Let's Talk BBQ
Welcome Center => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: cybermoser on April 13, 2017, 08:24:57 AM
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Hey guys/gals,
My name is Nate. I live in Colorado but was born and raised in North Dakota. I grew up not knowing some people purchased meat from a store. We always butchered 100% of our own meats, pork, beef, deer, chickens, ducks, etc. My family never got fancy with BBQ, maybe slow roasting an entire hog in the ground every few years but that was the extent of it. I moved away to go to college, got married and starting doing small things like hotdogs and burgers on a gas grill. Sure I've played a bit with charcoal or a wood pit but never really got back into the entire butcher scene or real BBQ again. Last fall after hunting season I call my father and asked for our family recipe for deer sausage. He gave it to me but I realized I did not have the capabilities of properly smoking it. I tried a $200 electric smoker someone gave me, zero luck there. Then I tried using my Char-Broil Tru Infrared with a smoke box, no luck there, then I pulled out my Brinkman R2D2 $80 smoker, modified it to hang the sausage and wala, great smoke. Since last fall I have been collecting bricks to build myself a walk in smokehouse hopefully sometime this year (before hunting season).
Right now my arsenal of pits is as follows: Electric Smoker, Small barrow wood pit two level, a Char-Broil Tru Infrared and the Brinkman R2D2. A few weeks ago we had a massive storm that blew through our area that took about 40% of my shingles off my roof, ripped doors off their hinges, busted windows, but the saddest part was I found all of my pits busted up. My smokers were upside down busted up, smoke stacks broken, shelves bent up and my nice Infrared grill upside down in my fish Pond and the doors ripped off the hinges. Yes, very SAD day in deed. However with great loss goodness can be born. I spoke to my insurance, sent pictures and they are replacing my items, so what did I do...... I went and ordered my new Grill, yep, tomorrow they should be delivering my brand new Rec Tec (RT-680) Pellet Smoker! I am so excited, I can't wait to learn something new and share my experiences here with all of you.
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Welcome Nate! Lots of hunters here so you will fit right in :thumbup:
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Welcome to the LTBBQ family! What a cool introductory story. The Rec-Tec 680... oh man, compared to what you were using, your gonna think you've died and gone to heaven ;)
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Welcome from SE Georgia! You are going to love that Rec Tec. A lot of happy Rec Tec owners on this forum.
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Great Story. Welcome from Manitoba Canada ;D
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Welcome from North Carolina.
Art
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Welcome from the Southern Tier of New York, Nate.
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Welcome from N. Ontario Canada.
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Hello and welcome from NW Ohio. Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Howdy from Southern California. I bet ya got a place all figured out already where to stash the Rec Tec when Old Man Winter acts up again 8)
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Welcome from Minnesota
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Greetings from North Texas.
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Great background intro -- sorry about all the bad luck but you're going to open a new door here. So: http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=2641.0
http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=2647.0
Recommended reading for getting into pellets.
Welcome from North Carolina ;D
Hub
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Welcome from Alabama.
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Welcome from Washington State. There are a lot of Rec-Tec owners on here. Looking forward to seeing your cooks and learning some new tricks.
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Welcome from North Texas!
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Welcome from Illinois!
Hoping you have many calm cooking days ahead of you!
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Welcome from Indiana.
Sorry to hear about your bad brush with mother nature.
I think I know how you feel, having had a tornado take half of my house a couple of years ago. I'm still trying to get things back the way they should be.
Good luck. You will get there.
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Welcome to the forum Nate, from NE Ohio!
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Welcome from Wisconsin !
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What a great story!
Welcome from middle Georgia.
Yeah, you're gonna love the RecTec (headquarters here in GA)
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Welcome from SE Arizona.