Re-joined After Many Years

[Kit Johnston]

Hi, I'm Kit, and I'm a grill-aholic. I have been smoking and grilling for forty plus years. I currently have a Lang Model 60 trailer smoker (I will be selling this soon), a Smoking Steel Works custom 42" x 24" stick burner with tuning plates (this will be going to my oldest sone), Weber kettle 22" and 26", Blackstone 28" two-burner flat top, and various portable charcoal grills. I have had many assorted charcoal, wood and gas grills over the years, but the Blackstone is the only gas unit I currently have. In the past year or so, the arthritis in my knees has gotten to the point to where siting on a milk crate feeding a stick burner has become painful. I broke down and ordered a Lone Star Grillz 42" pellet smoker, and I am patiently (maybe not so patiently ) waiting for it. While doing my research for a high-end pellet smoker, and came back to this forum. I'm looking forward to reading more and posting on here.

 

[normanaj]

Welcome back from RI.

In the past year or so, the arthritis in my knees has gotten to the point to where siting on a milk crate feeding a stick burner has become painful.

Try a place like QC Kinetix.I know a few folks who've gone the regenerative medicine route and never looked back.Beat having to have surgery and/or take meds,at least for them.

 

[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

Welcome back. I hardly use my Lang since I bought a pellet pooper. Sure the stick burner is better bbq, but the convenience sure does outweigh the difference. I bought a Yoder YS640s competiton cart. It is a great smoker with fireboard controller and built like a tank. Good luck in your search. I hope my RA stays at bay for many more years til it becomes unbearable. The drugs that treat it are nasty and not convinced they are better that the RA itself.

 

[sandyut]

Welcome back from Colorado.

 

[Torch&Tone]

Nice to have you back, K Kit Johnston - I like the inclusion of the red wagon and milk crate in the "fleet" photo!

Try a place like QC Kinetix.I know a few folks who've gone the regenerative medicine route and never looked back.Beat having to have surgery and/or take meds,at least for them.

Be VERY wary about clinics like this.

While I am glad that your friends are feeling better, there are major reasons to be skeptical about this clinic's claims: no published clinical research by the principals, many of their franchises(!) seem to have no actual physicians on staff (but plenty of salespeople), very vague "step 1, step 3" obscurity about exactly what they are injecting (and whether they have the relevant FDA licensing to do so), bad reviews citing pushiness and lack of results, and legal troubles. Scam clinics, sadly, give promising - or even proven - treatments a bad name while exploiting people's pain & desperation.

 

[Kit Johnston]

I like the inclusion of the red wagon and milk crate in the "fleet" photo!

The red wagon is my BBQ Cart that I carry all my smoking supplies in, including a kindling cracker, which is a necessity for the right sized sticks for good fire management.

 

[02ebz06]

Welcome back Kit, from New Mexico.
When you get the LSG and have any questions, feel free to ask. I've had the 20x42 for a couple years.

 

[TimboBBQ!]

Hi, I'm Kit, and I'm a grill-aholic. I have been smoking and grilling for forty plus years. I currently have a Lang Model 60 trailer smoker (I will be selling this soon), a Smoking Steel Works custom 42" x 24" stick burner with tuning plates (this will be going to my oldest sone), Weber kettle 22" and 26", Blackstone 28" two-burner flat top, and various portable charcoal grills. I have had many assorted charcoal, wood and gas grills over the years, but the Blackstone is the only gas unit I currently have. In the past year or so, the arthritis in my knees has gotten to the point to where siting on a milk crate feeding a stick burner has become painful. I broke down and ordered a Lone Star Grillz 42" pellet smoker, and I am patiently (maybe not so patiently ) waiting for it. While doing my research for a high-end pellet smoker, and came back to this forum. I'm looking forward to reading more and posting on here.
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Welcome from Tennessee

 

[Jim_C]

Welcome from California.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Welcome back from North Texas

 

[hoity toit]

Welcome back from RI.


Try a place like QC Kinetix.I know a few folks who've gone the regenerative medicine route and never looked back.Beat having to have surgery and/or take meds,at least for them.

My wife did the stem cell deal on her knees and it worked on one but not the other.

 

[Abigail4476]

Hi, I'm Kit, and I'm a grill-aholic. I have been smoking and grilling for forty plus years. I currently have a Lang Model 60 trailer smoker (I will be selling this soon), a Smoking Steel Works custom 42" x 24" stick burner with tuning plates (this will be going to my oldest sone), Weber kettle 22" and 26", Blackstone 28" two-burner flat top, and various portable charcoal grills. I have had many assorted charcoal, wood and gas grills over the years, but the Blackstone is the only gas unit I currently have. In the past year or so, the arthritis in my knees has gotten to the point to where siting on a milk crate feeding a stick burner has become painful. I broke down and ordered a Lone Star Grillz 42" pellet smoker, and I am patiently (maybe not so patiently ) waiting for it. While doing my research for a high-end pellet smoker, and came back to this forum. I'm looking forward to reading more and posting on here.
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Welcome back, Kit! That backyard setup looks fun.

 

[Kit Johnston]

Welcome back Kit, from New Mexico.
When you get the LSG and have any questions, feel free to ask. I've had the 20x42 for a couple years.

Welcome back Kit, from New Mexico.
When you get the LSG and have any questions, feel free to ask. I've had the 20x42 for a couple years.

Thank you very much! Did you follow Chris's recommendation for the original seasoning? I'm considering using either spray beef tallow or duck fat instead of Pam.

 

[Kit Johnston]

Welcome back, Kit! That backyard setup looks fun.

Thanks! It is constantly evolving. That covered gasser is no longer on premises; one of my neighbors has it now. It was a Phoenix grill, and the stainless steel carcass will never die.

 

[02ebz06]

Thank you very much! Did you follow Chris's recommendation for the original seasoning? I'm considering using either spray beef tallow or duck fat instead of Pam.

It was mineral oil back when I got mine. Also said use it when cleaning the outside.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Welcome back from Iowa!

Ryan