20stone from Houston checking in

[20stone]

Howdy all -

I subscribed to this site awhile back (out of appreciation for the meat temps chart as much as anything) but am just now spending a little time on the forum.

I have had a Big Green Egg since '07, and have recently gotten caught up in the cult-like gatherings, and have met a bunch of buddies in the process.

BBQ fanaticism combined with wanting to the best stuff I can get and my dirty hippie desire for pasture raised, humanely treated meat has led to raising a few head of hogs, and buying pork by the hog has let me to charcuterie, including using a 15 cu ft freezer as a curing chamber to hang some very sloooowly drying bits.

FWIW, this site is a great resource, and I am happy to chime in when I can be useful.

I want to add some pics, but I have been getting goofy error messages.

[lschweig]

A hearty welcome from Illinois.

[LA Pork Butt]

Welcome to the Pit! I am a BGE guy, too. Will I see you at the Athens Eggfest on April 8?

[Nate]

Welcome from Indiana.

[fuzzydaddy]

Welcome to The Pit 20stone! We’re glad you joined and thanks for introducing yourself! Try making any minor edit to the photo (such as a tiny crop) and see if that works. If not, try re-saving it as a jpeg and if the name of the file is really long try renaming the pic with a much shorter name. If this doesn't work let us know the exact error you’re getting. We’ll get this sorted out.

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Hope to hear & see more from you!

[20stone]

Welcome to the Pit! I am a BGE guy, too. Will I see you at the Athens Eggfest on April 8?

I had a great time there last year, and hope to get there this year, too. I'll have it figured out in the next few weeks.

[LA Pork Butt]

20stone I will be there the Lord willing and the creek don't rise. I'll look for you.

[RonB]

Welcome to The Pit ~ Ron

[DWCowles]

Welcome again 20stone

[MBMorgan]

Welcome from Colorado!

[Mr. Bones]

Howdy back atcha!!!
Welcome to th' Pit!

[20stone]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

[Breadhead]

Welcome to the Pit 20stone ...👍

Its great to have another Egghead in the Pit. There's lots of valuable Kamado (ceramic cookers) information articles archived in the Pit that might be of some value to you. You might want to stroll through them to see if there is some information you're not yet up to speed on or you might want to add to the content to help use build our Kamado (ceramic cooker) content files.

[Shane Rakow]

Welcome from Nebraska!

[tbob4]

Welcome from Northern CA. My son is roaming around in your parts - between Galveston and Houston. You can't miss him. When it floods he's the only one driving on the freeway. He calls home and asks "Dad, can I talk to mom about the car?"

[LarryO47]

Welcome from upstate New York