Hi everyone! I'm Scott and I've visited these forums too many times to count but I finally joined and put my first post up today. I live in Charlotte, NC - and my neighbors feel pretty strongly about our state's claim to the "BBQ" but I am a transplant originally from NYC trying to educate myself here on smoking food and in particular making jerky on a smoker.
I've tinkered for the past year or two with a store bought smoker that I've cut up and refashioned to give me the most bang for my time and buck. But finally, I decided to do a custom build and make my own smoker. That was the topic of my first post here. I made it from an old server cabinet (the computer kind, not a buffet server) and it is designed to hold almost 4 times the amount of sliced beef, if you can believe it.
Anyway, I am very glad to be here and to finally have a voice on the boards. I hope you have a lot of constructive advice for a newbie who is lost and trying to get an education in a city and state where there really isnt a lot of patience for bad BBQ.
Thanks!
Scott
I've tinkered for the past year or two with a store bought smoker that I've cut up and refashioned to give me the most bang for my time and buck. But finally, I decided to do a custom build and make my own smoker. That was the topic of my first post here. I made it from an old server cabinet (the computer kind, not a buffet server) and it is designed to hold almost 4 times the amount of sliced beef, if you can believe it.
Anyway, I am very glad to be here and to finally have a voice on the boards. I hope you have a lot of constructive advice for a newbie who is lost and trying to get an education in a city and state where there really isnt a lot of patience for bad BBQ.
Thanks!
Scott
