So I've been smoking meat for a couple of years now. I started off with a hand-me-down, rusted out, electric barrel smoker. After about a year of smoking pork shoulders, chicken thighs, and bacon the heating element stopped working. I took matters into my own hands and modified the rusty drum into a charcoal smoker. It was never the same. Too much of a pain. I could never smoke something for more than about 4 hours without a lot of headache and I eventually just binned the thing.
I did a lot of research and really wanted to go quality this time around. I am looking forward to smoking some of the more exotic things I have read about on the forum like nuts and cheese. I've never actually done ribs before. I am actually looking forward to Thanksgiving. I am not a huge fan of turkey, but maybe I can do a ham or maybe a duck? Any ideas? I've never actually had a smoked turkey before, I've always found turkey dry, but maybe I will try one of the recipes on this forum.
