New guy from VA

[Chris]

Hey everyone. My name's Chris (obviously, lol). I'm in southeast VA, in Chesapeake. You can pretty much call me a rookie at smoking meats. I've helped my brother cook on his barrel smoker a few times. But, I'm diving in head first. I'm just now finishing up building a trailer smoker. I used a 150 gallon oil drum, and built a firebox off the back of it. I actually found this site, looking for plans to build it. Somewhere on here I found a smoker building calculator, and followed it to the T. Just built my first fire in it yesterday to season it (found how to season it on here too). Seems to be holding temp good. Here's a couple of pics that I took during the build. I still have a few things to do to it, but the hard parts are done.









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[ALX]

...I am just outside annapolis....Crusty-ol salt-(Marcus) from your way....

Pleasure have more folk from our region.......

You found a great place here at smoked-meat......

[Texas-Hunter]

Welcome to Smoked-Meat Chris.. Glad to have you here.. Nice looking build you have started.. When do you think it will be ready to kick out some que??

[Chris]

Thanks for the welcome man. I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions in the near future. Most answers I'll be able to find by searching, but I'll be sure ti ask if I can't.

Yea, gotta love the Chesapeake Bay area.

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[Chris]

Welcome to Smoked-Meat Chris.. Glad to have you here.. Nice looking build you have started.. When do you think it will be ready to kick out some que??

Thanks Hunter. Hopefully in the next couple weeks. Looks like thunderstorms for the next week. I still gotta make the cooking grates too. I can do that in the garage though.

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[Texas-Hunter]

Kewl... Looking forward to you finishing your build.,.

[Fishawn]

Nice looking smoker you got going.... Good luck on the finish & looking forward to seeing it in action

[lynsey123]

Nice build Buddy.

[Meat Hunter]

Chris, glad you found us. Nice build ya got going there. Can wait to see some quality Q come off that bad boy

As you already know, lots of info on here. A simple search usually leads to the answer ones seeks. But, if it doesn't, don't hesitate to ask. Someone will always jump in and lend a hand if needed.

[gooose53]

Hey Chris...welcome to the forum!! Nice looking cooker you are building...can't wait to see some meat on it.

[Chris]

Thanks alot y'all. I still got alot if stuff to do to it before I pull it down the road. Still debating on what color I want to paint it. Thinking about going up to Sherwin-Williams and getting some high heat gloss red for the smoke tank, bbq black for the firebox, and gloss black for the trailer. I'm kinda digging the silver stacks though. Lol.

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[crusty ol salt]

welcome aboard, glad ya dropped in and decided to stay awhile. pull up a chair at the fire pit and swap some tall tales...

hey i am located in portsmouth, it is really good to see some one else from the area.

that smoker is lookin' good, i cant wait to see what it will do

[SmokinOutBack]

Nice build, anxious to see what it produces. And a too by the way..

[Chris]

hey i am located in portsmouth, it is really good to see some one else from the area.

that smoker is lookin' good, i cant wait to see what it will do

Thanks man. I've been working for the City Of Portsmouth for almost 11 years. I'm there 5 days a week.

Nice build, anxious to see what it produces. And a too by the way..

You and me both brother. Like I said, I'm new to this smoking thing. Gonna start small at first, before I host a party. Learn how to keep the fire burning at the same temp all day is gonna be new for me.

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[Slanted88]

Man...Get after it! Great to have ya here!