Both of these guys are coming over for the maiden smoke this Saturday. As long as I don't screw up these ribs, I'm sure there will be some converts, especially the guy that uses a charcoal smoker. His fervent comments about how "smoking should take work, like stoking and adding more charcoals" seem to be lessening each time he smokes. I keep telling him that an electric smoker should produce just as good of results as a charcoal smoker, so hopefully Saturday will be the straw the breaks the camels back, so to speak.