I've Hooked Another One ~ Guy From Work Buys First Smoker

thirdeye · Jan 11, 2013

A guy I work with has been building an upright backyard smoker in his spare time, and he has a way to go, so he started looking around for something to cook on now, and he wanted something portable..... So I recommended a WSM-18 and it arrived yesterday. He was stoked.

He has sampled some of my cookin'..... pulled pork, pastrami, fatties, smoked cheese, etc., so I naturally volunteered to give him an assortment of rubs to check out, and I have him some apple, cherry, alder, guava and hickory.

He has cruised the TVWB for tips on WSM fire starting and management, and a couple of Q sites for ideas

. I'll be seeing him Monday or Tuesday and will recommend he join us here. Anyways, today was his first cook.... and he cut his teeth on fatties with 3 different rubs. When I talked to him everything was chugging along just fine,.. and this afternoon he sent me his first Q pron.... he is off to a good start. I think a loin or a rack of ribs will be next.

Boshizzle · Jan 11, 2013

Nice, that's the brethren spirit in action!

Bluesman · Jan 11, 2013

Good job.............Get him doing a shoulder, :-D

thirdeye · Jan 11, 2013

Bluesman said:
Good job.............Get him doing a shoulder, :-D

Yep, I'm thinking after 4 or 5 hours on ribs, the next logical step will be a butt or chuckie. A 2 or 3 bone prime is an easy cook too, just not as value conscious as the others..... Butts are $1.58 here for a 2 pack...For $24 we could get 2-8 pounders and each have one to cook next weekend.... $12 is not bad for a butt.

Subzerogriller · Jan 11, 2013

Spreading the good word, one delicious meal at a time! Good work! :thumb:

tbutts · Jan 11, 2013

You are a good friend

Gore · Jan 11, 2013

Ooooo, I haven't done a fattie in I don't know how long! That looks great!

Bonewagon · Jan 11, 2013

Spread the addiction!

BobM · Jan 11, 2013

He sounds like our kind of guy. I am looking forward to meeting him here!

Sent from my Android phone.

Big George's BBQ · Jan 11, 2013

Lucky man. He has a great teacher and sponsor. Nice going Wayn

martyleach · Jan 11, 2013

I love doing that with people... Give them good BBQ and then help them start their own. That is why I have built so many UDS's... People get really excited and friggin' happy when they can make good Q. Fun stuff!

thirdeye · Jan 11, 2013

martyleach said:
I love doing that with people... Give them good BBQ and then help them start their own. That is why I have built so many UDS's... People get really excited and friggin' happy when they can make good Q. Fun stuff!

One year a buddy asked for some help with a rib cook for a high school football team 'parents party' he was hosting. He had about 15 racks of spares. We prepped them together, I sort of clued him in on what I was going to do, then I wound up drinking beer and babysitting the pit while he tended other stuff inside, and schmoozed with a few guests... long story short, I had them finished and into a holding oven, but he never actually saw the full process. I cleaned up the cooker, then left, and the party was a big success. Six months goes by and he's having a birthday party and a lot of folks requested he make his ribs. So.... I get a phone call: "uh,... can you remind me again how I make my ribs?". I haven't let him forget that one.

DubfromGA · Jan 12, 2013

tbutts said:
You are a good friend

:thumb: This ^^^^^^^^

Great assortment of quality rubs, too.

I've used all but three of them.

cheapbeer · Jan 12, 2013

Good on ya to pass along all them good rubs and knowledge. I started taking in leftovers and now one guy at work owns my old gasser, another guy owns a uds and his wife had me hide out a 22.5 wsm for his xmas present, another guy just purchased the 18.5 wsm that was listed in the trading post here and on the appleton craigslist, and a fourth guy is saving up for a 22.5 wsm. My boss just got an electric smoker for xmas after we introduced him and his hunting party to twin packs of butts, and yet another guy bought a barrel and has been collecting uds parts. That makes six out of a shop that employs about 35 full time people. People just get addicted to this stuff............

fingerlickin' · Jan 12, 2013

Good on ya brother. I love doing the same every chance I get. My friends aren't lucky enough to get that variety of rubs from me though. You have a very lucky friend, make sure you send him here so we can tell him so. :thumb:

fantomlord · Jan 12, 2013

I just hooked a co-worker as well...his WSM 18 should make it to his place today. :biggrin1:

gtr · Jan 12, 2013

Nice work!

...house by house...neighborhood by neighborhood, town by town...

I've Hooked Another One ~ Guy From Work Buys First Smoker

thirdeye

somebody shut me the fark up.

Boshizzle

somebody shut me the fark up.

Bluesman

Babbling Farker

thirdeye

somebody shut me the fark up.

Subzerogriller

Full Fledged Farker

tbutts

Guest

Gore

Phizzy

Bonewagon

Babbling Farker

BobM

Babbling Farker

Big George's BBQ

somebody shut me the fark up.

martyleach

Quintessential Chatty Farker

thirdeye

somebody shut me the fark up.

DubfromGA

is Blowin Smoke!

cheapbeer

Full Fledged Farker

fingerlickin'

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fantomlord

is Blowin Smoke!

gtr

somebody shut me the fark up.

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