Howdy from Montana...

[LilTXinMT]

Howdy folks, new Trager owner here in Missoula, Montana. After eating food off them for years, ive always wanted one, but couldnt justify replacing my Weber gas grill. I actually come up with an older, decent conditioned Lil Tex for free last week! Local guy was moving out of state, and couldn't take it with him, so i scooped it up! Got'er home, cleaned it up a bit, and it works well! Did some salmon on it the first night, and it was awesome. Can't wait for the weekend to try something with a longer smoke time. Ordered a different controller to try to fine tune stuff for more flexibility, that should be here today, so we'll see how that goes. Looking forward to learning a lot here, thanks!

 

[primeone]

Welcome to the forum @LilTXinMT Let us know how the first smoke goes!

 

[LilTXinMT]

Welcome to the forum @LilTXinMT Let us know how the first smoke goes!

I will for sure. Probably going to try something easy like chicken or ribs first. I do have a brisket in thr freezer, but I think I'll wait to try that guy....

 

[LilTXinMT]

Also, please don't judge my mess of a back deck. I'm waiting for a shipping container to get delivered up to my property so those solar panels (under the blue tarp) and the rest of it can get squirreled away up there!

 

[Mikeradio]

Welcome, which controller did you order?

 

[LilTXinMT]

Welcome, which controller did you order?

Just this guy off Amazon. I guess it just showed up at the house, and I'm off early today, so it may be install day?

 

[CMTiger]

Don’t forget the drip bucket or you’ll stain your porch. Don’t ask me how I know

 

[LilTXinMT]

Don’t forget the drip bucket or you’ll stain your porch. Don’t ask me how I know

Oh, I would imagine! Luckily this guy came with a drip bucket, but it needed cleaned out really bad. I did that and put in one of the tinfoil liners. Problem solved. I also got the new controller installed, and it is a game changer.