Hello world from Northbrook, Illinois!

HawkerXP

Club Member

Joined: Jul 2016

Posts: 11039

Location: Virginia

Lots of knives
3 Weber Performers
1 classic kettle
1 26" kettle
1 Smoky Joe
1 PBC
4 Thermoworks POPs
2 Dot and 1 Chef Alarm
2 Temp spikes
4 Slo n Sears
1 Smokenator
2 Vortex
#31

July 24, 2025, 06:43 AM

Welcome to the Pit from another Gerry!
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dpearce

Club Member

Joined: Jul 2024

Posts: 854

Location: Central Ohio

Pit Barrel Cooker
Weber Master-Touch
Blackstone Omnivore 4 Burner Griddle
Thermoworks: Signals, Billows, Thermopens, Thermopops, Nodes, bunch of silicone stuff, and more!
OnlyFire Rotisserie w/ Basket attachment for the Weber
Vortex for the Weber
Both of Meathead's books!
Way too many BBQ related accessories, tools, and doo-dads!
#32

July 24, 2025, 07:07 AM

Welcome to the Pit from central Ohio!
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Duanessmokedmeats

Club Member

Joined: Jul 2023

Posts: 3202

Location: Taylor, MI
#33

July 24, 2025, 07:49 AM

Welcome from Michigan!
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rmeugene

Club Member

Joined: Oct 2016

Posts: 426

Location: Glberts, IL

RecTeq RT-700 Pellet pooper
Weber Genesis 1000 LX gasser w/Grill Grates
Smokehouse Little Chief II Electric smoker
Thermapen ONE
MK4 Thermapen
ThermoPop
IR Gun
2 Channel Smoke Alarm
Green Mountain Grills Wood Fired Pizza Oven(use it on the RT-700)
Outdoors person(Hunting deer & waterfowl, backpacking)
#34

July 24, 2025, 08:23 AM

Welcome from the NW burbs of Chicago.
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fzxdoc

Founding Member & Pit Barrel Cooker Queen

Joined: Jul 2014

Posts: 8193

My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners

Adrenaline BBQ Company Gear:
SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
Grill Grates: five 17.375 sections (retired to storage)
Grill Grates: six 19.25 panels for exact fit for Summit S650
gasser
Grill Grates for 22" Kettle
2 Grill Grate Griddles
Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill

Fireboard Gear:
Extreme BBQ Thermometer Package
Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:
Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732

Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.

Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer

Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker

Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets

BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney

Shun Classic Series:
8" Chef Knife
6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
#35

July 24, 2025, 10:40 AM

Welcome, Jerry. You're going to love it here.

Kathryn
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lbyer

Club Member

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 122

Location: Northshore of Chicago area
#36

July 24, 2025, 04:00 PM

Welcome from Highland Park, just up the road a bit from you.
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Stuey1515

Club Member

Joined: Dec 2019

Posts: 1444

Location: Hunter Valley NSW Australia
#37

July 24, 2025, 04:23 PM

Welcome from Oz
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Starsky

Club Member

Joined: Dec 2020

Posts: 1354

Location: Midlothian Il.
#38

July 24, 2025, 05:30 PM

Welcome!
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Allon

Club Member

Joined: Jun 2022

Posts: 1499

Location: Blackstone Valley National Historic Corridor, MA

Oklahoma Joe's Bronco in orange. *

Backyard Grills GCB 1690W dual/fuel grill.

ThermoPro TP 910 dual probe thermometer.

ThermoPro TP 610 instant read thermometer

2 ThermoPro TP 960 TempSpikes.

*made possible by donations from members of the Pit

🔥🔥🔥
#39

July 24, 2025, 07:30 PM

Welcome to
THE PIT
from Central Massachusetts

🥩🥩🥩
🔥🔥🔥
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CharKraft

Club Member

Joined: Jul 2017

Posts: 13

Location: Hilltowns of Western Mass
#40

July 24, 2025, 09:02 PM

Welcome to the Pit from the hilltowns of western mass
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itsnotmyfault

Club Member

Joined: Apr 2018

Posts: 266

Location: Georgia

PBX
Pit Barrel Cooker
Kamado Joe Classic
Weber Jumbo Joe
Maverick XRPro
Thermapen MK4
#41

July 24, 2025, 09:05 PM

Welcome to the Amazing Pit from Georgia!
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Murdy

Club Member

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 1968

Location: Northern Illinois / Southern Wisconsin

Weber Kettle 22; Broil King Signet; OKJ Bronco
#42

July 25, 2025, 08:30 AM

Welcome to the Pit!
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RickyBobby

Club Member

Joined: Jul 2016

Posts: 889

Location: Brownsburg, Indiana

Cookers:
Oklahoma Joe Offset (older thick steel version!)
Camp Chef Woodwind
OK Joe Bronco
Weber Genesis
Ooni Karu
Weber Kettle
My goal is to eventually have at least one of every style of cooker….. I have work to do. Lol!

Thermometers:
ThermoWorks Thermapen MK4
ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE
ThermoWorks Thermopop
ThermoWorks RFX
ThermoWorks IRK-2 Infrared
Maverick XR-50
TempSpike Plus

Other Gear:
Megaforce 3000 Meat Grinder
Weston 7-pound sausage stuffer
Jerky Gun for making poppers. (Game changer!)
Amaz-N-Tube
Original SnS with drip n griddle
Weber Chimney

Fuels Used:
Splits/Chunks, whatever I can get. Usually B&B competition. Favorites are Cherry, Apple, Post Oak, and Hickory.
Pellets, Lumberjack.
Charcoal, whatever is on sale. Currently have a bunch of KBB. Will eventually try B&B. Use whatever lump is on sale in my Ooni.
Propane, Blue Rhino.

Rubs:
Usually make my own riff’s on Memphis Dust and BBBR. Also use Meathead’s commercial rubs and occasionally try something new. I like a couple from Tuffy Stone and Kinder’s. After several surgeries, I’m very sensitive to “spicy” stuff, so I need to be careful about heat levels.
#43

July 25, 2025, 10:01 PM

Welcome to The Pit from Indy!!!!!
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radiodome21

Club Member

Joined: Mar 2021

Posts: 889

Location: 5,280 feet from Chicago

Cookers:
WSM 18.5
Weber Genesis NG
Grilla Silverbac
Traeger 575
SNS Kettle

Accessories:
Thermapen
Signals X4
#44

July 26, 2025, 05:14 PM

Welcome from Park Ridge!
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Santamarina

Club Member

Joined: Aug 2018

Posts: 2776

Location: Middle Tennessee
#45

July 26, 2025, 05:19 PM

Welcome from Middle Tennessee!
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