New to forum and smoking. Funny story

[easyian]

Hello everyone, My wife and I recently acquired a Traeger texas style pellet grill.

In August we borrowed a friends grill to make dinner for the guests at our wedding. Wedding and dinner went off without a hitch, we had many compliments on the meat. Well a couple of days later as I was returning the grill, I rounded a corner and watched it roll right off the side of my trailer and bounce down the road. Of course I was quite disgusted at myself for ruining our friends grill.

My wife and I spent the rest of our Sunday trying to find a replacement, after a couple of hours and a 2 hour round trip we arrived at our friends door with a brand new grill.

When we got home we tried to figure out what to do with our 1000 dollar pile of scrap metal. I decided it wasn't in that bad of shape, straightened the legs and hopper lid, re attached the lid and smoke cap, patched the damaged wires and fired it up... It worked.... The damn thing worked and we've been hooked ever since.

So now we want to learn everything about smoking. I would classify us as newbies with a little success, and now we want to learn what the big boys know.

Thanks in advance and happy to have found this forum
Ian

 

[chef jimmyj]

Welcome to the SMF Family Ian...That is some story, glad it worked out. If you are fairly new to Smoking you should take the Free 5-day eCourse here. Then start reading about things you would like to make and how that grill is used by other members that have them. Just type what you are looking for in the Search bar and you will be off...JJ

http://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-basics-ecourse.html

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/newsearch/?search=treager++texas&type=all

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Ian! 

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 45,000 members who just love to share their experience and over 900,000 posts describing it!

Would you do us a favor and add your location to your profile, it helps others to know where you are when they offer advice, Thanks! 

 

[kathrynn]

 to SMF!  So glad you joined us here!

I can only imagine the looks on your faces as it bounced along too!  

Kat

 

[easyian]

S2K9K, I had added my location last night. We live in a rural area and our internet connection is not the greatest. Coupled with that my post last night was done on a small tablet in bed. Fixed the issue.

Cheers

Ian 

 

[backyardsmokin]

Welcome

Talk about getting something that "fell of the back of the truck"

 

[bbqbrett]

Wow, what a story.  At least it led to something good though, now you are smoking!

 

[zahlgren]

That mishap might turnout to be awesome luck! Lol

 

[mossymo]

Glad you joined us easyian! :welcome1: from North Dakota!
That is quite the story about rolling the Traeger... glad everything worked out for all in the long run. Have a pellet smoker myself, great cooks off them!