Corey Elks
TVWBB All-Star
dont you gotta cook the thanksgiving turkey on it
NOW what do I do? I NEED HELP!
- Thread starter Silas Crutherton
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Patti Leigh
New member
I am cracking up reading this thread! Ours was a Christmas present too. I had it shipped to a friend's house so that my husband wouldn't see it. Needless to say, I was so excited last week when it arrived, that I had to tell him, and I made him stop and pick it up on the way home from work last Friday.
We did our first smoke on Saturday. Wow! All I have to say is DON'T WAIT. This time of year is perfect for smoking (probably every time of year is perfect). You can make some wonderful treat to share at your Thanksgiving celebration!
I had planned to try to wait until Christmas too, but after reading some of the ideas and suggestions on the boards, I plan to make some things, like smoked nuts, for little gifts for my friends and family. I have a nephew (age 23), we have little in common, except he likes to eat and I like to cook. For the past few years (about 8 yrs. now), I go and buy two big steaks and make beef jerky for him. He loves it! What else do you get a teenage boy with a big appetite? Meat! This year I suspect his present may have a distinctly smokey flavor...
Good luck with your patience, Silas, you will be happy with your smoker whether you decide to wait until Christmas or get cookin' right away!
We did our first smoke on Saturday. Wow! All I have to say is DON'T WAIT. This time of year is perfect for smoking (probably every time of year is perfect). You can make some wonderful treat to share at your Thanksgiving celebration!
I had planned to try to wait until Christmas too, but after reading some of the ideas and suggestions on the boards, I plan to make some things, like smoked nuts, for little gifts for my friends and family. I have a nephew (age 23), we have little in common, except he likes to eat and I like to cook. For the past few years (about 8 yrs. now), I go and buy two big steaks and make beef jerky for him. He loves it! What else do you get a teenage boy with a big appetite? Meat! This year I suspect his present may have a distinctly smokey flavor...
Good luck with your patience, Silas, you will be happy with your smoker whether you decide to wait until Christmas or get cookin' right away!
Silas Crutherton
New member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Doug Wade:
I agree you should open it and check it - it would be a shame to have a banged up lid or something and not being able to cook right away.
Do be aware that the box is enormous. It might also make sense to assemble it and stick it in the garage or something... she can always put a bow on it for Christmas. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
The box is big. It's sitting there, mocking me.
It has been opened and checked over - it's all good! And mocking me.
But I'm getting everything together for the first smoke on Boxing Day...(Christmas Day itself won't work - I'll be out all day, and I want to be around for the first smoke!)
I am going to have all of the meat ready - rubbed, brined, trimmed, or whatever, a big bag of K, some wood chips, everything all ready...
Still waiting, VERY excited...
-Silas
I agree you should open it and check it - it would be a shame to have a banged up lid or something and not being able to cook right away.
Do be aware that the box is enormous. It might also make sense to assemble it and stick it in the garage or something... she can always put a bow on it for Christmas. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
The box is big. It's sitting there, mocking me.
It has been opened and checked over - it's all good! And mocking me.
But I'm getting everything together for the first smoke on Boxing Day...(Christmas Day itself won't work - I'll be out all day, and I want to be around for the first smoke!)
I am going to have all of the meat ready - rubbed, brined, trimmed, or whatever, a big bag of K, some wood chips, everything all ready...
Still waiting, VERY excited...
-Silas
RichPB (richlife)
TVWBB Wizard
Well, I personally think all this is preposterous! Take a close look at this
and then go do that with your new WSM (I'm sure you didn't check it out properly as demonstrated there). Then do it right -- SMOKE SOMETHING! THEN
!
Frankly, Silas, you are seriously jeopardizing the happiness of your family at Christmas. We all know nothing works properly the first time. Unless your WSM is broken in, you can't make a wonderful meal for Christmas (or Christmas Eve as the case may be). Boxing Day my a... Be fair to you wife. Practice makes perfect. Remind her of how much better a lover you are now than you were when you first got together. Practice, practice, practice. Get a good layer of smoke and grease in that thing so the important meal will be done right.
Then be patient.
Rich
Frankly, Silas, you are seriously jeopardizing the happiness of your family at Christmas. We all know nothing works properly the first time. Unless your WSM is broken in, you can't make a wonderful meal for Christmas (or Christmas Eve as the case may be). Boxing Day my a... Be fair to you wife. Practice makes perfect. Remind her of how much better a lover you are now than you were when you first got together. Practice, practice, practice. Get a good layer of smoke and grease in that thing so the important meal will be done right.
Then be patient.
Rich
Simple - something has to happen to your "main" cooking equipment. AKA the kitchen stove needs to suddenly go out of commission, lots of ways to do that. At least long enough for the new WSM to "save the day" by arriving just in time to cook a few dinnners until the kitchen range is repaired
Russ Sylvester
TVWBB Pro
I'd expand on John Ford's idea. Buy her a nice big diamond ring for Christmas, show it to her, but tell her she can't wear it until AFTER Christmas. Then put it under the tree with the box open.
I bet you'll have that smoker fired up in a day or two.
Russ
I bet you'll have that smoker fired up in a day or two.
Russ