Started smoking in Aug 2025. First smoker is a Weber Searwood. I purchased a ThermoWorks Smoke to get a more accurate temperature and the pro-series needle probe. I also have a Weber grilling basket, Weber grill brush, and the Grillart steambrush. I've tried all sorts of pellets and wood flavors and my family mainly likes the Traeger signature blend. I have a meat injector and shears for poultry.
I also recently purchased a new 2010 used Weber Kettle Performer. Just got a cover for it. I bought the ThermoWorks RFX with 1 wireless probe, the SnS and DnG to spruce up the grill. I have not cooked on it yet. I cut a hole and installed the ThermoWorks billows. I did buy 4 bags of the B&B charcoal briquettes.
All my cooking has been on the Searwood. I absolutely love cooking Pork Shoulder, chicken wings, chicken breasts and steak. I won first place in my church chili cookoff (I bragged to everyone about it) and I really enjoyed the chili (and I don't really like chili). I really enjoyed Moink balls. I like cooking ribs, chicken breasts, and chicken legs with white sauce.
I look forward to cooking pork burnt ends, smoked turkey for Thanksgiving, and maybe even a brisket.
I'm still trying to determine rubs my wife will really enjoy. I love the rubs from the website, but my wife just wants some rubs that will bring out the meat flavor so she can taste the meat. I'm seeking simple rubs for chicken breasts and steaks.
I love soda and especially Dr. Pepper. I don't drink alcohol.
I live near Boise, ID. I've been married for 25 years and I have 5 kids. I'm a second career dentist.
Found something useful again for my 3D printer. Now I can organize my cables a little better. There are some imaginative people creating all sorts of useful things out there.
Finally though. I was placing them in plastic baggies...
If not cooking outdoors, I am cooking on the stovetop with my 14" carbon steel wok, 12" CI skillet, or in the oven with my two Lodge CI pizza pans, or two dutch ovens. I've also got a nifty Lodge carbon steel grill pan that rocks for veggies outdoors.
I keep wanting a 3D printer, but then realize I don't have time to keep up with everything I already have, and it would be another big time suck for me. My wife also thinks they are cool, and would likely task me with all sorts of crazy things as well....
The other problem is if I bought one, I would want something that can handle advanced materials like PC and such, and then I would be in the same situation as I am with pizza ovens. I started looking at pizza ovens thinking I would be fine with some $300-something Ooni, and now the ones I want are $800-1000, so I am just not getting anything...
Sometimes it's easier to resist a temptation by the time it grows out of proportion to the need. That's where I am with a Searwood. "Should I or shouldn't I" pinballs through my brain when MCS comes calling. I feel your pain.
Same. I find things I that it would be useful for but then don't have time for the learning curve and would want a more top end version than most of the people I know have.
My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners
Adrenaline BBQ Company Gear:
SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
Grill Grates: five 17.375 sections (retired to storage)
Grill Grates: six 19.25 panels for exact fit for Summit S650
gasser
Grill Grates for 22" Kettle
2 Grill Grate Griddles
Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill
Fireboard Gear:
Extreme BBQ Thermometer Package
Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:
Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732
Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.
Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer
Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets
BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney
Shun Classic Series:
8" Chef Knife
6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
Wow. Nice job. I like the way the probe clip is stored in the same gizmo, and I especially like the way the probe is sheltered.
I always wash my food probes again just before using because the storage box I keep them in has lots of other things in it as well, like the fire starters, parts for ATC, etc. whose surfaces are not particularly clean. Shielding the food probes from touching other things while in storage is a nice idea.
If not cooking outdoors, I am cooking on the stovetop with my 14" carbon steel wok, 12" CI skillet, or in the oven with my two Lodge CI pizza pans, or two dutch ovens. I've also got a nifty Lodge carbon steel grill pan that rocks for veggies outdoors.
I have 7-8 of those Thermoworks silicone spools, but yours does a much nicer job of holding the probe. And I have somehow lost several of those grate clips over the past couple of years. You would think they would be in the shoebox sized storage box I keep the thermometers and probes in, or clipped to a grill cooking grate, but who knows WHERE they went!
Last edited by jfmorris; November 24, 2025, 08:26 AM.
Pit Barrel Cooker
Weber Master-Touch
Blackstone Omnivore 4 Burner Griddle
Thermoworks: Signals, Billows, Thermopens, Thermopops, Nodes, bunch of silicone stuff, and more!
OnlyFire Rotisserie w/ Basket attachment for the Weber
Vortex for the Weber
Both of Meathead's books!
Way too many BBQ related accessories, tools, and doo-dads!
A 3D printer has been on my list for quite a number of years. I have a good friend in the neighborhood who's been doing 3D printing for years now, and has made some amazing things.
He even printed me some replacement parts for an old pinball machine, because I couldn't find any original parts.
My biggest challenge is finding room for it, at this point. Well, that and having three college age kids, constantly draining my wallet...
Yeah. I have to lock mine up in a plastic storage bin with a code on it. I adopted a child with reactive attachment disorder. It’s too dangerous to leave mine out in the open.
My brother made me a few similar to that on his 3d printer, but I have just always coiled mine up and slide them in can coozies for storage. Especially my FireBoard pro probes.
Last edited by Richard Chrz; November 24, 2025, 01:48 PM.
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