Stumbled upon the group when I started doing some research on smoking. I picked up a "Lil Chief II" from someone closing out a sporting goods store about 3 years ago. This is not like the "Lil Chief" as this unit apparently was only made for a year or so. It has a 1000w element so it can really get up there. I have added an Auber PID and that thing is nice. It sat in the shed until one day after going to a BBQ place I thought - man it would be nice to do that on my own smoker. Since August I have smoked about 16 things - pork shoulders, ribs, salmon, beef roasts. It is something to learn that is for sure. This weekend was about the 5th time I have had to tell the wife "Looks like we are ordering pizza" as I am still learning timing. I thru a 10.2lb shoulder on at 4am and when I went to bed at 12:30am it was still sitting at 195. So I set my good 'ol Maverick to go off at 203deg and went to sleep. When I got up for hunting in the morning it was only at 200deg! 26 hours! But boy was it good as I shredded it before leaving for the day. Although my wife was none to happy being woken up early to the smell of pulled pork!
Sorry for rambling - just thought that since I have been a "lurker" for a while I would go ahead and introduce myself.
Sorry for rambling - just thought that since I have been a "lurker" for a while I would go ahead and introduce myself.
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