S.W. Virginia checking in

[retired lawman]

Hello all, I'm Keith and I'm fairly new to the smoker game. Little bout me, I'm retired after 24 years behind a badge. Most of my time was spent outside of Baltimore Md so I'm very glad to be back home and have the free time to invest. I tinkered around with a Bradley electric for a couple years but never found "the ring" on my meat, so I upgraded to an Oklahoma Joe offset. When I got it home it had more air leaks than I could count. After a bit of welding and gasket making, and a tie down strap to keep the lid tight, I am now pulling my hair out with temp regulation and types of wood usage.

I've pretty much settled on oak and maple, since that's what I have most of here on the home place. I look forward to reading all the tips and tricks from people who have been down the road I'm on.

 

[smokinhusker]

Hello Keith and welcome to SMF! Congrats on the retirement and thank you for your service. 

Nope an electric smoker will not give you a smoke ring on your meat. You might try the search bar at the top for Oklahoma Joe Mods etc that may help you out with the problems you are experiencing with it.

Glad to have you here!

 

[scarbelly]

Hello Keith and 

to SMF - glad to have you here 

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Keith! 

to SMF!!!

 

[retired lawman]

Hey SmokinHusker, I spent two very chilly years out your way in the early 80's. Did a lot of trout fishing up 11 mile canyon. Thanks for the welcome all, cant wait to get started :yahoo:

 

[jrod62]

Welcome to SMF :welcome1:

 

[pgsmoker64]

Welcome to the SMF!!  

Can you describe your temp control problems in more detail over in one of the Smoker sections of the forum?

 

[retired lawman]

I pretty much just used the thermometer on the smoker, got it set around 225-250 then went by time. Had half cooked meat most of the time. Solved that problem with a double probe thermometer, one registers meat temp, the other smoker temp. Smoker was a good 75 degrees cooler than the thermometer was reading. Turns out heat rises, and the thermometer is on the top of the smoker. Duh
 

 

[rubbin butts]

Welcome Keith, I've spent some time in western Va. at Grayson State Park on top of the mountain. Beautiful country up there.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Welcome to SMF!
Happy to have you with us!



Cheers, peace and bacon grease,
~Martin

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