Smoking in the Desert

[ERipley]

Hello Hello!
How's it going folks, my name is Eric, fairly new to smoking but I have loved every moment so far!
Fairly basic setup at the moment I have a standard kettle grill I use for some good 2 zone grilling/smoking, I recently purchased a simple smoking cabinet I am eager to fire up. Haven't tried too much yet, brisket, pork shoulder, beef bottom round, I did just start the curing process on some pork belly and am looking forward to smoking some bacon! Looking forward to all the help, tips/tricks and whatever other advice you guys have!

[HawkerXP]

Welcome Eric!

[Thunder77]

Welcome to the Pit from Baltimore, MD! We're glad you're here.

[Shane Rakow]

Welcome to the group, Eric!!

[MBMorgan]

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

[ecowper]

Welcome to the Pit! I'm also Eric, but ecowper works fine too ..... what kind of kettle and smoke cabinet do you have? What's your favorite cook so far? Love making my own bacon!

[ERipley]

Welcome to the Pit! I'm also Eric, but ecowper works fine too ..... what kind of kettle and smoke cabinet do you have? What's your favorite cook so far? Love making my own bacon!

Currently I have a 22.5 in generic kettle grill that has worked for me great so far, I have a char-broil 30in charcoal cabinet but I still haven't gotten to set it up or try it out yet, hoping it will be waiting for me today when I get home! Favorite smoke so far was probably my first, smoke a 8lb picnic pork shoulder on a 18in square grill, took 6 hours ish, was a little over done due to the small cooking area I had, but it was awesome and I was hooked.

[ecowper]

That kettle can do all kinds of fantastic stuff. You might look into getting a Slow N Sear for it.

[fuzzydaddy]

Welcome aboard ERipley!

[LA Pork Butt]

Welcome to adventure in the Pit!

[ERipley]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! I swear with every article I read I find at least 10 more things I want to try, don't know how ill find time for it all.

[DWCowles]

Welcome ERipley

[Mr. Bones]

Welcome to the Pit, ERipley ! Glad you've joined us here, looking forward to hearing more from you.

[fuzzydaddy]

Welcome to The Pit ERipley. It's great to have you here and thank you for your support!

Since this is your first post, please check out our homework assignment post for new members. It contains a few how-tos and please-dos. This will help you learn your way around so you can get the best experience from our forum.

Also, it's very important that you:

• Give us an email address you actually use. You can set or change your email on file with us by clicking your name in the upper-right, then User Settings, then the Account tab.
• Add the domain AmazingRibs.com to your email safe list. We never spam! This is important to receive notices about your account, such as if you’re up for renewal or are ever drawn as our monthly Gold Medal Giveaway winner (we’d hate to have to pick another person because you don’t answer us)!

See you around The Pit!

[Huskee]

Welcome to The Pit ERipley! Nice to have you here with us. Nothing wrong with generic simple gear, the meat doesn't care. I started with a $80 Brinkmann cabinet charcoal smoker from Home Depot. The only reason I retired it was because of a fire--I used to wrap it in winter with cellulose batt insulation. It's flame retardant but not fireproof. Well, it retarded the flame all it could I assume, and then the flame won....the rest is history. I made some mighty fine ribs and butts on that thing, and things went up a few notches when I got a Maverick too. Of course, the great info here on AmazingRibs helped too!

[ERipley]

Welcome to The Pit ERipley! Nice to have you here with us. Nothing wrong with generic simple gear, the meat doesn't care. I started with a $80 Brinkmann cabinet charcoal smoker from Home Depot. The only reason I retired it was because of a fire--I used to wrap it in winter with cellulose batt insulation. It's flame retardant but not fireproof. Well, it retarded the flame all it could I assume, and then the flame won....the rest is history. I made some mighty fine ribs and butts on that thing, and things went up a few notches when I got a Maverick too. Of course, the great info here on AmazingRibs helped too!

Thanks! While the dream will always be to have some amazing backyard setup, the truth is unfortunately I have a small apartment with an even smaller patio, so im a little limited, so until I can move up to a something with a proper backyard Im just going to focus on mastering what I have, and whatever I can find on here of course.

[Huskee]

True pitmaster, master what you have!