hello from stoke on trent

[chunkallmighty]

Hey everyone, bin a bbq fan for years but only discovered smoking a year or so ago, I've got a oil barrel grill and have just finished building a oil barrel offset reverse flow which is working great and I'm looking forward to all your advice and help and sharing my food with you. Is anyone else from stoke would be good to see were other folks get meat coal and wood from. Adam

[RobinC]

Welcome to the forum

[London Irish]

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

[Eddie]

Welcome to the forum fella. This is more local to you http://liverpoolwoodpellets.co.uk/oursh ... rcoal.html

A lot of people have used this company and they had a good service.

Eddie

[Saucy Pig]

Hey Adam
Nice to see a local on here. I live in Newcastle u Lyme.
I tend to get almost all of my meat from Greens abattoir up near Goldenhill though I've just snagged a Cost-co card and an extra freezer
I cook mostly on pellets now but when I buy charcoal I'm getting the blue bag stuff from makro on park house industrial estate. If you don't have a makro card but want some anyway I'm sure we can sort something out. If its more briquettes you're after look up CPL distribution. They tend to carry loads and have a depot in Wolstanton.

I don't know much about the drum smokers but if there's anything else I can do give me a yell

Nick

[chunkallmighty]

thanks for the welcome messages!

Hey Adam
Nice to see a local on here. I live in Newcastle u Lyme.
I tend to get almost all of my meat from Greens abattoir up near Goldenhill though I've just snagged a Cost-co card and an extra freezer
I cook mostly on pellets now but when I buy charcoal I'm getting the blue bag stuff from makro on park house industrial estate. If you don't have a makro card but want some anyway I'm sure we can sort something out. If its more briquettes you're after look up CPL distribution. They tend to carry loads and have a depot in Wolstanton.

I don't know much about the drum smokers but if there's anything else I can do give me a yell

Nick

hey nick good to see another local lad, im actualy in newcastle aswell. yea i use greens aswell, cant beat that place always busy though. I do use the makro resturant lump but have been wanting to call in to cpl but its always closed when i go past! Is there a cost-co near us? Adam

[Saucy Pig]

Nearest Costco is by the Trafford centre.
And where about in Castle you live? Just wondering if Ive smelt you cooking before now

[chunkallmighty]

Im up on basford bank , quite near the theater! im usually out there cooking when the weather is decent! i have put some pictures up of my barrel in the inventors section. Where do you get your larger bits of meat from? i want do my first pork shoulder soon are you getting them from greens aswell?

[Saucy Pig]

ah nice. I used to live on The Avenue, just off Basford bank. Now live in Ches.
Yep, I get my pork shoulders (butts) from Greens. took me a few attempts to get the right cut of meat I was after. Depending on which butcher you get they call it a pork collar in there. They sell them for around £1 per lb. I'll be going up myself maybe tomorrow or Friday. Want to see if they can cut me a decent brisket.

You might want to try Hartshill butchers too. They seem really enthusiastic when I've been in there. Had some joy with the ribs they have. Needed bit of trimming, but getting big racks of spare ribs for around £4. I phone a few days in advance to make sure he has them.


Nick

[The Foodtaster]

Welcome to the Forum.