Hey all,
I've been blissfully managing the outdoor cooking for the family for several years now but have recently started slipping into the subculture. I honestly don't know what happened, one day I'm happy just cooking the same burgers and sausage for the wife and kids and the next day I just felt like I needed more. Been getting pretty darn good at ribs over the past year or so. For a couple of years I've been grilling and smoking on my weber kettle with pretty positive results, but really wanted to expand into a larger smoker. I chose the 18.5" smokey mountain and did my first cook last night of spare ribs, sausage, corn and potatoes. I got excited when it came in and didn't season the smoker or do any dry runs, just payed attention and rode the vents (which needed adjusting literally every 5 minutes or so to keep exactly on 225, obviously a result of the reflective surfaces and my lack of experience with the WSM.) By the end of that cook (6 hours or so) there was a nice matte coating over the interior. The food came out great. I'm hoping to learn a lot here, hopefully find some other local Mississippians, and learn more about both cooking in the smokey mountain and about gatherings like competitions (never been to one.) I'm in a pretty great locations as memphis, southaven, and other great bbq landmarks are within very reasonable distances to me. While smoking on my kettle, my favorite things to cook were ribs and sausage. With the extra room in the smokey mountain I would like to try my hand at larger things like brisket flats and some roasts. I wouldn't consider myself a novice as I've been able to get consistently good results thanks to an understanding of the mechanics of how cookers work, but I would consider myself a learner which would explain my membership here.
My screen name by the way, goes all the way back to middle school when I would often play a spy in what was a very popular video game at the time, and I was/am a drummer. It's immature but it's mine. Although I gave up video games, I did become a professional percussionist after getting a music performance degree and when I had kids settled down as a band director.
Nice meeting you all,
Mike from Madison, MS
I've been blissfully managing the outdoor cooking for the family for several years now but have recently started slipping into the subculture. I honestly don't know what happened, one day I'm happy just cooking the same burgers and sausage for the wife and kids and the next day I just felt like I needed more. Been getting pretty darn good at ribs over the past year or so. For a couple of years I've been grilling and smoking on my weber kettle with pretty positive results, but really wanted to expand into a larger smoker. I chose the 18.5" smokey mountain and did my first cook last night of spare ribs, sausage, corn and potatoes. I got excited when it came in and didn't season the smoker or do any dry runs, just payed attention and rode the vents (which needed adjusting literally every 5 minutes or so to keep exactly on 225, obviously a result of the reflective surfaces and my lack of experience with the WSM.) By the end of that cook (6 hours or so) there was a nice matte coating over the interior. The food came out great. I'm hoping to learn a lot here, hopefully find some other local Mississippians, and learn more about both cooking in the smokey mountain and about gatherings like competitions (never been to one.) I'm in a pretty great locations as memphis, southaven, and other great bbq landmarks are within very reasonable distances to me. While smoking on my kettle, my favorite things to cook were ribs and sausage. With the extra room in the smokey mountain I would like to try my hand at larger things like brisket flats and some roasts. I wouldn't consider myself a novice as I've been able to get consistently good results thanks to an understanding of the mechanics of how cookers work, but I would consider myself a learner which would explain my membership here.
My screen name by the way, goes all the way back to middle school when I would often play a spy in what was a very popular video game at the time, and I was/am a drummer. It's immature but it's mine. Although I gave up video games, I did become a professional percussionist after getting a music performance degree and when I had kids settled down as a band director.
Nice meeting you all,
Mike from Madison, MS
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