X3~~~First Cook~~~

[MacEggs]

That looks awesome, dude!
Very nice thing you did there.
Love that pic of the happy guy getting his hands dirty!
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[GF]

TrailerBuilder, looks great all purtied up.
The new owner looks like one happy fella, (as anyone would be).

Great build and I hope it's new owner enjoys it, staying tuned for x4.

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[Jarhead]

Great looking cooker there Troy. (Even if it does have square doors)
I am sure Pete will have many enjoyable cooks on it. Tell him congrats for me.
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[erniesshop]

The Holy $hit look on his Face..............Priceless !
Well Done Troy !

[killswitch505]

turned out great man!!! looks like one happy customer i can say I'm truly jealous of that guys back yard
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[TrailerBuilder]

Kevin, Thanks my friend The cooker turned out awesome and I appreciate all the help and "I told you so" that I had to endure on this venture. Always an honor to have you tag along for the ride. And of course you think the square door cooker looks better than the round door If you would have talked me into an inside out door, you would have thought that it was the best looking too Make sure you can fit all your bags in the truck because we will fill the bed with hickory my friend. Looking forward to you and Debbies visit


MacEggs, Thanks for the kind words. It was a fun build for sure.


GF, Thanks! It turned out well above my expectations. Trying to build X4 in my head as we speak


Mike, bro, thank you for all your help and square door encouragement on this build. Its always an honor to have you on board. Thanks for the kind word also. Couple welding projects and maybe play with a Santa Maria a bit and then well be off to building more


Jarhead John, Thanks my friend. Pete is pretty stoked about the cooker for sure. Im sure some of the recipes you shared with him will find there way on there.


Ernie, Thanks bro


Denny, Thanks brother! If you pack your bags and head over when the rest of them do in a couple weeks, Ill show you where he keeps the keg in the back yard
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[ChuckieD]

Troy,
Awesome job on the smoker bro! its a good looking rig for sure and your friend looks real happy!
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[TrailerBuilder]

My Man Chuck, Thanks bro. The cooker turned out really nice and Pete was completely blown away with it. It was a bit frustrating at times no doubt but Id do it again anyday. Thanks for following the thread my friend
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[TrailerBuilder]

The fire is lit for the 1st cook




Pretty varied menu for a first cook, couple slabs of ribs, a pork butt and a beer can bird.


Running nice




Smokin like a champ!



Not a bad looking first cook




The Ribs



The bird



The butt



Shredded

All in all Id say my buddy Pete had a great 1st cook. He had a few frustrations but nothing that a few more cooks and a little learning of the cooker wont solve. I didnt get to make this feast, so I just got pictures via my phone, but Im sure Ill make one soon
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[GF]

TrailerBuilder, that's a heck of a first shot!
It is kinda tough doing ribs, butt and a bird all at one time.

I'm sure a few more cooks and he'll have that cooker down.

Tell him nice job.

[killswitch505]

looks like a great cook to me
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[Wreckless]

Great to hear it was a good first cook! The dual stacks coming up to temp is a cool pic, right on!
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[TrailerBuilder]

GF, I thought it was an ambitious first outing myself but he seemed to pull it off pretty nice


Denny, Your Alive!! Good to see you bro and Ill pass on the kudos


Mike, I think we can call it a sucess! Thanks for taking a peek bro
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[k.a.m.]

Troy, Pete pulled off a stellar first cook. Everything looks mighty tasty please tell him nicely done for me. I enjoyed our visit and know he was excited about the cooker.
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[Maniac]

nice job on the cooker AND the first cook. Tell pete he has more ba//s than i do to do all them on a first cook. he defiantly wasn't running scared..like i would have been.
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[TrailerBuilder]

Kevin, Ill pass the word on to Pete. Wish the weather would have been warmer that day and the pool was open, we probably would have put a hurting on the keg sitting out there that day


Maniac, Thanks man Ill relay the message to Pete on his cook. I thought he was taking a big bite on his first go around myself, but he did a bang up job on all of it
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