Hi, I am Jon (padrefan98) and I have been smoking for the last year on a free offset smoker that a neighbor was throwing away. I have been tearing through the wood. In southern California at least where I live we have to buy everything from a wood lot or Home Depot. It has been quite expensive to smoke but I was hooked from the minute I saw the smiles on my family's face the first time I cooked a PB. I am generally a good cook and cooking is a passion. I met a guy once who said when your ready to take it to the next level check out Cookshack. I did and am now in the process of purchasing the SM025. I have been lurking and reading everything on the site and quickly realized there are many people with this same passion. I have another passion and that's Micro beer. San Diego has been called the microbrew capital of the U.S. so if anybody is looking for some great local suggestions, just hit me up. Otherwise...Cheers and happy BBqing!