Tampa Bay Native Cooker

[X Trial Timsly11]

Hey Hey Hey from Tampa Bay! I was born and raised here in the area....I am in my 40's now. I spent 17 years in restaurants cooking and kitchen manager...fast casual, casual, and fine dining. I just moved to a different house and could not bring my freaking smoker because it was too heavy. UGH. I love cooking and cooking outdoors....right now it's sadly a regular gas grill, but my girlfriend wanted a fire pit and it came with a cooking grate....anyone use these? I want to throw on some meat when the fire turns to embers. Not sure what wood they have around here. Is it safe to use enviro premium flame firewood from a grocery just for kicks? Says its a combo of oak,maple, and poplar...and other hardwoods. Its Kiln dried. Skurred lol. ,Don't want to get sick! I used to smoke boston butts, whole chix, and ribs . Good to be here. I like the site and the info! I also fish and have eaten almost everything edible from the Gulf of Mexico....mostly inshore species. And GO BUCS!

[Draznnl]

Welcome from a little bit south of you.

[X Trial Timsly11]

Nice area!

[ofelles]

Welcome from the California Delta.

[bbqLuv]

Hello from NW Oregon,
Florida, I am thinking feral hogs on the grill.

[X Trial Timsly11]

To the north there are plenty of them rooting up yards lol

[bbqLuv]

I have harvested two hogs, One in the east, one in N. California. Both tasted great.
Not much pork belly for bacon.

[RonB]

Welcome to The Pit.

[DavidNorcross]

Welcome from Virginia!

[HawkerXP]

Welcome to the Pit!

[Santamarina]

Welcome from California!

[swartzster]

Welcome from Washington

[grantgallagher]

Welcome from NJ!

[WI Bubba]

Welcome from Wisconsin. Glad you could join us!

[FireMan]

Is the smoker abandonment permanent? There are adaptations you can do with yer gasser & there is plenty of stuff to do with that fire pit, oh yeah. Welcome, eat good & have fun!

[X Trial Timsly11]

Smoker is gone unfortunately.Wood chips for the gas grill? Straight wood no charcoal for the fire pit? THANKS!!!!!!

[Whiskeyman53]

Welcome to the pit from the bbq capital of New England, Massachusetts. P.S. we don't miss Brady up here.

[X Trial Timsly11]

Thanks! And you miss the GOAT and you know it !!!!

[DTro]

Welcome from MD- I have a fire pit with a cooking grate. What I love about it is cooking breakfast on it after a night of 'solving the world's problems'.

[X Trial Timsly11]

charcoal or wood heat?

[DTro]

In the fire pit it's always wood. Cooking on it has mostly been an after thought, not anything planned out. You know, you wake up hungry and in need of a greasy breakfast to cure the night's sins, stir the embers, add some wood, and drop a cast iron on the grate.

[Bkhuna]

Hello from Merritt Island. Sadly, we've run out of natives to cook over on the Space Coast.

[X Trial Timsly11]

Lol....I hear ya!