Greetings from the Netherlands

[Pappymn]

Welcome from Minnesota

[N. Ontario Smoker]

Welcome from N. Ontario Canada.

[Gentleknight]

Thanks Pappy (isn't that avatar a character from WKRP in Cincinnati?) and N Ontario. I appreciate it and hope to get to know you soon.

[TMB]

Thanks Pappy (isn't that avatar a character from WKRP in Cincinnati?) and N Ontario. I appreciate it and hope to get to know you soon.

That ain't Pappy?      You mean all this time I been seeing that picture and thinking it was him? 

Boy howdy         Thought you could trust what you read and seen on the net   

[Savannahsmoker]

Welcome from Savannah, GA.
We use to hit the flee markets and shop in the Netherlands while station in Germany.
Always had a good time , eat some great food, drink lot's of beer, got some great buys and everyone spoke English as well.

[Pappymn]

Thanks Pappy (isn't that avatar a character from WKRP in Cincinnati?) and N Ontario. I appreciate it and hope to get to know you soon.

That ain't Pappy?      You mean all this time I been seeing that picture and thinking it was him? 

Boy howdy         Thought you could trust what you read and seen on the net   

I'll never tell

[CDN Smoker]

Welcome from Manitoba Canada

[Gentleknight]

Thanks Savannah and CDN.  In the cities, most folks speak English as well as Dutch, although in the more rural area where I live, only about half speak English, and most of them want you to speak Dutch.  There is also Friesian in the northeast of the country, so if you were to drive from Leeuwarden to Paris (a 5 hour drive) you'd hit 4 or 5 different languages. To hear Dutch, it sounds like German, with a bit of French, and some totally unfamiliar language, with some English words tossed in here and there. Despite attempts, I have a very rough time with trying to learn the language, despite being here for 4 years now.

They say my PBC will be here on Friday, although I am skeptical.  Have often had problems lately with getting stuff from there despite being a member of the EU (at least until the Brexit vote in June).

[IR2dum]

Welcome from Houston.

[Gentleknight]

Yay !!  The PBC arrived today.....even a day early !!!  Might try a skinless turkey breast I bought today.... Need to figure out some kind of fat for top so it doesn't dry out.

[TentHunteR]

Here's another Ohio welcome!

[sparky]

Welcome from northern Cali.

[Gentleknight]

Thanks TH and Sparky.  Just hung the boneless, skinless 1.4 kg turkey breast with 4 strips of bacon through the hooks.  Hung it from the grate as I also want to do some chicken wings a bit later.  No Kingsford over here, so I am using some briquettes that are a bit smaller.  Put a (admittedly cheap) thermometer on the grate to see what the temps look like in a half hour or so.  Here's hoping !!  (Have some pics, but don't have a photo bucket account.... yet). And the meat goes on......

[Gentleknight]

At a half hour into the cook, the temp at the grate shows 400 F.  Might be the smaller briquettes, or might be that we are 4 meters below sea level.  Will try closing the vent to less than 1/4 for future cooks.  Might try putting some foil partially over the vent as a stopgap measure.

[Gentleknight]

Temp at one point wet up to 425 F. Cut a bigger piece of foil to cover vent, which got the temp down to 350 at one hour. The turkey breast was at 140 F, and the bacon was crispy, so no longer dripping down the turkey.  Put the chicken wings on at hour and 15 minutes into cook. The provided Pit Barrel All Purpose Rub seemed rather salty (as one reviewer commented) so I only used a small amount and mainly used Meathead's Simon & Garfunkel rub. Made a nice blue cheese dip from some Stilton Blue we have. Supervised by Grimbergen Dubbel.