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    Hello from Portland, Oregon!

    Well, I seem to have not posted here when I first signed up; allow me to rectify my oversight!

    I'm a supervisor at Costco; I've been with Costco for 14 years, started way back during college and stayed on after I graduated. Great company to have a career with!

    I learned what good BBQ was when I visited my friends in Austin and went to Franklins. Quite an experience and the food was like nothing I had tried here in Oregon. When I got home I realized that no commercial enterprise in the Pdx area would come close, and so I decided to make it myself. I did an internet search and found this site and started reading and experimenting, but never joined. Years later, I had developed my skills and added thermometers, SnS, and other tools. My BBQ was improving steadily, and I was enjoying both the process and end results. The only thing I didn't have was a good cook book. Which bothered me. I like books, particularly when cooking, because a tiny phone screen just don't cut the mustard. I realized I should buy Meatheads book; cuz it is a wealth of knowledge and recipes, and the site has been a huge (free) resource for me. And with the cookbook cameI got my free trial to the pit

    I learned on a 22" Weber kettle (still my favorite cooker), and have bought a PBC secondhand off Craigslist, and was gifted a gently used Traeger by my father-in-law (haven't used it beyond cleaning and a trial run but boy is it noisy compared to the Weber!). Someday I hope to get a real stick burning smoker. When that happens I'll post lots of pictures


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    Welcome from Colorado ...

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      #3
      Welcome from Snoqualmie Wa.I used to live in Portland still miss it!
      I think there's a food truck called Matt's in one of the Mississippi food courts that has pretty legit que.












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      • Loren
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        It is quite a city! I'll have to check it out then, food trips are always fun

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      Welcome from Maryland

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        #5
        Welcome from Pasadena, the other City of Roses. I went to Reed in SE PDX and still miss living there!

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          #6
          Well, ya oughta fit right in here & not cuz ya have the fancy smancy job at Costco ( everbody loves Costco around here cept those that have em way far away.) But, ya used the word cuz in yer intro & say funny things like tastin cookin that’s nuthin like’s up here in Oregon & the Traeger bein a lot noisier then the Weber. Hmmm, wonder what yer meat source is? Welcome, eat good & have fun!
          Last edited by FireMan; August 15, 2019, 02:57 PM.

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            Welcome from TN. If I worked at Costco, my entire check would be spent on meat and cheese. After I spent an entire check on a freezer. Wait, I think they are hiring...

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            • Loren
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              Oh man does the cheese section hoover up money! Love me some cambazola

            • FireMan
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              I know the feeling Loren , I live in Wisconsin.
              The whole state is a cheese section.

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            Greetings and welcome from south Texas!

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              Welcome from the California Delta

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                #10
                Welcome from South Louisiana!

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                  Welcome to the Pit from Dallas!

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                    #12
                    Howdy from Kansas Territory, Welcome to Th Pit!

                    Lookin forward to learnin along with, an from ya!

                    Sounds like ya have a good balance of cookers, cain't wait to see some action shots, an great foods!

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                      Welcome to The Pit Loren.

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                        Welcome to the Pit.

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                          #15
                          Welcome from the mountains of NC. Man if I had your job I would be smoking a couple of times a week. Costco has some great meats.

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                          • Loren
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                            I usually smoke at least once a week, usually briskets; I have a weakness for them, and this year has been quite beautiful

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