Newbie smoker

[peringle]

Hello everyone,
I'm a 35 yr old father and husband that just recently got interested in learning how to smoke meat. I have a char-griller professional with a side smoke box, that's never been used. Im also interested in modifying my grill and have a few ideas already thanks to this site. Guess that's about it for now.

 

[scarbelly]

Hello and 

to SMF - glad you joined in 

 

[eman]

welcome and glad you found us.

 There are some mods that you can do to your charr griller that will improve it's performance and make your smoking job a whole lot easier.

 just type in chargriller mods in the search box. There's 890 of them LOL

 

[peringle]

Thanks guys! I will be checking out all those modifications soon

 

[chef jimmyj]

Welcome to the SMF Family...There is a ton of info posted and some great people to talk to when you need help...JJ

 

[scrappynadds]

Welcome to SMF........Lots of info and tons of people to help you out if you need it.........

 

[thsmormonsmokes]

Here's a thread dedicated to modding that smoker.  It's only 15 pages long, so get comfortable if you sit down to read it all.  I've got the same smoker and I got tons of ideas from this thread.  I'm still not 100% satisfied with it, but I've finally been able to churn out some respectable Q with it.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/58778/char-griller-smokin-pro-with-firebox-mods

Stick around here and you'll learn tons.  I've gone from producing smokey hockey pucks to Q worth talking about in about 6 months with the lessons I've learned here.  

 

[makitaman]

hello everyone this is my first post . i grew up watching my dad smoke meats ..

i have had a small gas smoker for years only used it for cooking and BBQ high temps .

i just built a plywood smoker 4ft tall and 36 inches all the around , and it sits on top of a 55 gallon drum .

i have two heat sources hot plates and a cast iron propane burner.

 i also have a smoke daddy cold smoke generator.

for my first attempted  i will be making bacon.  i have read lost of forums this site is great thanks for the help ..

 

[sprky]

 to SMF . You have come to the right place for smoking info. This site is loaded with great info just use the search bar at top of page to find what you are looking for. If you can't locate the answer just ask folks here are willing to share there knowledge. Check out  the 5 day e-course on smoking its chuck full of great info, and may help ya out. Smoking  5-Day e-Course