- Joined
- Jul 19, 2011
- Location
- In the Marsh
I am a whack-a-doodle:crazy: and I approve of this message!:becky:
I'll tell you this, you lurkers you.....
These are some of the things that I now have that I didn't have before finding this place and subscribing:
I could probably go on, but you get it. This is SOOOOOO much more than a stinkin BBQ website. It IS certainly that (and the best one out there, IMHO), but it means a lot more than that to me!
- I can now BBQ, and do it WELL!!!!
- I am competing this summer with a really good friend that I MET HERE who I'd have never known had it not been for this place
- I have 3 smokers and 3 grills and parts for a big smoker (ok.....not that this place GAVE those to me....my wife would like that :roll
- I can actually offer sound BBQ advice now....and I LOVE being able to do that!
- I have some real solid friends here. Many I've met, many more I've gotten to know through PM and posting (something you can't do as a lurker) and MANY more that I'll meet down the road
I'm a whack-a-doodle and I, too, approve this message!:thumb:
Pay attention folks - great stuff right here! Didja hear that?? Wamp now has friends, heck before joining here, he couldn't even get the dog to play with him! :becky:
every single day I laugh my arse off from something I see here.
I joined. I didn't buy a subscription...yet. Soon though, I'm sure. I lurked here for several months after finding this site while doing research for building a smoker. My wife bought me one, so now I'm doing other research to make it work 110%.
So far (a few hours really) I'm diggin it. It reminds me of a few other forums I use a lot for offroad and kilt related stuff (hence the screen name). I won't join a forum if it doesn't feel right and I don't plan to stick around. This one seems pretty tight. Some others I've looked at are like a free-for-all brawl! I don't want to be in an arena for flame wars. This place looks good though!
I don't do competition BBQ, but will give my new smoker a heck of a run. I'm also planning to build a smokehouse by this fall. Bacon and ham make everything better, so why not? I've gotten a lot of good info from here so far, and I joined so I can get more. Plus it's good to "talk shop" with folks who are as passionate about something as I am. I'm not the only dude in town with a smoker, but I doubt any of them will use theirs as much as I will. (I can be pretty sure of that...it's a tiny little town) It's really nice to get tips from backyard smokers and competitors at the same time. You can't beat getting the whole range of experience and approaches in one stop.
Thanks for having me here! Back to my research...my smoker and technique aren't 110% yet.
I was snowed in today, reading BBQ cookbooks and dreaming about last summer when I hit the internet and came across this site. I signed up right away, It was a bit sad when I checked the mail and looked at my smoker covered in snow. The countdown to BBQ weather starts now and with the help of the BBQ Brethern I'm sure next summers Q will be the best ever!
It's time to sign up!! All the cool kids are doing it!! :icon_cool