How do you keep stock?

[Bowtech4ever]

At one point I actually did an inventory and loaded it into a spreadsheet on Google Docs. I was around 700 total and it was a couple hundred rows with all the different makes and models. I did really good for a while keeping it up to date, and I even wrote an android app that I was going to switch over to. Then summer bbq season came and I started to lose track of it as I'd bring a bunch out and forget what me and others smoked. I came to the conclusion that I really don't effing care what I have. I know I have too many, that I'll continue to aquire them, and it's kind of fun forgetting what is in the fridge.

Amen brother, tell it like it is. Some of the fun is lost when you turn it into work......way to go!

[bluenoser]

Thanks for all the input. I'm not usually much of an "organized" guy but for some reason feel the need to keep track. Might be a good idea to transfer my list to a spread sheet.

[Billb1960]

Sure did, pretty much the only place I buy from. Haven't tried them but going off some recommendations, a dozen sticks for $34, I'll give them a go.

My wife loves them. I'm on my 3rd BOGO

[lowrider58]

I buy em.. I smoke em..ones that don't thrill me sink to the bottom.
Then once in awhile I go fishing for an old friend with age on it

[jp1979]

I have a spread sheet and only keep full box purchase inventory on it. Box splits, singles, bombs and stuff, I don't keep on the log. When a box gets down to 5 I pull it off the sheet. Too much of a pain to keep track of everything.

[gordo1473]

If I want to see what I have I open the door to my humi and look. Sometimes I find a nice surprise. Just the other day I found a box of dirty rats I didn't know I had. Yay me. But then I looked for something I was wanting to smoke and realized I had smoked it :-(. So it's a roller coaster of emotions at my humi but that is how I roll. Hardcore till the end.

[droy1958]

Started out with the best of intentions to & getting all kinds of advice. Thanks to the words of wisdom from BOTL's that advised it can get out of hand, become a pain in the ass, and detract from the joy of the hobby, I quit. Same as @Old Smokey ....every 3 mos or so, rotate, examine, note, and add to or edit original list. Finding something you forgot you had, can be pretty killer on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

Same for me, I just gave up keeping track...Just seemed to get harder than woodpecker lips to keep up.....

[jhedrick83]

I have a spreadsheet where I can track quantity, purchase price, whether I would re-purchase and date of purchase or manufacture date. I have it calculate the age of the sticks for me so when I smoke something I can track if it's improving or declining. Maybe a little over the top, but it gives me something to do.

[Lapithicus]

I don't keep track of what I have, but I do put a label on each with the date I put them in my humi and where I got them. I use a cheap label maker set on the smallest font - works pretty good except for the cello-less, then I have to cut them down and put them on the back of the band. I like to know how old they are, especially when I buy duplicates.

..found a box of dirty rats I didn't know I had.

Very nice. I wish I had that problem.

[bluenoser]

I don't keep track of what I have, but I do put a label on each with the date I put them in my humi and where I got them. I use a cheap label maker set on the smallest font - works pretty good except for the cello-less, then I have to cut them down and put them on the back of the band. I like to know how old they are, especially when I buy duplicates.

Finally a good use for the wife's label maker. I like that idea since that's the main reason I'd like to keep track, for repeat orders. Years of working retail has first in first out ingrained into my brain.