
 

 

[jrod62]

Welcome to SMF :welcome1:

 

[scarbelly]

Hello Joseph and 

to SMF - glad to have you here 

 

[leonidasmma]

Thank you guys for the warm welcome i'm looking forward to getting some great tips and techniques!
 

 

[schmedleyp]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[leonidasmma]

Thanks!!