Hey All...Chicago Burbs Here


 

CLasko

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Hey everyone, Chris here. Just wanted to give a quick hello and introduce myself. Been lurking around for a while, and have really come to enjoy all the posts. As for myself, I picked up a WSM 22.5" last summer and started to experiment with smoking. Have done some ribs, pork butt, and turkeys.

The last smoke I did was the night before the Bears vs. Packers game. St. Louis spares came out excellent, the game not so much. Haha.

Now that it's starting to hit flip-flop weather here in Chicago with temps in mid 30's, I'm going to really get the smoker fired up. After looking through the mods section, I'm probably going to make some mods for a temp probe hole (I probably got one of the last models before the factory installed grommet), a new stainless steel door, and I'm also going to add a DigiQII.

Anyway, thanks for listening to me ramble this early in the morning...time changes always mess me up. Haha.

Chris
 
Good morning Chris, welcome to the forum! :wsm:
Sounds like it's been awhile since your last cook... you should rectify that with a rack today...
and... umm, I thought the results of the Chicago/Green Bay game were pretty good ;)
 
Welcome Chris!
You up north, south or west, and Sox or Cubs?:D

Tim

Hey Tim...I'm in the northwest burbs, near Schaumburg. As life would have it, a Cubs fan. Haha. However, most of my work spent on the smoker was all brought to Bears games!

Thanks everyone for the kind welcome! I really look forward to getting all the advice I can from you all. I can definitely say that what started as a "hey wouldn't it be fun to try to make our own ribs" has turned into a full-blown obsession for me!
 
Hey Chris - welcome to the board!
Lot's of great folks and ideas here.
I'm also suburban - west - and there's a lot of Chicagoland people here.
We may not agree on all the teams (Cubs?) but I'm sure there's a couple we cheer in common.

Pete
 
Welcome Chris! Hey are you gonna wear those flip flops when you shovel snow in the morning? ;-(
 

 

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