The smoker is out of commission.

[coolpick87]

Well just for awhile.

Anyways, I haven't posted here much in the last couple of weeks(college/work is kickin my butt right now), but I have been smoking on the weekends.

Now last weekend, it was really nice out so I threw the smoker in the back on my truck, strapped it down, and drove to a friends house about 30miles away. We smoked around 10lbs of wings, 40 ABT's, and 10 brats(sorry no Qview). Came home that night, started to unload the truck, unstrapped the smoker, but it was to heavy for me to take out by myself so I just left in the back of the truck(it was around 2am). The next morning, my friend called me to go golfing. So I jumped in the truck, w/ my clubs, and took off down the street. I totally forgot I unstrapped the smoker the night before, and I got no more than a block away and the smoker fell out of the truck. It ripped the gas burner out, tore a henge off the lid, torqued the stand, and bent the crap out of my DIY seal.

So, the smoker is sitting in my backyard all sad and broken. But I'll go out and fix it later this weekend if I have time. I'll try to get some pics in the morning. But my roommate got a smoker for X-mas so the smoking wont stop!

 

[smokin365]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Did ya get pics?

 

[coolpick87]

I'll take some in the morning, if I remember.

 

[jamesb]

sorry to hear of the mishap... Hopefully it can be repaired and you will be cooking again soon!

 

[davenh]

That suks man, don't beat yourself up too much. I used to do stuff like that, forget to bring something in and it rains. Forget things in the PU bed, done that more than once. Leave meat out on the counter and forget about it. Then I found these magical things call PostIt notes. I leave those suckers everywhere to save my butt. Slap them little reminders on the doors, tv, steering wheel, anywhere they will catch my eye...lol.

 

[darrin]

Damn that sucks!

 

[pops6927]

Wait 40 years 'til you get old-timers disease.. it just keeps gettin' better 'n better!

I remember in High School our biology teacher (talk about the Absent-Minded Professor) flew into Syracuse airport, went and got the bags and drove 70 miles home to Watertown, unlocked the door and brought in the bags. The phone rang... he'd left his wife at the airport!

 

[azrocker]

That is very sad. Hope it is fixable

 

[travcoman45]

Ooops! Well ifin it's fixable, round here we just call them war wounds! Just tell folk them be from fightin an winnin again other smokers! Chin up at least it didin't fall an crush a small child!

 

[coolpick87]

Here are some quick pics.

The "guts" still in the back of the truck

The seal

broken lid

All is well, we have another smoker

 

[smokin365]

Well, if ya hang onto the pieces, youll have spare parts for another one

 

[carpetride]

Dang that sucks...bigtime!

 

[pigcicles]

Kinda build character into the smoker and you find out how many new bad words you can come up with. Use the other smoker and rebuild the old one unless it's name is humpty dumpty.