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Title: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
Post by: Yeadaki on February 22, 2020, 08:59:31 PM: Any smokers on here in Cheyenne?

Hello everyone - I'm Chad. I'm a retired Senior Master Sergeant, USAF. Shout out to any Air Force brothers and sisters!

I grew up in GA - raised on some damn good BBQ. If you watch the movie, "Smokey and the Bandit," there's a scene where Jackie Gleason comes out of a restaurant with toilet paper stuck to his glasses. That's an "Old Hickory House" restaurant - and my family ate there in the 70's.

When I left for the Air Force in 1984, it was hard to find good BBQ in some of the places I was stationed; so I learned how to cook my own.

I was blessed enough to be in south Texas (brisket) and on the central coast of California (tri-tip). Also, a tour of the "far east" influenced my style.

The 3D allows me to cook regardless of the weather! We get wind - real wind - lots of wind. Tractor trailers blow over out here. So, I got mine setup inside my garage.

My wife and I have been together 34 years and we have two wonderful boys who also serve and served their country in the military.

If it's easy, it's fun. If I lived somewhere warmer, I'd love to have a couple of cords of hickory and smoke on a stick burner; but - that's a damn hard thing to do in Wyoming - at least where I am. We don't have local hardwood to smoke on. So this is the best option for me.

Glad to be here!

Chad
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Post by: barelfly on February 22, 2020, 10:13:32 PM: I love the setup for the indoor cook station! Love it!!!!!
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Post by: Durangosmoker on February 23, 2020, 02:38:45 PM: Welcome, Chad, from the Hudson Valley, and thank you for your service. That is quite the set up you have got there. Nice Job!
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Post by: mike1910 on February 23, 2020, 03:36:30 PM: Welcome! Love the set up you’ve come up with. Thank you for your service. Cheers
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Post by: old sarge on February 23, 2020, 05:12:01 PM: Welcome Chad from SE Arizona. Give your boys my heart felt thanks for serving.
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Post by: NDKoze on February 24, 2020, 02:59:48 AM: Welcome Chad from ND! You are going to love your 3D. :)

Thank you and your family for your service to our great country!
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Post by: swthorpe on February 25, 2020, 01:10:20 PM: Welcome from Delaware, Chad, and thank you to you and your boys for your service! Cheers
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Post by: Metrakay on February 26, 2020, 12:04:14 PM: Welcome!
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Post by: LarryD on February 26, 2020, 10:08:28 PM: Welcome to the family, Chad!
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Post by: tomd8 on February 29, 2020, 02:43:34 PM: Welcome from New York.
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Post by: billhilly on March 13, 2020, 09:06:46 AM: Nice to meet you Chad. I miss Chytown. I lived up there most of the 90's. I like your flue setup.
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Post by: Grampy on March 13, 2020, 10:30:33 AM: Chad, Welcome from SW Arkansas! You are going to love your SI Smoker. I have an uncle, Travis King, that retired from the USAF that lived in Cheyenne, WY. He worked for a Ford dealership after his retirement from the Air Force but has moved back to Arkansas now. Thank you for your service to our country.
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Post by: Moto316 on March 29, 2020, 10:20:55 PM: What is the black mat under the smoker?