Lele from Rome, Italy

[lelex]

Hello Guys,

my name is Raffaele and I live in Rome, Italy. I own a Weber Kettle 22' and an offset smoker. I generally use the Weber with Briquettes and the smoker with oak and olive wood. I'm into "real" BBQ since December 2015, before I was just grilling the italian way.. I fell in love with BBQ and Smoking as soon as I got my Weber, so I started to read some books and I attended a couple of courses with Matteo Tassi, the italian Serial Griller. So my learning curve has started to improve, but it's a long way... So here I am with my 90 days membership thanks to Meathead's book, and I'm sure I will renew it!!

Cheers
Lele

[Huskee]

Welcome to The Pit lelex! Greetings from Michigan, USA. So nice to have you here with us. I always enjoy meeting new members from 'far away' (to me) lands. We're glad you popped in to say hello, and sure hope you'll stick around with us. I've never smoked with olive wood. They are not very plentiful...actually, they're pretty much non existent in my area as far as I know. How would you say its smell and/or flavor is compared to oak? (Oak we do have, lots of!)

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[boftx]

Welcome! Yeah, it's a whole New World.

[fuzzydaddy]

Welcome to The Pit lelex! We are here to help so ask any questions you may have. Do you have any favorites to grill or smoke?

[LA Pork Butt]

Welcome to the Pit!

[lelex]

Hello everybody!

Thank you for the warm welcome.

@Huskee: The Olive Wood has a very particular flavour/smell, I would describe it as the same scent and taste of the olive oil when you pour it in a pan, of course I'm talking about real olive oil produced by my brother in law .

@fuzzydaddy: I'm at the beginning stage, I remember my first Ribs... extremely dry!!! Now I cook decent Ribs, after some practise. I tried chicken, lamb, and last week I also smoked some prawns and makrel with apple chips. I enjoy try and prepare new rubs, some came out good and tasty, others not so tasty. I'll be back soon to ask for advice to make a decent brisket!

Read you soon!!!

[DWCowles]

Welcome lelex

[ecowper]

Welcome lelex ..... Great to have you here. My wife and I went to Rome for her 45th birthday a couple years ago and fell in love with the city. I'm sure we will be back. Meanwhile, we love to hear about what you are doing there. Also, would enjoy hearing about some of the Italian grilling recipes :-)

[MBMorgan]

Greetings, Lele ... and welcome to the Pit!

[Thunder77]

Welcome to the Pit! We're glad you're here! 😎

[FireMan]

Welcome aboard Raffaele. Tis' great to have you with us, and see you are having so much enjoyment in your endeavors. Now, you will find that talk about what you cook on this site is just that, talk. We would love to see some pics of your cooks & maybe an occasional backdrop of your town. Look forward to your contributions. Enjoy the ride!

[lelex]

Hello FireMan I will post some pics soon

[Meathead]

Welcome! I have visited your beautiful, crazy, tasty city twice and it is wonderful to have you join us!

[lelex]

Thank you Meathead, next time you'll be in Rome gimme a call!!

[Nate]

Welcome! Love seeing people from around the globe join. Hope you will be willing to share some about your grilling and bbq culture in Italy. Love learning how other folks do stuff and trying new things!

[dirtman]

Welcome to the pit!

[BigBear]

Welcome to The Pit lelex . We're glad you're here and upping your smoking game. This place will definitely help in that regard! I love Italy and start out most mornings with espressos made from illy whole beans. Reminds me of the great times I've enjoyed in your fabulous country!

[lelex]

Thank you. Illy it's very good brand, you should try Morettino, my favourite.