Well, I figured I've been poking around here long enough. Time to do a Bio.
My name is Neil but everyone calls me "bigmista" or just "mista". Except of course for my girl who call me "Bigdaddy" and rightly so!
I was born in L.A., raised in Galveston, TX, and now I am back in L.A. (my father lives here.) I've eaten a lot of "Q" in my life but I think the best I ever had came from a little place in Galveston called "Mama's" who only sold BBQ after 5 on a friday night and was usually sold out by 7. I ate there for years as a kid before I found out that Mama's was actually a brothel. Of course that made the Q even better!
My father got my into cooking when I moved back to L.A. (mainly because I saw how many women flocked to him when he had a dinner party). We grilled a lot in the backyard on a kettle but I never really learned about smoking.
I actually got the bug to start smoking last year when I saw Alton Brown's show Good Eats on the food network. He smoked a pork butt inside 2 ceramic flower pots. You can see the details here... http://www.rollerfeet.com/backporchbeer/archives/000256.asp
Once I saw that I had to learn all I could about BBQ. I searched everywhere on the internet and eventually ended up in a couple of Yahoo groups.
I bought my first smoker a few months ago. I got a Chargriller Super Pro at Lowe's. Here is a pic of it...
http://www.bigmista.com/Images/NeilSmokerOpen.jpg
My girl is almost sure that I am cheating on her because I spend so much time with it. She'd probably fuss about it if I didn't make some good BBQ like the meat in my avatar!
Well my fingers are cramping up now so you wake up and quit pretending that you are reading all of this. I'm glad to be here and look forward to making a lot of new friends.
Thanx to willkat for inviting me!
Mista
My name is Neil but everyone calls me "bigmista" or just "mista". Except of course for my girl who call me "Bigdaddy" and rightly so!

I was born in L.A., raised in Galveston, TX, and now I am back in L.A. (my father lives here.) I've eaten a lot of "Q" in my life but I think the best I ever had came from a little place in Galveston called "Mama's" who only sold BBQ after 5 on a friday night and was usually sold out by 7. I ate there for years as a kid before I found out that Mama's was actually a brothel. Of course that made the Q even better!
My father got my into cooking when I moved back to L.A. (mainly because I saw how many women flocked to him when he had a dinner party). We grilled a lot in the backyard on a kettle but I never really learned about smoking.
I actually got the bug to start smoking last year when I saw Alton Brown's show Good Eats on the food network. He smoked a pork butt inside 2 ceramic flower pots. You can see the details here... http://www.rollerfeet.com/backporchbeer/archives/000256.asp
Once I saw that I had to learn all I could about BBQ. I searched everywhere on the internet and eventually ended up in a couple of Yahoo groups.
I bought my first smoker a few months ago. I got a Chargriller Super Pro at Lowe's. Here is a pic of it...
http://www.bigmista.com/Images/NeilSmokerOpen.jpg
My girl is almost sure that I am cheating on her because I spend so much time with it. She'd probably fuss about it if I didn't make some good BBQ like the meat in my avatar!
Well my fingers are cramping up now so you wake up and quit pretending that you are reading all of this. I'm glad to be here and look forward to making a lot of new friends.
Thanx to willkat for inviting me!
Mista