Just joined the forum. My handle is "10degrees.south"

I'm a South-African expat that now lives in the USA. South Africans are all carnivores and live and die for all things beef, pork, chicken, and venison.

I spent some time in Fort Worth and got hooked on Smoking. I now live in South Jersey (don't laugh. .), about 25 minutes east from Philadelphia just off Rt 73 near Berlin/Atco.

I built my first smoker, an offset, from a 55 gal drum and a water Jerry can as a firebox.

Learned some hard lessons on that beast... all about air controlled = temperature control.

I have since added a UDS and designed and built my own programmable temperature controller to run my pits using a Pit Viper fan from BBQ Guru.

I am constantly honing my skills and recently also started to make home cured holiday hams, pastrami and beacon from scratch.

I am an active participant on other social media sites related to BBQ & Smoking.

I have collected a large collection of recipes that I try out and fine tune to my own taste.

I used to compete in South African traditional bush cooking and may one day try the US competition circuit once I have enough confidence. ..

I am looking forward to being a member of this group and to learn from the experts.

Cattle call, South Africa,