Comment to Lumpy,
Welcome Lumpy. Glad to have you here. Some people joke about their post count and that is all it is. The "general discussion" and "new topics" are many times not about smoking. There are many interesting posts in these topics. Many are just entertainment but some are for help and encouragement of which much is given. Yes, you can PM someone but in a way we are the Bradley Smoker Family. We have a "funny story of the day topic" and if you have searched through the "running up the post topic" you will find that Owrstrich has posted many travelogue pictures that I look forward to seeing. There are people that post from around the world and it is great to get their viewpoint on things. There have even been people that meet together for a Bradley smoke out and food outing. The forum has a great group of people willing to give help and advice.
In all the other topics there is good information on using the Bradley smoker of which I am a proud owners. Today I smoked turkey legs for a soup.
So enough of my ramblings Lumpy. Glad to have you here and I get one more post to my tally.
Brad