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Hi Ritch, is there anything that the Elks can do next year to get the event sanctioned again?

No problem here Whiskey. Response time is slow but is on my end.

I'm not having any problems.

Anyone else having problems with the forum?

New Gator Pit. Hot Dog. ON Odered.http://

Mike, I can build as big as the pockets are deep.   

Holy cow, no pun intended. One of the pictures looked like the deck of a ship. Maybe we can build mine a little bigger. Huh

 
Buying a Gator Pit and Smoker this week. I have retired and want to cook great BBQ and market the same. I don't know the first thing about a commercial smoker. Do any of you have some good advice other than shooting myself? Where to buy wood, best place to sale the stuff, who to buy meats from? don't laugh, I want to be the best cook out there just got a late start. 

Oh man! I'm sorry! I read that all wrong....    Congrats on your new Gator! 

Zilla, you probably just scared the heck out of George or at the least made him "scratch his head".    

I would season with wood and/or combination of wood and charcoal.  I am a stick burner and only use charcoal if I don't have gas assist in my firebox to light my wood.  Then a charcoal and a charcoal chimney come in to play.  You don't want to try and grill and smoke at the same time.  Meaning, you aren't going to throw steaks on the firebox grill while you have butts, briskets or other meats cooking low and slow.  Not that you can't do that, however, you will add to cooking time for those meats.  You can add wood to the firebox and charcoal to the main chamber to add a little more flavor to your foods while grilling in the main chamber.  So to answer your question, you can light a fire with wood and charcoal and cook anyway you want.