Another Texan Cheking In

[mike ntx]

Thought it was time to join up and introduce myself. My name is Mike and I am in the   DFW area.

I have been cooking on a poorly built offset smoker for many years but I became familiar with it and made it work. I was 28 when I built it, which was 19 years ago. I had no idea what I was doing and my “design” was just from looking at other   builds.  It was too large for my needs and I got tired of fighting it, so it found a new home about 3 months ago and now it’s time for a new build.

 This one will be just a small backyard size. I have a well casing that is 3/8”x 18”x34”.  I have ran the numbers through the calculators and had it designed in my head but after much reading here, I am questioning  this design. I had planned   to use tuning plates instead of RF, thought I had decided on a size for the FB but I’m kind of back where I started. A piece of well casing, some ¼” plate and various other pieces of steel .

I’m going back to reading and look forward to getting to know y’all.

Any input is welcome

 

[gary s]

  Good evening and welcome to the forum, from a very nice and warm day in East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of                    information on just about  everything

             Gary  

 

[wolfman1955]

Mike,
Welcome, from southern Ohio, to the best forum on the internet if you are looking to learn how to BBQ/smoke/brine/cure/inject. Well you get the picture if you can do it to to something you put on a plate to eat then someone here has probably done it. Use the search bar at the top of the page and you will be led to the answer to most every question you can think of. If you don't find the answer there then just post it and someone will chime in with there opinion on the subject.
Here is a link to the builders section of the forum. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/f/197/smoker-builds
Post your plans or questions in the appropriate sub-section and I am sure that one of the very talented people there will give you all the advice you need to build yourself a really great smoker!
Again Welcome!!
Keep Smokin!!!
Wolf

 

[themule69]

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions
Post it and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is
because their are so many different ways to make great Q...
Happy smoken.
David

 

[mike ntx]

Thanks for the welcome guys!