Today I added the 6th cooker to my arsenal. I posted and joked about it, a few hundred people viewed it, and a bunch commented.
As I looked at my post it occurred to me that to a newbie...to a lurker...I might look like a pro. It might be intimidating. I’m a Babbling Farker with over 3 thousand posts and tons of pictures of food and a complex sounding wood burning smoker...and a rotisserie (haven’t used one ever before, but now I own one), and 6 cookers.
But here’s the thing. I’m a rookie too. A lurker. Who got curious and tried a pellet smoker from Costco on a whim. And I liked the result and the process. And I started researching different ways to improve. And I found this place. These Farkers.
Oh I didn’t post at first, but when I got my Pit Barrel Cooker (after reading 125 pages of the PBC thread) I posted my first post. And since then this place has drawn me in. These people are my friends and extended family. I’ve even met a few face to face. And the rest is history.
So today is kinda a big day. This forum had a Birthday.
Phil/BBQchef33 founded this site out of his love for BBQ and the importance of maintaining an open forum for learning and teaching. He and the other founders also wanted a place the brotherhood and sisterhood could joke, and laugh and share in the good times and get support from friends in the rough times.
There are a lot of costs to run a site like this. Hosting and storage and bandwidth costs are into the thousands every month. Believe it or not this is not a full time job for Phil...he does it in his spare time.
If you are not currently a subscriber, please consider it. $25 a year is the minimum donation to help keep this place running.
Now you might say....but $25.... that's a lot. But I bet you've saved more than $25 on the information you've learned here. I know I have on KBB sales at Lowes alone. Not to mention the countless hundreds of dollars I've saved on things like Prime Day, Restaurant Depot membership fees, Brethren discounts to Oakridge for rubs or on Inkbird thermometers.
On top of all that there are other benefits. You get a cool beer icon and a star by your name. You get to choose an avatar. You get a larger signature line, you can upload attachments, do advanced searches, do multi member private messages, and access the private member areas where you can read in detail about the Inception of the Brethren and how this site was founded...all because of a typo/autocorrect.
Enough of my soapbox. Please consider a subscription and help keep this place running smoothly.
