smoker newbie

[JLeonard]

Thanks for the welcome and the suggestions. I will definitely look into all of them. I believe I'm already in over my head. I asked the wife to go to the meat market and pick up something small and inexpensive for me to start with so if I goofed it wouldn't hurt to bad . I also wanted something I could do in a few hours. She comes home with an 18 lb brisket. Not small or cheap and certainly NOT what I was expecting. lol She said the girl that sold it to her said it would only need about 4 hours. As she was leaving a man coming in saw her purchase and asked what she was going to do with it. When she said smoke it he told her we would be eating good tomorrow. She repeated what the girl told him and he just shook his head and said more like 18 hrs I smoke them all the time. The brisket is in the freezer to be brought out at an undetermined time in the future.

You can pick up a couple of small pork tenderloins and cook them. Not overly expensive and a great way to learn you smoker. I bought a couple of the prepackaged ones like from Hormel and did them. Less than $10 each. And they are small enough you aren't drowning in left over.
Jim

 

[JLeonard]

And we like pictures here. Food porn is a good thing. and did I read something about Broncos.......? Pics please.

 

[broncorckcrwlr]

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The red one is the 68, the shiny one is the 76 and the bottom one is my 66 bruggy.View attachment 458442

 

[broncorckcrwlr]

I'm having a hard time posting the pics I want. Sorry. The red one is the 68, the pretty blue one is the 76 Ranger model and the other one is the 66 that I wheel.