Greetings from San Diego!

[Danjohnston949]

porkmaster, Welcome to the Pit! You will find a proverbial bank full of collective knowledge shared here! All free for the taking, a little input from you is the price of the tuition! Enjoy yourself, the members and staff are all good people! 👍👍👍👍👍. Dan

[fuzzydaddy]

Welcome to the Pit porkmaster!

[porkmaster]

Been a recent and frequent visitor to this amazing website for a few months before finally deciding to join.

My name's Andrew. I've always loved eating meats, but I actually like cooking them more than I like eating them surprisingly. I like the science behind, the challenges, and just overall everything related to the process of cooking them.

I started off on a charcoal BBQ grill before moving onto a Weber gas grill, and now I'm trying to enter previously uncharted territory with my recent purchase of a Weber Smokey Mountain, 18.5". I've already made my first batch of ribs on it following the recipe guides (Last Meal Ribs), and while they didn't turn out as I had expected (took the ribs off maybe an hour or so early), they were still delicious.

I'm hoping to learn a lot more about creating the perfect ribs and pork shoulders, as well as possibly smoking turkeys for Thanksgiving since that's coming up. I look forward to meeting you all and learning much more from this great site!