Hello! My name is Jeff, I'm active duty Navy and my wife and two kids moved out to hawaii a year ago. I've been 'smoking' for a couple of years now. My first smoker was a brinkmann Trailmaster which I used with great results up until about a month ago. I wanted something a little smaller and more portable so I started researching and came up with the weber. Bought the WSM 18.5 and just did my first chicken on it this past weekend and loved it!