Smokin' Fun in Northern Chicagoland

[DavidNorcross]

Welcome from Virginia!

[Birddog74]

Welcome for Iowa!

[Redwng]

Welcome from St. Cloud, FL.

[Alan Brice]

StewBQ625 your Q looks Beautimus! Welcome fr Cincy Ohio!

[DaveD]

Welcome from the northern VA burbs of the nation's capital. Great looking stuff there! I also brewed for about 25 years, but had to give it up. Have fun here!

[JGo37]

let's see... I've been eatin' most of my life, half of that off fire - check. I've been drinkin' over 2/3's of it - check. You're within drivin' distance - check! Welcome to the Pit from the LOU!

Good looking cooks there as well - nice to have you here.

[StewBQ625]

Pop on by! I'm headed to Louisville (presume that's "the LOU) for my 60th b-day in about 3 months to do some bourbon tours.

[JGo37]

StewBQ625 the LOU!, is Saint Louis. Home of the very first BBQ still in the original recipe sauce - Maull's. Try some ;o)

[StewBQ625]

I love Maull's! They sell it in certain grocery stores around here. Great stuff.

[Northern lights smoke]

Welcome from Central Minnesota. Your pics sure show you know your way around grills and smokers. Very nice!

[Clawbear57]

Stew Welcome from North Carolina. By the way, is the cheese factory still there

[StewBQ625]

Yup, it's changed hands away from the Maytag family (Maytag Blue Cheese is the product) but still in my hometown of Newton IA.

[Clawbear57]

I have never heard of the company or seen their product. I'm a blue cheese lover. I may have to look them up. Thanks.

[StewBQ625]

https://www.maytagdairyfarms.com

[texastweeter]

Howdy from Texas

[swartzster]

Welcome from the Pacific Northwest

[WI Bubba]

Welcome from Wisconsin. Glad you could join us! For many years, until they closed, the family tradition for Easter and Christmas was a ham from Antioch Packing. I really miss those hams.

[StewBQ625]

Never had the pleasure although the building is still there.

[TripleB]

YEAH...Montreal BBQ!!! Interesting that you tap Montreal BBQ. I love the 'Mile End' cookbook. Montreal style smoked meats in Brooklyn, NY. I don't know if they are still in operation, but loved the cookbook with Montreal influence. The Matzo Ball Soup, not Montreal, but Oh....yeah baby!

Oh, and welcome to the board of bbq.

[SheilaAnn]

Hey hey from Long Beach,ca by way of Chicago (sw side and downers grove/Naperville). Welcome!

StewBQ625 bleu cheese? As in Maytag bleu cheese? I’m a bleu cheese junkie!

[StewBQ625]

The same! Yeah, my grandfather was the guy who got them into that business in the 1940s and my Dad took the reins as the chief in the mid 1970s when my grandfather passed, and he ran it until he passed in 1992. Company has since been sold to private investors not in the Maytag family, which is a total shame.

[Whiskeyman53]

Welcome to the pit from the bbq capital of New England, Massachusetts.

[Santamarina]

Welcome from California! Many homebrewers here too. I’ve been brewing for almost 15 years.