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superfly

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Jan 4, 2015
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Hello all,

  I have been lurking for a few months, and have now officially signed up.

 My name is Ben, I live in central Illinois. I have a large Big Green Egg, that I have had for a few years, but until about 4 weeks ago, had used it mostly to grill hot dogs and hamburgers for my kids. Every time I did, I felt a certain amount of shame for not using it to even close to its potential. 

    I had never smoked anything prior to a few weeks ago. Since lurking on this site, I built up the courage to start smoking. I bought a DigiQ controller and a 10lb pork butt. Found a rub recipe on line and jumped in. Though it took considerably longer than I planned, the meat was awesome. I have done a few more pork shoulders since, and have one in as I write this now. I am certainly learning something everytime I use it, and finally don't feel the shame I did when grilling hot dogs alone. ;)

  I look forward to smoking all varieties of meats as the weather gets better, but will likely stick to pork while learning the basics, as everyone has told me it is the most forgiving.
 
Welcome to the board! You'll have a blast branching out into chicken, salmon, etc.

Smoking meats is kind of like standing at a sound mixer's control panel with a bunch of slider controls where you can vary so many elements at once.
 
Welcome from Louisiana. You will find a wealth of knowledge here from members who are happy to share it. Don't hesitate to ask questions and take advantage of the search bar.
 
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
 
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  Good evening and welcome to the forum, from a nice and cool day here in East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything. 

Gary
 
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