Howdee Howdee and welcome to the boards
Since you are new and are going to get blasted with so much info you will seriously not be ready for let me suggest you get a notebook, a journal, a cardex, something to use like a snipers kill book. When you cook note the whos whats whens wheres whys and hows. The meat the preps the rubs the smoker temp, the IT, the etc etc etc. see what I mean? If you will do this when you finish add what you noticed and did and did not like. Write what you'd change what you'd like to try and what you'd tweak. A berry berry smart Guru passed these words on to me also.
Gurus you ask? Those are the folks around here with either moderator tags or OTBS (Order of the Thin Blue Smoke) tags. They are all PhD's in smokelogy and/or they know all the phone numbers for answers, (sometimes a more important quality).
Use the search engine its amazing, it wont paint your house but it will help you feed the painters good chow. Be specific with your questions, and in the beginning use tutorials a lot!
Take pictures so we can grow with you, we all learn from one another, but mostly we also enjoy seeing your achievements they will inspire us also.
Here I go babbling again. Listen just don't stress out, its all good and even your mistakes will be gladly eaten. Its all about patience.
Enjoy the smoke and welcome to my addiction.
