Greetings everyone. Like everyone else on here, I've been grilling for years. Mostly on a gas grill. I do about 95% of the cooking in my house. I leave the baking (breads, cakes, brownies etc) to my wife. Not that I don't know how, but she considers it her domain, lol. This year we bought a camper and a seasonal site for the first time, as we love camping and being out in the woods. I've mostly used gas for the convenience and quickness of it. But I figured when I'm at camp, I have plenty of time to get a charcoal grill ready. In the past when using charcoal, I would either buy Match Light, or regular charcoal and lighter fluid. Having to wait for the smell of the lighter fluid just took too long. So I bought a Jumbo Joe to bring up to camp, 2 bags of Kingsford Blue, and a bottle of lighter fluid. I really wanted to cook some ribs since I had so much time at camp to do that. So I Googled "ribs" and came across this amazing site! Here I discovered the joy and wonder of the charcoal chimney! Lol. So I bought one, and needless to say, the only thing I used the lighter fluid for was starting the campfire at night 
. Then a sweet older lady at camp gave me a free Brinkmann ECB bullet smoker. I researched it online and discovered all the flaws and made most of the mods everyone suggests. Still crappy, but semi-usable. Also bought the 2 channel Thermopro TP12 thermometer to monitor temps. Did ribs 4 times, and a brisket. Used almost a whole bag of charcoal on the brisket trying to keep the temp up on that drafty thing. I thought it came out ok for only the 3rd thing I ever smoked. The last batch of ribs I did at camp was actually on the Jumbo Joe, and they came out great. The camping season ended 10/1 so I was planning to bring the Joe home, but started checking for used kettles online. Found a Performer in mint shape for $100 so I jumped on it. Getting ready today to throw 2 racks on for dinner. I just want to thank you for this site, and figured the info I can glean from everyone here far outweighs the cost of membership. I'm done with this long winded intro now, lol.
. Then a sweet older lady at camp gave me a free Brinkmann ECB bullet smoker. I researched it online and discovered all the flaws and made most of the mods everyone suggests. Still crappy, but semi-usable. Also bought the 2 channel Thermopro TP12 thermometer to monitor temps. Did ribs 4 times, and a brisket. Used almost a whole bag of charcoal on the brisket trying to keep the temp up on that drafty thing. I thought it came out ok for only the 3rd thing I ever smoked. The last batch of ribs I did at camp was actually on the Jumbo Joe, and they came out great. The camping season ended 10/1 so I was planning to bring the Joe home, but started checking for used kettles online. Found a Performer in mint shape for $100 so I jumped on it. Getting ready today to throw 2 racks on for dinner. I just want to thank you for this site, and figured the info I can glean from everyone here far outweighs the cost of membership. I'm done with this long winded intro now, lol.
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