Hello from MN

[craig]

Greetings from Minnesota. I have not used Smokenator yet but just placed an order for one on Amazon, it's supposed to come next week sometime. I look forward to learning how to smoke various meats using this device. My first run will probably be with some St. Louis Style ribs and then hopefully I can graduate up to a Brisket before summers end. I also ordered a new Weber Kettle today, It will be replacing a kettle that has been in the family for 30 years now. She had a good run but it's time for her to retire. Last night was her last rodeo. BBQ Chicken breast and sweet corn.

[ncsmoker]

Craig looks delicious, welcome to the forum. When you get your SN keep a notebook for the first few months of the weather conditions, cook temperature, time of cook, what you are cooking, etc. After a while you'll be able to refer to it instead of having to guess about what to do. I love St. Louis Ribs, the only kind I do any more. Can't justify the cost and lack of meat of baby backs. Plus the trimmings of the spare ribs to make St. Louis are done about half way through and make nice snacks. Don't know if you know how to trim a full rack of spare ribs to St. Louis ribs but here is a good tutorial bbqpitboys.com/recipes/how-to-trim-for-st-louis-spare-ribs#.VabRS8_bKt9

Happy smoking

Tom