Why do you post on this forum?

[TulsaJeff]

Just to reiterate.. we have a different dynamic here. It is ok to post for any reason. I don't want anyone feeling like your question is stupid.

No matter how crazy it sounds, if you don't understand something or want to know something about smoking meat then for crying out loud.. Ask!

Chances are someone else may be wondering the same thing but isn't brave enough to ask or is afraid that someone will think it's stupid.

We have always been about the newbies here and that will continue. We appreciate the old pros too, you are the ones that do most of the helping and if you do your job well, the newbies will soon be helping other newbies and the cycle continues.

This was a great question as well.. if you don't ask you won't know even it is questions on how this forum is run

 

[TulsaJeff]

I bet your pointer finger gets real sore

Just messin' with you, Jerry!!

 

[davidmcg]

Why do I post in this forum?

Gee, you really wanted to put us on the spot with that question.

I do it for great tips and ideas. To get help and advice and to give tips and advice. Because some of the best minds in this little hobby stop in from time to time. Because I don't have all the answers. Plus I like to show off sometimes to.

 

[graybeard]

Personally, I try to post something of substance. Sometimes it's just humor butt it's all about giving back. I don't mind sharing what I know and what I've learned. It's simply being part of a forum! Others do have different reasons butt so be it.

beard

 

[bmudd14474]

Dang Jeff give him some credit. Its his pointer fingerS.

 

[pineywoods]

Dang it I gotta turn off that web cam

Seriously there are no stupid questions if you don't know then ask we all did at one time or another and some of us still do.

 

[grampyskids]

Which finger does he point wuth?

 

[TulsaJeff]

Great question..LOL

 

[rdknb]

when I first posted in roll call I was surprised how many said hi back, so I am trying to do the same.

When I asked my first smoking question I am sure it has been asked many times before, and as Jeff said no one said go here, they just answered and helped.

I brag about this place to myh family lol

 

[pops6927]

I got on this forum to find out what others knew that I didn't so I could better my skills, after my wife bought me a Cabela's Masterbilt kettle vertical electric smoker a few years ago. I was brought up in a grocery store that cured and smoked all it's meats for retail and learned the art from my dad, and was excited about recreating some of the things I missed from long ago. As I went along and asked questions and was able to offer answers to others who needed help, this forum became a home.
A year-and-a-half ago I had a major stroke. It crippled my left side (I'm left handed) and I thought I'd never use a knife again. TG thru therapy and willpower I can (clumsily, but can) handle a knife enough to murder a pork butt or shoulder or ham, lol! But, it scared the living hell out of me that I have all this knowledge, 30+ years of meat business inside me and I could die never sharing it, especially with my family and few close friends (like all SMF'rs!). So I've embarked on a series of tutorial posts trying to bring as much of my knowledge to this forum as I can before I can't any more. I'm typing again and can scribble some too, my left side of my face still droops but I'm talking pretty good, a lot better than a lot of stroke victims and I'm eternally grateful. But, when you have a stroke, it's not if, but when you'll have another. They said I'd had several before too. So I'm racing against time trying to share as much as I can and welcome any and all questions that I may be able to answer for anyone on here while I still can.
One thing I am exhausting is Google and Bing for stock pictures of cuts and subprimals. I need to go to a meat processing plant and photograph cattle and pigs as they go from whole to finished cuts and all the stages along the way, something I hope i can find time to do within the next year so I can better show and tell of each cut and variety of cuts that are produced from every part of the animal to help provide knowledge and understanding for all members.
My oldest son has taken up the passion with me and is learning all he can. He bought a 15lb turkey and brought it over to the house. We boned it out and made super lean breakfast patty sausage and stuffed hog casings with turkey polish sausage with hi-temp cheese. He's sending me his pictures of it so I can do a formal post on it along with cutting tests, yield and price per pound yield also.
Believe it or not, I have been accused of being long-winded...

but I'll try to contain myself in the future, lol!

 

[northern greenhorn]

Pops6927, thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of this great hobby, your an inspiration to newbies like myself, and I'm sure to others on smf. I want to thank Pops, and all of the others who came before me, who share all of their wisdom on smoking, you give me footsteps to follow in, and I want to thank Jeff for this forum, cause without it, I'd be lost, so thanks everyone.

 

[smokin relaxin steve]

UGH i just read 4 pages of Ego's and forgot the question...

I kid I kid... I post for points... i heard you can use them on the Marlboro's catalogs...

 

[mama's smoke]

I post to gain information, to share information, to encourage and to be encouraged. Regardless of our differing backgrounds, political views, and experiences, we all love the comraderie of having one thing in common -- the thrill of the smoke.

When I find the time, I welcome newbies, just as I was welcomed and encouraged. If I don't know the answer, I at least try to acknowledge the question and encourage the poster of the question to not give up.....there is always someone out there with the answer.

 

[jdt]

its an unfortunate situation but there is a perception that post number infers some kind of knowledge, some are doing it to have a high post count, some are doing it to try and get in the OTBS, some are doing it just because they got nothing better to do. I know there are guys here with 5000 posts that I could cook under the table, I also recognize there are guys here with 2 posts that could outcook me with a carboard box and duck tape.
It should not take you long to learn to distinguish between the bbq busters and the real deal.
Don't think you gotta post up a storm to get in the OTBS, there are several members with less than .5 posts per day average. One OTBS memeber got in with 4 que views and less than 100 posts so it can be done.

 

[chisoxjim]

I post to share pics of what I am doing, & try to help out folks with info. If I have nothing to add to a thread I dont comment.

also I am trying to convert everyone over to a WSM, a charcoal burner, or a stick burner.

 

[smokeguy]

I agree with all the reasons given so far.

I would also like to add that this might be the first forum that someone has joined, ever, and so after waiting and watching they finally try that first post introducing themselves or asking a question. Getting a response back, sometimes any response, shows them that hey, they're on that big wide webbed world and have just made their first new yarn... I mean Thread, and their first new Stick... I mean Post.

 

[ralphster]

I am new to smoking meats of any and all kinds. I first came here looking for information on smokers as I am purchasing one soon (it will be a 22" WSM thanks to the wealth of info here and chisoxjim!). While I was reading through the threads I was really impressed with how members treat eachother - very different than most other forums on the internet where it gets to be a shout and insult fest. People here make you feel at home, do not care how much you do or do not know, and most of all seem to want to give back good information on something they love. My into post in roll call got two pages of greetings - by far the best welcome I've ever had to any forum. People here are fun, funny and generous - at least that's how I see it.

RF

 

[smokin relaxin steve]

My last post on here was try to lighten the mood...

I post on this website because I love to cook... I usually am only on here during the week and it helps me to look forward to the weekend and gain ideas on my next smoke... In my short time here I have learned a ridiculous amount of info... I thank everyone here for that... And hats off to Jeff for starting a great thing....
I like when i post a QView and i get responses so I would assume if someone else is posting a QView they are looking for some feedback as well... I signed up recently and was welcomed with open arms by many of the people here on this forum so I feel it is only right that when i see someone new joins up I/we give them a warm welcome and let them feel comfortable here and feel that they can ask a question no matter how ridiculous that they may feel it is... I love seeing others ideas and sharing ideas of my own... And when people say "Someone will be along to help you out" I think they are just trying to keep the question towards the top of the "Active Threads"
I dont do the whole My Space, Face Book thing... I dont post on other Forums... But i do come on here, because this offers me something i enjoy and is what I feel a great extension of my favorite hobby... Cooking...

 

[dnovotny]

ok here go, been on here for years and still don't know how to post something,, i know how to reply or quote,,but not how to post something new,, since you on here and asking about posting i thought i get enough courage to ask finally.. please tell me step by step on how to post something new so it show up on the new posts ..thanks

 

[ralphster]

dnovotny:

Your first step is to decide which forum you want to post in. For the sake of this we will use "Beef", which is located in the "Smoking Meat (and other things)" section of the site.

When you click on the "Smoking Meat (and other things)" Section it will bring up the various boards that are contained inside. "Beef" is at the top of the page. Click on "Beef".

Once that page opens you will see a little icon near the top (under the sub forums) that says "New Thread". Clink on it.

This will open the same page that you are used to replying in. You will need to write something in the subject line. "Hooray my first thread!" will do for the sake of this excercise. Then tab (or click) into the main body of the post. Then you write, post photos, ask your question, etc. Hit the submit post button at the bottom of the page and bingo! You're posted.

PM (private message, click on my name and hit send message) me if you need any more help.
RF