Cheef Here

[Cheef]

Cheef here--I ride a 2003 Gilroy Indian Chief motorcycle-hence the name.
From Kansas City area.
Been a backyard wannabe for 30 years.
I own
Cookshack smoker
Big Green Egg Large (I make a damn mean high temp steak)
Big Green Egg Medium
Memphis Pro
And a little Lodge cast Iron for quick hibachi, simple dogs and burgers.
I do love any kind of backyard BBQ--low and slow right on to grilling.
Someone point me to the hot-fast smoking techniques if there are any on the site.
Tried a hot fast brisket about 6 months ago that kind of surprised me.
Taste not up to low and slow BUT not to bad in a pinch.

[smarkley]

Hey Cheef... Welcome Aboard

[Jerod Broussard]

"Chief Chef Cheef" killer YouTube handle.

Welcome and thanks for the support!!

[Skip]

Welcome Cheef. You fit right in with that wonderful lineup of equipment.

[Cheef]

Thanks for the welcome you all.
I did forget one smoker I have out in the backyard.
If I remember right it was the first smoker I ever bought or used.
As close as I can recall it hast to be well over 20 years old now. Anyway OLD!!!
An Oklahoma Joe Tail Gater. Offset firebox.
Small but built like a tank, and I still prefer wings out of it over any other machine I've ever owned or used.
The thing will still be cooking a hundred years from now--Made from oil field casing.
They advertised it as a tail gater but you'd better gather up the buds to load and unload it!!!

[BigBear]

Welcome to the Pit Cheef. Glad you're here!

[Jon Solberg]

Welcome Cheef

[Danjohnston949]

Cheef, Welcome to the Pit! I love your Bike, post some Pics of it sometime! Dan

[Papa Bob]

welcome to the fun enjoy

[David Parrish]

Welcome Cheef! We're glad you're here.

[LA Pork Butt]

Welcome Cheef. I own a Big Green Egg (large), too. I just returned from the Eggtober Fest at Stone Mountain, GA. I will post some pics soon. It was great fund and there must have been over 200 eggs cooking. I'm considering cooking next year.

[David Parrish]

I almost went to that myself, but ended up having to go on a work trip. boo work.

[Cheef]

Hi LA -- the Big Green Egg is the a REALLY good tool to cook on.
Just a little practice and using one is as simple as it gets.
The Memphis Pro has spoiled me a bit because of the plug and play no problems use.
I do always bake up the readout on it with a second probe as it seems to show 10* cooler than the digital remote I back it up with.
10* is nothing to complain about but I am a little A D D when it comes to temp.
Digital and instant read thermometers have REALLY made my BBQ come to life--Especially the chicken cooks--I'm paranoid when it comes to getting poultry to the safe temp.

[Cheef]

I just took a look through the prizes page.
In my intro post I forgot to include my Good One.
I've had it 8 or 10 years and kind of stuck it back in the shed and forgot it.
Good One has changed pretty dramatically in the past few years.
It was a VERY well built machine back in the day.

[Huskee]

Belated welcome to The Pit Cheef! Nice having you here. Be sure to get all those goodies listed in your signature.

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Hope to hear & see more from you!

[fuzzydaddy]

Welcome Cheef! Looking forward to some pictures of the food you cook.