Author Topic: Hello from Cheyenne, WY  (Read 1649 times)

Yeadaki

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Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« 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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barelfly

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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2020, 10:13:32 PM »
I love the setup for the indoor cook station! Love it!!!!!
Jeremy in NM
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #2 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!
Eric in New York's Hudson Valley, unless I can get out to Durango.
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2020, 03:36:30 PM »
Welcome! Love the set up you’ve come up with. Thank you for your service. Cheers
Mike from NE Minnesota
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2020, 05:12:01 PM »
Welcome Chad from SE Arizona.  Give your boys my heart felt thanks for serving.
David from Arizona
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #5 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!
Gregg - Fargo, ND
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2020, 01:10:20 PM »
Welcome from Delaware, Chad, and thank you to you and your boys for your service!   Cheers
Steve from Delaware
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2020, 12:04:14 PM »
Welcome!
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2020, 10:08:28 PM »
Welcome to the family, Chad!
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #9 on: February 29, 2020, 02:43:34 PM »
Welcome from New York.
Tom from New York
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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #10 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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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #11 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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Re: Hello from Cheyenne, WY
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2020, 10:20:55 PM »
What is the black mat under the smoker?