Smokin Bug bit me

[tattooedsmoker]

New to the smoking thing and found this site after building my own offset smoker. The only things I know are what I have seen on TV and that's not much. I have tried cooking on the grill low and slow with decent results but never tried smoke. Here in Chicago you can find a lot of good food but the pickings are slim for BBQ so I thought I would do my own. I more enjoy the Memphis style BBQ because I have it when I visit my folks in Tennessee but in all honesty I love meat. So if I can find another to make that's all the better. And this hobby the wife seems to favor more than the others...probably because she like BBQ too and I don't have to leave the house to do it.

 

[s2k9k]

 [color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, there's lot's of great people here who love to share and help each other out![/color]

Would you do us a favor and update your profile to include your location, Thanks!

You might want to check out Jeff's Free 5 day E-course, it will teach you all the basics and a whole lot more: http://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-basics-ecourse.html

 

[tattooedsmoker]

Thanks for the welcoming words. I just updated my profile and am already on day 3 of the ecourse...very informative stuff. I plan on giving a pork shoulder a try this weekend so wish me luck.

 

[scarbelly]

Hello and 

to SMF - glad to have you here 

 

[smokinhusker]

Hello and welcome to SMF! 

 

[thrifty token]

Bite that bug back!  I did, but it just got worse....

 

 

[hogrider47]

Welcome to the best place to learn just about everything there is to learn about smoking anything with the help from lots of great people out there  again Welcome

 

[tattooedsmoker]

Well finally fired up my smoker and have learned quite a bit. 1 my fire box doesnt have enough air flow and lump coal and chucks dont provide enough heat on my current setup. I have had ti resort to a "forced air" method by using a fan to add the necessary air to get and stay at temp. BUT IM NOT giving up if this shoulder takes until midnight to finish then so be it.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Welcome to SMF, TattooedSmoker!



~Martin