Hi All,
Just a quick note to say "Tahnks" to everyone here. I am a newbie and
just purchased a New Braunfel's (CharBroil) smoker. It is nothing
special and not what I wanted (Chargriller) but it was a battered box
special at Wallmart that I picked up for $50(It was $170 originally).
As to why I say "Thanks", I have been an avid Q fan forever, but living
around Boston, MA the options are limited. Fortunately I have had the
cahnce to travel to many great parts of the country and sample some
truely great Q. I started research a while back and stumbled here,
thank god. Between what is posted here and the "FAQ" I have had any and
all questions answered.
I have smoked one item so far, a full chicken, I picked up some Mesquite
chunks from Walmart and went to town. I only used wood, no charcoal.
The resuts were spectacular and I feel with a few more trial runs I
will move on to a brisket soon(with peacn wood).

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Thanks,
Jake T.

Jake Thompson wrote:

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

I'm glad to see you here, Jake :-)

Dave Bugg wrote:

Jake Thompson wrote:


My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!


I'm glad to see you here, Jake :-)


Dave,
Good luck with the restaurant, keep us posted.

Jake Thompson wrote:
My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Aint the FAQ awesome? Wait till your 1st home done ribs!



--

In article , Jake Thompson
wrote:

Between what is posted here and the "FAQ" I have had any and
all questions answered.

and

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Thanks,
Jake T.

Nuff sed!

monroe(period)

Duwop wrote:
Jake Thompson wrote:
My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Aint the FAQ awesome?

Probably the best article/website on the internet.

Wait till your 1st home done ribs!

*All* home done ribs are much better than the bought stuff. Even those that
aren't done quite to perfection!

BOB

Duwop wrote:
Jake Thompson wrote:

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!


Aint the FAQ awesome? Wait till your 1st home done ribs!



The FAQ *is* awesome. Alot of fine work (by alot of folks, I'm sure).
It answers most any question that someone could have and has been
instrumental in my turning out what we consider great ribs, brisket,
and pulled pork "out of the box".

More folks new here should heed Dave's "welcome" notes and read 'em.

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

Jake Thompson wrote:

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Happy day, oh, happy day!

--
Aloha,

Nathan Lau
San Jose, CA

#include std.disclaimer

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:19:17 -0400, Jake Thompson
wrote:

Hi All,
Just a quick note to say "Tahnks" to everyone here. I am a newbie and
just purchased a New Braunfel's (CharBroil) smoker. It is nothing
special and not what I wanted (Chargriller) but it was a battered box
special at Wallmart that I picked up for $50(It was $170 originally).
As to why I say "Thanks", I have been an avid Q fan forever, but living
around Boston, MA the options are limited. Fortunately I have had the
cahnce to travel to many great parts of the country and sample some
truely great Q. I started research a while back and stumbled here,
thank god. Between what is posted here and the "FAQ" I have had any and
all questions answered.
I have smoked one item so far, a full chicken, I picked up some Mesquite
chunks from Walmart and went to town. I only used wood, no charcoal.
The resuts were spectacular and I feel with a few more trial runs I
will move on to a brisket soon(with peacn wood).

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Thanks,
Jake T.

Welcome to the world of BBQ Jake.

Congrats on yer chickin. If ya got any pic's of yer Q'ing experiences,
please post them over on alt.binaries.food. Lot's of the folks from
here also drop in over there.


Rick Simms

--
A pessimist believes all women are bad.

An optimist hopes they are.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:19:17 -0400, Jake Thompson
wrote:

Hi All,
Just a quick note to say "Tahnks" to everyone here. I am a newbie and
just purchased a New Braunfel's (CharBroil) smoker. It is nothing
special and not what I wanted (Chargriller) but it was a battered box
special at Wallmart that I picked up for $50(It was $170 originally).
As to why I say "Thanks", I have been an avid Q fan forever, but living
around Boston, MA the options are limited. Fortunately I have had the
cahnce to travel to many great parts of the country and sample some
truely great Q. I started research a while back and stumbled here,
thank god. Between what is posted here and the "FAQ" I have had any and
all questions answered.
I have smoked one item so far, a full chicken, I picked up some Mesquite
chunks from Walmart and went to town. I only used wood, no charcoal.
The resuts were spectacular and I feel with a few more trial runs I
will move on to a brisket soon(with peacn wood).

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Thanks,
Jake T.

Welcome to the world of BBQ Jake.

Congrats on yer chickin. If ya got any pic's of yer Q'ing experiences,
please post them over on alt.binaries.food. Lot's of the folks from
here also drop in over there.


Rick Simms

--
A pessimist believes all women are bad.

An optimist hopes they are.

On 13-Jul-2004, Jake Thompson wrote:

Hi All,
Just a quick note to say "Tahnks" to everyone here. I am a newbie and
just purchased a New Braunfel's (CharBroil) smoker. It is nothing
special and not what I wanted (Chargriller) but it was a battered box
special at Wallmart that I picked up for $50(It was $170 originally).
As to why I say "Thanks", I have been an avid Q fan forever, but living
around Boston, MA the options are limited. Fortunately I have had the
cahnce to travel to many great parts of the country and sample some
truely great Q. I started research a while back and stumbled here,
thank god. Between what is posted here and the "FAQ" I have had any and
all questions answered.
I have smoked one item so far, a full chicken, I picked up some Mesquite
chunks from Walmart and went to town. I only used wood, no charcoal.
The resuts were spectacular and I feel with a few more trial runs I
will move on to a brisket soon(with peacn wood).

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Thanks,
Jake T.

Welcome to the fold. Since you said 'smoker' and New Braunfels (
Charbroil) I have to assume that you have the New Braunfels Silver design
smoker. Since you have survived an early cook using only wood, you are
off to a good start. I wasn't so lucky. I stopped down my chimney trying to
control temp and it was a disaster. I would be interested to know how you
went about managing your fire. Inquiring minds want to know.

--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

On 13-Jul-2004, Jake Thompson wrote:

Hi All,
Just a quick note to say "Tahnks" to everyone here. I am a newbie and
just purchased a New Braunfel's (CharBroil) smoker. It is nothing
special and not what I wanted (Chargriller) but it was a battered box
special at Wallmart that I picked up for $50(It was $170 originally).
As to why I say "Thanks", I have been an avid Q fan forever, but living
around Boston, MA the options are limited. Fortunately I have had the
cahnce to travel to many great parts of the country and sample some
truely great Q. I started research a while back and stumbled here,
thank god. Between what is posted here and the "FAQ" I have had any and
all questions answered.
I have smoked one item so far, a full chicken, I picked up some Mesquite
chunks from Walmart and went to town. I only used wood, no charcoal.
The resuts were spectacular and I feel with a few more trial runs I
will move on to a brisket soon(with peacn wood).

My eyes have been opened and I have seen the light!

Thanks,
Jake T.

Welcome to the fold. Since you said 'smoker' and New Braunfels (
Charbroil) I have to assume that you have the New Braunfels Silver design
smoker. Since you have survived an early cook using only wood, you are
off to a good start. I wasn't so lucky. I stopped down my chimney trying to
control temp and it was a disaster. I would be interested to know how you
went about managing your fire. Inquiring minds want to know.

--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

M&M wrote:

Welcome to the fold. Since you said 'smoker' and New Braunfels (
Charbroil) I have to assume that you have the New Braunfels Silver design
smoker. Since you have survived an early cook using only wood, you are
off to a good start. I wasn't so lucky. I stopped down my chimney trying to
control temp and it was a disaster.

I used a flat-blade screwdriver to remove my chimney
damper months ago. Glad I did.

In an NBS, you primarily control temperature through fire
size and you use the damper to temporarily slow it down if
need be. If the fire rebounds to too hot, you gotta pull
fuel out.

Cheers,
Dana

Well to start, I had alot of past experience in Boy Scouts cooking with
duch ovens over coals, so I already had a feel for fire control.
From reading the FAQ, I kept the chimney wide open, and the fire box
damper fully open most of the time.
If I put new wood on, once it got going, I would choke it down just a
bit to prevent a spike in temp, and open it up once things leveled out.

I am worried about the uneven head distribution in the cooking chamer
thouhg and am thinking of which method I would like to use for more
even distribution. Some flashing would probably do the trick, and
since I live in Mass. and would like to smoke well into the fall, I
will probably line the bottom with bricks.

The grill is a 2003 Charbroil Quickset Smoker. I have found almost no
references on the web to this except for people referring to the
"silver" which is it's color,so I am assuming that is the same grill.
For a $50 banged box deal I figured it will be good to learn on this
season and if al goes well, I will be looking into something real for
next season. My goal is to get to competition level.

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Jake said-
"My goal is to get to competition level."

While several posters here compete and others have been/are competition
judges I think you'll find great satisfaction in learning how to cook your
own great barbecue and that the adulation you'll receive from family and
friends when they eat your Q will provide the biggest and best prize of all.

Jack Curry
-it's all about the Q-