- Jan 8, 2008
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Hello everyone.
I thought that I would check in here with everyone before I start asking questions in other sections of this forum. I am relatively new to smoking. I bought a cheap smoker (True North Electric Food Smoker) 2 years ago after I got a gift certificate for a local store. I figured I would go cheap and see if I liked it before sinking any large amount of money into it. My first attempts at smoking involved smoking salmon and here is the surprise...... I really really liked it. So then I started trying to do ribs. I found that no matter how long I kept the ribs in there I still had to finish them on a grill. Finally I got my thermometer out and checked the internal temp and it wouldn't get over 145 F and that was on some of the hottest days in August. Then the season was over and I couldn't smoke any more
.
Last year I decided that I wanted to try some "big" cooking. So I started to use my BBQ grill as a smoker. I turned out a couple good briskets and a pulled pork and have been hooked ever since. I generally have people over when I cook though and don't want to have my BBQ space taken up while smoking. I have friends that are vegetarians and want to cook other things on the BBQ as well. So I decided that summer 08 would be the time to get a real smoker and start my journey into the wonderful tastes that can come out of a smoker.
Over Christmas I got a very very pleasant surprise. My in-Laws for Christmas have given me 500-600 dollar allowance to put towards a smoker
. I think that they also want me to smoke more food for them
. That brings me to how I found SMF. I have been doing research on what type of Smoker to buy. I am currently think that the 24 inch Smoke Vault will do me well but am still researching. Since I live in Canada I am having a tough time actually finding stores that carry smokers so advice/ opinions from here will/ are invaluable for me as I will have to purchase online or go for a road trip.
Anyways that is my story and now I have to get to work. I will be posting soon some questions that will hopefully let me find the perfect smoker for me
.
Pat
I thought that I would check in here with everyone before I start asking questions in other sections of this forum. I am relatively new to smoking. I bought a cheap smoker (True North Electric Food Smoker) 2 years ago after I got a gift certificate for a local store. I figured I would go cheap and see if I liked it before sinking any large amount of money into it. My first attempts at smoking involved smoking salmon and here is the surprise...... I really really liked it. So then I started trying to do ribs. I found that no matter how long I kept the ribs in there I still had to finish them on a grill. Finally I got my thermometer out and checked the internal temp and it wouldn't get over 145 F and that was on some of the hottest days in August. Then the season was over and I couldn't smoke any more
Last year I decided that I wanted to try some "big" cooking. So I started to use my BBQ grill as a smoker. I turned out a couple good briskets and a pulled pork and have been hooked ever since. I generally have people over when I cook though and don't want to have my BBQ space taken up while smoking. I have friends that are vegetarians and want to cook other things on the BBQ as well. So I decided that summer 08 would be the time to get a real smoker and start my journey into the wonderful tastes that can come out of a smoker.
Over Christmas I got a very very pleasant surprise. My in-Laws for Christmas have given me 500-600 dollar allowance to put towards a smoker
Anyways that is my story and now I have to get to work. I will be posting soon some questions that will hopefully let me find the perfect smoker for me
Pat
