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Originally posted by K_Jordan:
I am on my 3rd smoker this year...

1.) Brinkman - used once and bought a wsm
2.) wsm1 - used 5 times and then run over by a car
3.) wsm2 - used for the first time this weekend

run over by a car?

Was there a chicken inside at the time? I could just see the chicken flying through the air with hound dogs underneath.

Since I got my WSM about a month ago I've been doing 2 "smokes" per week.

Newbie enthusiasm?

Probably! LOL

I've had my WSM for about 2 weeks, and have used it twice so far, the second being a 4 butt overnight session.

To some folks the summer is grllin time but living in sweltering FL the winter is grill time for me especially around the holidays. I usually use my WSM a couple times a month during the summer and a couple times a week during winter, I share with others from my WSM as much as I eat at home. Love that WSM!

It's a weekend thing for me. I'm trying to find a way to have longer weekends and shorter work weeks.

Smokin on the Sand,
Jon

We plan on eating more chicken this year so 6 or 7 times a month won't be out of the question this year.

6-7 times a month? are all these for smoking? that's a lot of slow cooking.

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Originally posted by danmarks:
6-7 times a month? are all these for smoking? that's a lot of slow cooking.

I don’t know, I went through 8 racks babybacks last year. The wife and I made our pork run today. We bought 5 babyback racks, 3 tenderloins, 1 Boston Butt which I cut in half. We then repacked all the pork individually and vacuum sealed them before they went in the freezer. We didn’t get a brisket because we were short of cash. Oh yeah, 2lbs of kielbasa for the grill. That’s not to say we’re not going to smoke a brisket and some chicken. But we’ll deal with that when we need to. I think we’re stocked up till November. We planned and budgeted for this since the end of last season.

I actually enjoy smoking and I don’t like leaving the WSM alone. So I spend most of the time out back with the Bullet sipping coffee, tea or water. I listen to music or my dog bark, who ever happens to be louder. I really enjoy doing it and smelling the different aromas. It’s like meditation and then we get to eat it….wow!

We used ours many times over this past winter, and not so often this spring. However, It will mostly likely get fired up about 5 times per month over the summer and fall months.

I do a majority of my smoking in the summer when we're at the lake (May - September) and usually three times a week. Feeds a boatload of people for dinner and I love a cold BBQ brisket sandwich while fishin' in the early AM!
The winter months I'm not so into the snow and wonderful Indiana weather... I'm usually running my Summit Silver A or 22.5 Performer with a roti. I guess I'm a fair weather smoker?
I hope to change that this winter with some mods I made this summer.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: MP Lyons (Slow Turnin),

As much as I can, weekly for sure, bi-weekly if I get the chance. My first "season" was winter in Iowa. Some days I wondered to myself, am I crazy or just dumb When the meat freezes to the grate when you put it on.......you have to wonder LOL. When you can barely stand to be outside long enough to get things rolling, you have to wonder. But theres something about that smoke in the dead of winter that makes you all warm inside...

Brandon