In the midst of our more-work-than-I-ever-expected bathroom renovation project, my parents and lovely wife presented me with my birthday present (a bit early, but I'm not complaining) -- a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker.
I can barely contain my excitement as I think about all of the delicious pork I'll be cooking on it this summer...ribs...shoulder....belly for bacon.
I look forward to experimenting with this bad boy...and you'd better believe that I'll chronicle my experiments here on LENNDEVOURS.
Happy early birthday my friend. I look forward to reading about your exploits in the world of barbeque. Me thinks you may be abandoning the world of wine soon.
You're going to love that Weber Smokey Mountain. Before you use it, go out and buy a charcoal chimney starter. If you ever put lighter fluid or worse, matchlight, in that cooker, I'm gonna kick your ass.
If you need any help or have any questions just drop me a note.
Posted by: WhiteTrash BBQ | April 18, 2006 at 01:17 PM
Don't worry...the chimney starter is already at the top of my "to buy" list...along with a couple probe thermometers!
And I have a feeling there will be some questions coming your way as well. Thanks for the offer!
Posted by: Lenn | April 18, 2006 at 01:25 PM
There's a walk thu on how to do ribs on my blog from January 2006. Take a look.
http://whitetrashbbq.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_whitetrashbbq_archive.html
Posted by: Whitetrash BBQ | April 18, 2006 at 01:55 PM
Enjoy
http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/index.html
Posted by: Greg | April 18, 2006 at 03:04 PM
Here's my favorite BBQ forum
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/
Posted by: Greg | April 18, 2006 at 03:37 PM
...while visions of pork bellies danced in his head...
Enjoy the new toy! Boy, I wish ours lived at our apartment. Schlepping down to San Leandro where ours lives (about twenty minutes south) is a real pain.
Posted by: Derrick Schneider | April 19, 2006 at 12:39 AM
I got a WSM for Christmas this past year, and I must say it's the best gift I could have gotten. I second the Virtual Weber Bullet post above, it's a great resource. Enjoy the Q!
Posted by: Kerner | April 19, 2006 at 09:27 AM
The smoker commeth! Congratulations...and let the smoking begin. I've attended several major BBQ competitions...in Iowa (The Pork Week Expo - Barbercolassal) and the Great Lenexa Cookoff in Kansas City. Lenn, I'll send you a Big Daddy's Zubba Bubba Cookbook...the Holiday Cookbook has 2 hrs of BBQ recipes and smoker tips from competition chefs.
Congrats and watch out waistline!
Posted by: Carlo DeVito | April 21, 2006 at 08:41 AM
So where are all the experiments you were going to chronicle on LENNDEVOURS?
Or was that lip service?
Posted by: mikh@mac.com | July 20, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Hey! Jen just got me one of those. This post came up while I was searching for ideas of what to do with it.
Posted by: Michael Dietsch | June 15, 2008 at 01:42 PM