new to smoking in ohio

[mwilson4040]

hey my name is mike ilive in akron ohio. i am considering a cokshack electric smoker or a stumps vertical baby smoker or a backwoods chubby smoker. i am looking to cook alot of pork and chicken and want a nice bark on the meat, but dont want to have to tend the thing all day. i know an electric will provide set and forget but have read the taste and appearance can be lacking . i will be adding the bbq guru temp control and fan to a charcoal smoker if that is what i choose. any suggestions? thanks mike

 

[northern greenhorn]

Welcome Mike to SMF, I use a GOSM, which is a gasser smoker, and I love the thing

 

[mballi3011]

First off Welcome Mike to SMF. You'll like it here for there are alot of really good folks here that would just love to help you with just about anything to do with smoking. Now there are alot of proven recipes for some amazing things here too. So if you need sign up for the E-Course it's free and it will give you the basics of smoking and some good methods to use also. So the next big thing for you to do is go out and get you something to smoke and if you happen to have any questions just post it here and we will be happy to answer them for you.

Welcome To Your New Addiction  

 

[meateater]

Welcome to the SMF. Glad to have you here. Lots of good folks, great recipes and knowledge. Looking forward to your first qview.