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    Hi - Chris from upstate New York

    Hi everyone- I am Chris and a semi newbie from upstate New York. I have been professionally cooking and baking for a few years and never thought about smoking until I saw my parents try to do it unsuccessfully last year. LOL the process intrigued me so I bought a fairly cheap charcoal/propane vertical smoker and went to town earlier this year on turkeys...they were black with smoke...over done... yucky. Since I hate not to be good at something I started serious research and found this lovely site and learned, well... TONS. My husband, Mr. "I don't cook"- he was caught after the second, better, attempt. We work pretty well- I like to do flavor combinations and he loves fire- it's a match! Since May- we have smoked almost every weekend- in all weather! We have practiced on ribs, of course, brisket, chicken, pork butt, pork belly, meatloaf, bread, venison, pizza dessert- anything I could get my hands on. At this time we have the same small vertical combo smoker, a midsize offset smoker (modified with a baffle system), a weber rotisserie, a weber wood pizza oven, the reg propane grill and are impatiently waiting on our pellet grill to arrive. We are looking into doing some backyard competitions next year in NY- there are about five of them that are offered. I would love to hear any insight from anyone who has done one! I am looking forward to sharing and learning from all of you.
    PS- my kids tell me that when I start talking about smoking- it reminds them of the scene in Forrest Gump where Bubba can't stop telling all the ways that shrimp can be served.. and I do resemble that comment! LOL

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    Welcome to The Pit ChrisC! What a nice intro! We're happy you found AmazingRibs, and happy to have you here, thank you for the support. You and your husband do sound like a great cooking team. I had only moderate interest in cooking big meals until fire became involved, now I enjoy it much more myself.

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    Hope to hear & see more from you!

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      #3
      A hearty welcome from Illinois. Nice funny intro. You have accumulated some gear in only one year "God Bless You".

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        Welcome to the Pit!

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          #5
          Welcome to The Pit Chris.

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            Welcome ChrisC

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              #7
              Greetings Chris ... and welcome to the Pit!

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                #8
                Howdy from Kansas Territory, ChrisC ! Glad to have you join us here in th' Pit, lot's of great folk, and stuff t' learn! Enjoy!!!

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                  #9
                  Welcome from Indiana...

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                    #10
                    Hi Chris, Welcome from another newbie here....also from upstate. There are not many of us!!!
                    What pellet smoker did you get?I got my Mak 2 star the other day.
                    Love it, I have sausage smoking right now. Ribs yesterday.
                    I saw you are from Oneonta....I use Brookes BBQ sauce alot!

                    By my standards though you are downstate!!!! I'm 3.5 hours north of you.
                    My sister is a doc in Delhi.

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                      Welcome to The Pit ChrisC! We would love to to see some photos of your cooks and cookers!

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                        You may be sorry that you said that as I am a food blogger and have LOTS of smoked project pictures! LOL- do you have a forum for pictures or just a new post start? Thanks for the welcome!

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                      Welcome to the pit. Where about in upstate are you. I'm in the lower hudson valley. 1/2 hr outside of the city.

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                        #13
                        ChrisC , there are categories, and topics for nearly any kinda' cook imaginable, here.... easy, peasy... post beef, pork, chicken, etc. pics there... if anything seems to defy constraints, there's a category fer that, too.
                        Bring them pitchers on!!!

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                          Hi, Chris! Welcome from Nebraska!

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                            ChrisC as Mr. Bones said we have lots of places for topics with pictures. Here's a great post about how to use the various channels. We also have a Show us what you're cooking topic where you can post a recent cook. In the homework assignment post for new members see #4 for a link to picture posting tips.

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