How awesome is my wife??

[EricD]

This is cut and copied to here from the BBQ Brethren site.... I wanted to let you guys know too.

Yesterday was our 14th wedding anniversary. I get home from work and she hands me a gift bag. I open the bag to find a new cookbook: "Secrets to Smoking on the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker and Other Smokers: An Independent Guide with Master Recipes from a BBQ Champion".
I think to myself 'this is awesome. But I dont have a WSM yet. do I tell her? i can just adapt the recipes to the kettle'
She's not the BBQ enthusiast, and is of the 'why do you need more than i grill crowd'. So I figured it was just an oversight and a charcoal grill is a charcoal grill.
As I'm flipping through the pages she says "why don't you go out in the garage".

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am now the proud owner of a 22" Weber Smoky Mountain !!!!!!
This thing is huge!
Can't wait to try it out now! Which I won't be able to do this weekend because we have to go to a pig roast!
First WSM cook thread to come.....

[jdefran]

 That is awesome, I am happy for you and appreciate your wife's insight 

[Mr.CPHo]

Forwarding this post to my wife as a hint.


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[jeffrackmo]

Some is one smart woman!!! my wife simply said "ok" when I wanted to pull the trigger on my 18.5 WSM. They are both keepers....  . Congrats!!!

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[SmokenJoe]

WoW  ...   some wives just "get it"    The ball is NOW in your court
SJ

[pbe gummi bear]

Congrats, Eric. I hope she puts you to work on the wsm.

[MikeRocksTheRed]

Wow Eric that is awesome!  I think I would have assumed that my better half wouldn't have realized that the book was specific to something I didn't have either.  You've got one hell of a woman!!!

[Lemans]

How excited r you? The WSM 22 is a monster
But you will soon learn to tame the beast.. congrats

[Travis]

Don't know how I missed this one. Congrats Eric! I will now make this my nightly story time tail for my bride and my daughters. This should be shared...


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[EricD]

Thanks guys!  I did a seasoning burn the Sunday after the pig roast, then went on vacation.  This weekend will finally be the first cook on the WSM.  I will be doing a chuckie.  Probably will end up a pepper stout beef dish, but I'm open to suggestions.   There is a Throwdown going on over at the BBQ Brethren, I will be entering the chuckie into that.
Cook thread to follow.....

[EricD]

So finally got to use my new WSM.   Picked up a 5 lb Chuckie, and seasoned it with SPOG.   Threw it on the smoker until an IT of 165.   Once it got to temp, I covered it in a pan with an onion, 3 Bell peppers (red and green), a couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce, and a bottle of Michelob Lager.  I forgot to pick up a Guinness Stout, which I think would have been better, but the lager worked just fine.  Let it go for another 3 hrs.  This is just before shredding (because shredded is not very photogenic)   Sorry only got the one pic.  I was so excited to finally use the smoker I wasn't thinking straight!


It came out awesome!!  Thanks for looking!

[SmokenJoe]

Great looking Chuck Steak.   You're really enjoying your new WSM

SJ

[Lemans]

Not only do you have a great smoker but also a great wife that understands you.
You are a rich man.. enjoy both!!!

[Garvinque]

Hope you and your wife have many more years together and for her birthday boy do you have to step up! LOL