Hello, I confess, I am now a pellethead

Congratulations. You are going to love it.

Ron,
You will love the FE100. Got mine last Aug. when I sold my trusty Lang 60. The FE makes BBQ comps much more enjoyable, I'm able to get some sleep. Let us know how you are doing with your new cooker.
Bill
Bill & the Dixie Chicks

Welcome DocT ! Another stick burner bites it!

When I hear your story about you and yours, and what you do for fun and are looking to do, it's like looking in the mirror.

My wife and I both love to cook (although not always together----we work differently) and I've done some catering and am looking into finding a certified kitchen, too.

Let me know how/where you look and what you find. I'm not even sure where to start, although I've been told one can often rent a church/school cafeteria kitchen reasonably.

Enjoy your FE. I'm just finishing up my second month cooking with one and I'm still excited about it. My offset is collecting dust.

don't forget to jump into the "Roll Call" and let us know you're out there...especially you new owners.

Pellethead rollcall

Hey Ron & Kathy!

Welcome to pellethead land. Interesting that you tried my chicken method...hope it turned out to your expectations.

Play with your unit and let us know new things that you have discovered!

Think I'll cut this short!

Thanks everyone. I'm definitely not a virgin anymore....set up last night and found a pile of unburned pellets this am. We live on 5 acres of swamp land at the end of the electric line. We get little power fluctuations all the time.

Yesterday I bought a deep cycle marine battery (thanks Pete for the info in one of your posts). BTW, the 104 AH gel cell was $300 at Interstate batteries, I went with the standard (heavy as a m....) lead acid for $80.

I was also wondering if a UPS like I use on the computers might not work to smooth out those line fluctuations which seem to give the Treager boards seizures.

Pete, I love reading your stuff, don't worry about keeping it short. The chicken tasted very good. The breast was a bit overdone to texture but not dry. I wonder if the cook time was affected by the new, shinny interior surfaces. The flavor was less smokey than the Lang, but we expected that. The skin was crisp but had indentations from the grill as you observed. We couldn't use it in a comp but certainly could eat it!

Kerry, we were told the same thing Re kitchens. What we found is that the churches are non-profits who generally don't lease to businesses, the schools (fire houses, etc) are goverment entities that can't lease, restaurants don't, and private organizations such as VFW's, etc. aren't interested because of a variety of reasons (liability, potential damage, schedule conflicts, etc.). If there's much interest in this topic, we can start another thread.

Ron

Good to hear about another pellethead , I have had mine since 2001 and have used it many many times in comp and home . The woodburner will get dusty now . I liked mine so much I am now a 2 FE family now .