Howdy from Salem, AL

[Starsky]

Welcome from Illinois !

[Terp Tom]

HawkerXP, did you say pictures? Here's one of my kettle and one of the food that came from it.

[Smokn]

Hello Tom. It definitely tends to be an obsession! LOL.

[Donw]

Welcome from Maryland

[Soonerpop]

Welcome from north Texas. You’ve got the right start with the gear you have. Can’t go wrong with a kettle. Have fun.

[HawkerXP]

No stopping you now! Did we mention we like pictures. Pictures of your cooker, cooks, dog , cat, sunrise, sunsets.........

[Bkhuna]

Hey! Welcome to the Pit.

Small world it is. My Dad was stationed at Craig AFB from 1963-1968. I still have memories of the Dixie Diner and this ramshackled BBQ shack on highway 80, just a few miles east of the base.

I've been meaning to take a long road trip and visit Selma.

[Santamarina]

Welcome from California!

[bbqLuv]

Hello from NW Oregon,
BBQing going beyond Hot dogs and burgers is so much fun. And so much to learn.
You are in the right place.

[jharner]

Welcome to the pit, enjoy the Wikipedia of BBQ

[Whiskeyman53]

Welcome to the pit from the bbq capital of New England, Massachusetts.

[willxfmr]

Welcome from Wisconsin. Glad you could join us!
With the Kettle/SNS combo, you already have what you NEED to make great BBQ. The WANTS however, will like get worse.

[Terp Tom]

Thanks for the warm welcome, folks. With all the recommendations I now feel compelled to mention all the equipment I already have: a Slow n Sear original, ThermoPro TP-17 dual-probe thermometer, and the Unknown BBQ lid hinge.

The instructions that came with the hinge and the two YouTube videos I watched said the installation was a 15-minute job. I want whatever tools they were using! It took me over an hour of drilling over two nights in my garage just to make six little holes. I didn't appreciate how thick a Weber Kettle is until I tried to drill holes through it. In retrospect I probably should have worn some hearing protection, but hey, I can't get tinnitus if I already have it.

Half the gifts on my Christmas list were grill-related - a pair of grilling gloves, a TP-15 instant read thermometer, and Meathead the book. I got all of them.

Anyway, I'm enjoying the heck out of this rabbit hole into which I've fallen.

[mcook2201]

Greetings and welcome from North Carolina

[Mr. Bones]

Howdy from Kansas Territory, Welcome to Th Pit!

Lookin forward to learnin along with, an from ya!