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Welcome Center => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: gbwsmoker on July 05, 2016, 02:56:23 PM

Title: Another new member
Post by: gbwsmoker on July 05, 2016, 02:56:23 PM
Nice to have a forum for all things BBQ.  Hope to pick up a lot of good info here.

As an introduction, my wife and I do a lot of BBQ during the year.  It is warm enough in the southeast to cook outdoors on all except the worst days.  Summer, though, is prime time.  We also bake bread so I make the Kaiser rolls we put the BBQ on.  They are actually pretty easy to make.

I found this forum while searching for information on using the PBC but that story will be in another post.  My wife and I have had a long journey with BBQ.  We grew up in the Great Lakes area and BBQ was anything you threw on the grill.  Low and slow was not in the lexicon.  When we moved to the south, we thought we would "start barbecuing."  Our first foray was ribs on a brand new gas grill about 40 years ago.  Put 'em on just like a steak and went inside.  Came out to find the grill was a torch.  Managed to turn off the gas and when the flames died, I peeked inside and found two cinders that used to be the ribs.  We had KFC that night.

That was when we realized BBQ was different and since then have spent many hours, weeks, years trying to perfect it.  Went through the "boil the ribs" stage, using the oven stage, trying to get good BBQ with gas, etc.  After many years, we now get great results on a Weber charcoal grill for ribs, chicken, brisket and my wife's signature pulled pork.  Tastes better than the commercial BBQ places.  Last year I picked up the Slow n Sear insert and that provides a great way to get a long cook without a lot of fussing.  The only problem with a Weber is volume.  You cannot put that much on, hence the PBC.  But that is another story.

I look forward to hearing what everyone says..  There is some awesome looking 'cue on this site.  Instead of speakers, we need to have aroma emitters so we can smell each other's efforts.

BTW, we cook on a Weber kettle, Weber Summit and PBC (still trying to get that one dialed in.)  Have gone through water smokers, etc. in the past.  If I get ambitious, we will get a Lang.

gbwsmoker
Title: Re: Another new member
Post by: TMB on July 05, 2016, 03:05:12 PM
Welcome to the forum! 
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Post by: muebe on July 05, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Welcome from Southern California
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Post by: smokeasaurus on July 05, 2016, 03:09:28 PM
Welcome from Southern California

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Your PBC will hold as much or more ribs than a Lang 36 hybrid and is much easier to cook on.......off-sets take a special breed......I am one of those....just got old and a bit lazy these days  :D
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Post by: Savannahsmoker on July 05, 2016, 03:44:54 PM
Welcome from Savannah, Ga and thanks for providing some information about you and your wife.
Hope to see some pics of upcoming cooks.
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Post by: tomcrete1 on July 05, 2016, 03:58:06 PM
Welcome form Wisconsin  :)
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on July 05, 2016, 03:59:40 PM
Welcome from SE Georgia!
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Post by: sliding_billy on July 05, 2016, 04:08:11 PM
Greetings from North Texas.
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Post by: hikerman on July 05, 2016, 04:26:02 PM
A warm welcome to you from Illinois!
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Post by: Jaxon on July 05, 2016, 04:34:44 PM
Welcome, y'all from over here in middle Georgia.

The southeast is a great place to learn and practice bbq...
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Post by: Roget on July 07, 2016, 03:03:56 PM
Greetings from Indiana.
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Post by: CDN Smoker on July 07, 2016, 03:08:38 PM
Welcome from Manitoba, Canada  ;D
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Post by: N. Ontario Smoker on July 07, 2016, 03:31:55 PM
Welcome from N. Ontario Canada.
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Post by: sparky on July 07, 2016, 04:15:57 PM
Welcome from northern Cali.
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Post by: tailfeathers on July 07, 2016, 05:04:54 PM
Hi and welcome from South Dakota.


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Title: Re: Another new member
Post by: KJRsmoker on July 07, 2016, 05:18:45 PM
Welcome from northern Illinois.