This is who I am: My first name Is John and I started Smoking in 2003 I purchased a New Braunfels Smoker. I've added 2 electric smokers since then, my first was the Big Chief just because my dad had a Little Chief when I was child. I've used it for smoking everything from fish, jerky, beef sticks, summer sausage, and various cuts of beef and chicken. After a few seasons i wanted a smoker that I can control the temp on and purchased a smoker though LEM. And have smoked sausages , beef sticks, and pork butts in it with great success . I figure i'm pretty decent with all my smokers and am looking to even better my skills here at smoking meats.com