"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>
>> 2fatbbq wrote:
>>> Then about 15yrs ago the internet appeared at our house and somehow
>>> ended up on some cooking lists then to the bbq forums--the old Thead
>>> forum was a marvelous resource!!! Now it seems most everything we do
>>> has something to do with bbq--last weekend was a quick trip to Miss
>>> to hang a bit with friends and cook abunch of food.
>>> Don't even want to know how much is 'invested' in this hobby!!!\
>>> Buzz
>
> My first experience was on a trip to North Carolina to train a salesman at
> a new plant we had in Durham. We went to lunch and had "barbecue". Until
> that time (about 1986) I though barbecue was grilling a chicken and
> putting that bottled red sauce on it. The barbecue has some clear sauce
> and was just shredded pork. What a way to learn about barbecue. I had it
> for lunch every day that I was there.
>
> That started me on a quest to make it myself up here in Yankee land. I
> found a couple of books, and later, the internet. I too, was on the Thead
> list and it was the best source of barbecue knowledge assembled in one CPU
> and Monitor. Met some great people and learned quite a few skills.
> --
> Ed
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
>

I was on the OLD THEAD list too.
I too just got back from the weekend in Mississippi.
I built my first brick BBQ pit when I was 15 or 16 (50 years ago).
--
James A. "Big Jim" Whitten

www.lazyq.com