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New Members => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Gobsheen on August 01, 2013, 06:41:55 AM

Title: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Gobsheen on August 01, 2013, 06:41:55 AM
Hi,
I just picked up a second hand Original with the cold smoke adaptor and can't wait to get going!  I do have a home made simple smoker box which I've had pretty good results from but just easy hot smoked stuff i.e. salmon etc.  Smoking pre-cooked chorizo sausages were a huge success!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to smoking some bigger stuff in the Bradley though.  Pastrami is high on my list of smoker ambitions!  Happy to get going with some straight forward ribs and chicken though.

Expect many questions........hopefully some day, I'll be able to answer some!

Here's my first one.........is there a member's map?  I didn't spot one on my look around.

Cheers,
Gobsheen
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: beefmann on August 01, 2013, 07:08:53 AM
Welcome aboard  lots of good information here
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: KyNola on August 01, 2013, 07:32:18 AM
Welcome!

Here's the map.
http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=17960.0
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Slacker on August 01, 2013, 07:40:40 AM
 Welcome to the forum!
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: tskeeter on August 01, 2013, 10:02:41 AM
Well, wouldn't you be the foolish one, if you weren't askin questions here.

Many of this forum's best recipes, including Habanero Smoker's Beef Pastrami recipe, are stored at www.susanminor.org, in the Our Time Tested & Proven Recipes forum.  You'll find not just the recipes.  Most of the recipes also include tips and detailed instructions that are quite helpful to many of us.  I think the recipes are a great read.

Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Saber 4 on August 01, 2013, 10:46:08 AM
Welcome from Texas, Ditto on everything everyone has said and remember we love pictures of your smokes.
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: rveal23 on August 01, 2013, 11:23:21 AM
Welcome from So. Cal
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Tenpoint5 on August 01, 2013, 01:07:08 PM
Welcome I do believe your the first from Scotland
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: pikeman_95 on August 01, 2013, 08:02:41 PM
Welcome from Montana. My wife and I visited northern England this last spring and spent a couple of days in Edinburgh. My daughters family lives in knaresborough GB. We visited every meat market that I could find in the area and all I could find was sage based sausages. {English banker's with like more garlic or leaks added.] I did not find one smoked sausage. I am sorry but they don't know what they are missing. I asked a couple of old butchers if they ever smoked any sausage and they looked at me like I was crazy. They did not even have a smoker in their shop. Get into some smoked sausages you will be a very popular guy.
Pikeman_95
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Waltz on August 01, 2013, 11:35:28 PM
Welcome, from another Scottish member. I have found sources, or equivalents, for most of the stuff mentioned in the recipes that you don't usually see here so if you are having difficulty finding something let me know.
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Gobsheen on August 02, 2013, 12:25:41 AM
Thanks guys!
The Susan site looks like it'll be a big getting started. I'll definitely need plenty of baby step recipes to get things right.
Yeah, smoking is still not a big thing over here but more and more people learning about it.
Waltz, thanks for offer and I'd say I'll be onto you for some local info. Finding good meat at the right price will be one of the first challenges!
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Habanero Smoker on August 02, 2013, 01:27:15 AM
Quote from: Gobsheen on August 02, 2013, 12:25:41 AM
Thanks guys!
The Susan site looks like it'll be a big getting started. I'll definitely need plenty of baby step recipes to get things right.
Yeah, smoking is still not a big thing over here but more and more people learning about it.
Waltz, thanks for offer and I'd say I'll be onto you for some local info. Finding good meat at the right price will be one of the first challenges!

Welcome to the forum.

Though still small, I've noticed that American barbecue seems to be growing in the UK and rest of Europe. I've become friends with a man from Scotland who now resides in Connecticut. We both share the love of American barbecue. He is a Kansas City Barbecue Society Master Certified Judge, and also an International Barbecue Certified Judge. Last year he judge an American style barbecue event in Amsterdam. So hopefully in the near future, products mentioned in the recipes will become easier to find over there.
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Ketch22 on August 02, 2013, 02:58:22 AM
Welcome to the forum from NJ :)
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: mahto on August 03, 2013, 09:13:00 PM
welcome from so cal
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Snoopy on August 14, 2013, 08:17:42 PM
welcome from WA
Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Gobsheen on August 16, 2013, 08:01:08 AM
Thanks guys!
I'm warming up to my first smoke. Brisket and salmon bought.  Working out what recipe to follow!


Title: Re: Noob from Scotland
Post by: Saber 4 on August 16, 2013, 08:05:25 AM
Happy smoking and keep us updated with pics :)