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Title: Greetings from WI
Post by: DragonsEmber on August 08, 2017, 04:23:36 PM
Good day,

I heard about this community in a youtube video. I can't remember which, but it involved a review of a Rec Tec Mini (which I will be purchasing sometime soon).

I am new to using pellet grills, and up until this last weekend, only ever used charcoal in my Weber or cheap propane grills (which last about a year or 2 on average).

My manager and a co-worker started to get into smoking meats and making sausage this last year, and that is all I ever heard about over my cubicle walls. A friend of mine sent me a link to a Indiegogo (sort of like a kickstarter) for a pellet grill. A company called Z Grills. 

The price was right so I picked one up. It came last week and I did my first cook with some Lumberjack Applewood pellets on some country style pork ribs. I did only 2 of the 5 ribs as a test and they turned out so good. I don't Think i've had anything like them.. cooked at 225 over 4-5 hours. I mixed up some Aaron Franklin BBQ sauce from his books, and I was in heaven.

Well... I went to cook the other 3 ribs the next day and it didn't go so well (no ribs were harmed.. so don't fret).  The grill malfunctioned and burned up to about 480 degrees when set to 225 somewhere in the 2nd hour of cooking.  Luckily I was working outside and saw that something was wrong, so i was able to shut down the grill and start over.. Ribs got a little more done on the outside then i would have liked, but overall they were saved.

But to make matters worse, the paint on the bottom of the grill is peeling off after only 2 uses.  I'm rectifying the issue with the company now and will be getting different pellet smoker.  In my research and reading all sorts of forums, I've decided on purchasing a Rec Tec Mini RT-300. 

That is how i discovered this forum.. its been an adventure. 

Thanks!

Matt

My first cook on a pellet smoker pictured below
Title: Re: Greetings from WI
Post by: TMB on August 08, 2017, 04:37:05 PM
Welcome to the forum
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on August 08, 2017, 04:37:33 PM
Welcome from SE Georgia!
Title: Re: Greetings from WI
Post by: smokeasaurus on August 08, 2017, 05:06:57 PM
Welcome from Southern California.
My brother moved to Manitowac last month.

You will be well served by the Rec Tec.
Title: Greetings from WI
Post by: Pappymn on August 08, 2017, 06:34:58 PM
Welcome from next door in Minnesota


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Post by: Roget on August 08, 2017, 06:48:27 PM
Greetings from Southern Indiana.

I have family in Delavan & Elkhorn, but I guess that is not too close to you.
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Post by: sparky on August 08, 2017, 07:08:31 PM
Welcome from Northern Cali.
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Post by: N. Ontario Smoker on August 08, 2017, 07:48:42 PM
Welcome from N. Ontario Canada.
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Post by: KJRsmoker on August 08, 2017, 07:57:16 PM
Welcome from Northern Illinois. 
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Post by: sliding_billy on August 08, 2017, 09:26:12 PM
Greetings from North Texas.
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Post by: ACW3 on August 08, 2017, 11:10:39 PM
Welcome from North Carolina.

Art
Title: Re: Greetings from WI
Post by: Hub on August 09, 2017, 07:14:55 AM
Here's another North Carolina welcome  ;D

Hub
Title: Re: Greetings from WI
Post by: DragonsEmber on August 09, 2017, 09:47:59 AM
Thank you all for the warm welcome.  Looking forward to following and sharing in BBQ adventures!
Title: Re: Greetings from WI
Post by: Jaxon on August 11, 2017, 10:01:23 AM
Welcome from all of us here in middle Georgia.

I STILL don't have a pelletizer, but I will probably give in. I'm doing a lot on the Weber Kettle.

Looks like you know how to handle that grill, so keep working with it and you'll get it dialed in.
Title: Re: Greetings from WI
Post by: Smokerjunky on August 11, 2017, 10:58:01 AM
Welcome from Washington.  Certainly looking forward to watching your adventures.
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Post by: tomcrete1 on August 12, 2017, 11:08:06 PM
Lookin Good! Welcome from Southern Wisconsin!  :)