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Welcome Center => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Harald on February 24, 2024, 05:07:34 PM

Title: New Member
Post by: Harald on February 24, 2024, 05:07:34 PM: Just joined and look forward to learning from you fine people.
Mostly doing roasts in the Big Easy and smoking salmon when I have them on hand.

My first question is what the heck is a Tommy Ring? :thinking:
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: IR2dum on February 24, 2024, 06:00:02 PM: Welcome from Houston.

Tommy (TMB) is our resident SRG and Big Easy expert and is also the inventor of the Tommy ring. He can tell you all about it and should be here soon.
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Ka Honu on February 24, 2024, 06:27:09 PM: Quote from: Harald on February 24, 2024, 05:07:34 PM
My first question is what the heck is a Tommy Ring?

I REALLY want to say that it's an item of jewelry that Kimmie has attached to one of Tommy's body parts and uses to lead him around but I'd get in trouble if I said that so I won't.
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Harald on February 24, 2024, 07:22:26 PM: Quote from: Ka Honu on February 24, 2024, 06:27:09 PM
Quote from: Harald on February 24, 2024, 05:07:34 PM
My first question is what the heck is a Tommy Ring?

I REALLY want to say that it's an item of jewelry that Kimmie has attached to one of Tommy's body parts and uses to lead him around but I'd get in trouble if I said that so I won't.
Yes that does sound painful. Hopefully it is something else ;D
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: HighOnSmoke on February 24, 2024, 08:45:40 PM: Welcome from the Space Coast, Florida!
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Cajunate on February 25, 2024, 10:36:38 AM: Welcome from southeast Louisiana!
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: TMB on February 25, 2024, 05:15:01 PM: Hi Harald and welcome to the forum. The Tommy Ring is a 4 in tall cake run that raises the basket up from the bottom this get the food out of what I call the dead zone. See the SRG and The Big Easy heat the chamber to produce infrared to cook with. The problem is the heat element leaves a small space that I call the dead spot , very little heat so by raising up the basket you get into the sweet spot So that is the Tommy Ring in a nut shell.
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: pmillen on February 25, 2024, 05:44:17 PM: Welcome aboard. I don't have an SRG or a Big Easy, so I'm no help to you but I recalled this post (https://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=11849.0) that you may find useful.
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Harald on February 25, 2024, 07:55:36 PM: Quote from: TMB on February 25, 2024, 05:15:01 PM
Hi Harald and welcome to the forum. The Tommy Ring is a 4 in tall cake run that raises the basket up from the bottom this get the food out of what I call the dead zone. See the SRG and The Big Easy heat the chamber to produce infrared to cook with. The problem is the heat element leaves a small space that I call the dead spot , very little heat so by raising up the basket you get into the sweet spot So that is the Tommy Ring in a nut shell.

Ah I see, I will have to give that a try sometime.
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: GG-STL on March 07, 2024, 03:43:20 PM: WELCOME from STL
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