[Ms Grumpy]

Bull, don't tell grumpy, but I love you !!!

Two years ago grumpy purchased a torpedo smoker for me. And I fell in love with smoking.

Let me back up a minute. For as long as I can remember I have love to cook on the grill. And up until 10 years ago, most of my grilling had been on a charcoal grill. Then grumpy talked me into a gas grill and I was hooked at the ease of gas. I may live in Michigan where we have cold winters, but I grill year round. My grill sits right outside my back door on the porch and I have actually chipped ice off of my grill so I could use it. I love to grill and I think that I am pretty good at it.

Now back to the smokers. This year for mothers day I wanted a larger smoker. I was actually looking for a "barrel" type smoker, one that was made from a barrel like an oil barrel. Unfortunately, I was not able to find someone local who made them. And then grumpy and I found one, kinda like what I wanted, and it was reasonably priced so we bought it. We had researched smokers for a few months before we bought one, and I have actually learned a lot about smokers since I bought the one I have.

I am always looking for new rubs, suggestions on rubs, what people think about spritzing with apple juice, what type of charcoal do you use, is natural charcoal better, do you love your charcoal starter as much as I love mine and so many more questions. I could go on and on.