Let's Talk BBQ
Welcome Center => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Ericd3043 on April 04, 2016, 12:10:32 PM
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Hello all,
I have been grilling for years, traditionally with your normal grill from HD. However, a few years ago, my father bought me a grill for my birthday that had a gas smoker on the bottom of one side of the grill. It fit a couple of steaks or a couple of racks of ribs and got me hooked!
I am located in Maryland and have a wife plus 4 daughters ages 5-14. My oldest has an expanded her horizons and enjoys BBQ of all types. My other 3 love my bbq wings/ chicken and ribs but do not do much beyond that.
I currently own a TBE (but need some ideas for how to use it - it is under used and not had a lot of success so far!), a Smoke Hollow combo unit (gas, charcoal and offset smoker) and my newest addition - Red Box Smoker.
I have not done a lot of smoking. I have done a little with ribs and a successful attempt at steaks but the Smoke Hollow mods I did still have not worked well and holding temp has been difficult. After research, I found the Red Box Smoker and did my first smoke last night/ this morning.
I was lucky to find a local BBQ retailer that had an open house over the weekend during the Ironman Competition (state BBQ competition in PA). They had the Red Box cheaper than anywhere online and then I got a 10% discount - $429 for the smoker, Maverick blow torch, 40lb bag of Royal Oak briquettes and a large BBQ seasoning. I ended up getting another sauce as a door prize and a Maverick Roasting gauge for free! It turned out pretty well and the food was awesome!
I will post my first smoke info and be looking for some advice on how to improve the next time. Any suggestions on getting more use out of the TBE would be appreciated as well!
Good Grilling all!
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Welcome from Alabama! The BEST Big Easy site on the web ;) Just ask away of what you want to do and someone here will have an answer
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Welcome from SE Georgia!
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Welcome from Wisconsin :)
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Another Alabama welcome. First thing, get you some of the leg racks for The Big Easy. I have 4 and use them for many things, especially for doing 4 layers of chicken wings at a time.
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Greetings from North Texas.
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Welcome from So-Cal
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Welcome from N. Ontario Canada.
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Welcome from Minnesota
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Welcome from a North Carolina Red Box Smoker owner.
Art
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Another Minnesota welcome!
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Welcome from Southern California
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Welcome from the Philly Burbs, and former Smoke Hallow owner as well. My gas burners went bad and trying to replace them was more timely and costly than getting a used weber gasser on Craigslist. It is hard to use the offset on it even with all the modifications of adding air vents, and sealing up gaps, but I did manage to get the hang of it. I did get rid of the whole unit because it was too big to justify keeping around just for the offset, when I have a PBC and Weber Jumbo Joe kettle, that I can use. Still looking for a new offset, but not in a rush with other expenses that need to be taken care of. Anyway, welcome and look forward to your cooks!
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Here's another NC welcome :)
Hub
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Welcome from Ohio
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Welcome from Ohio
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What part of Ohio - I was originally in Akron until I moved about 10 years ago.
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Another Alabama welcome. First thing, get you some of the leg racks for The Big Easy. I have 4 and use them for many things, especially for doing 4 layers of chicken wings at a time.
Where do I find them at? I grill wings all the time on my Smoke Hollow. I buy the frozen from Sams and grill them up with seasoning and then put them in the crock pot with sauce. My girls love it that way, but it could take me 2hrs + to grill them all. Any tips would be welcome on how to do it as well !
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Here's another Welcome from NE Ohio!