I always have enjoyed smoked food, never really had it growing up, though. 30+ years ago, I had some of the best pulled pork in a tiny little roadside shack in Tennessee, and 25 years ago, I got sent to Houston for several 2 week long business trips, where I found Texas brisket. Hooked.... I figured out how to use a smoker box in a gas grill for chicken and steaks. 10 years ago, I started trying brisket in a charcoal grill (ATK method.) A year ago, I went all in. The smoker I'm finishing up will do 10 full packer briskets at once.
My g/f and a few other friends are now getting a bit of a chuckle, as it's getting harder for me to walk into a smokehouse restaurant, and downright difficult to order brisket.
Found this site 2 years ago when I built my HeaterMeter for a leaky horizontal offset smoker.
Life is too short to eat bad barbecue. Or drink cheap beer. Or drink bad booze.