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Still had half a wild hog in the freezer so we smoked it in my UDS for a Christmas Party with friends.Cut it up and rubbed the night before.Got the barrel going with Kingsford Comp.coals and Hickory chunks,put the meat in it took about a hour to get it to settle in at 237 degrees and it cruised...

Thanks eveyone for your comments,makes sense now why there will be no flare ups and the extra flavor value,that is why I have always liked grilling over coals. Going to get started on my build this week and get to another level of smoking!!!!

I have almost every thing I need to start my first UDS build,after many hours of research I have a question that I have not seen any info on.It would seem that smoking fatty meats would cause flare ups because it will be dripping directly into the fire box.is this a real concern? Or do you use...

This is the last of my 2010 garden.Pulled up all my pepper plants and got them canned,just mixed them all together in the jars. Thanks for looking at my garden adventure for this year.Time to enjoy all the fruits of my labor and get prepared for the 2011 garden. Red and Green Bell...

Thanks Squirrel, Yes I have been canning every thing this year, Rotel,Juice,Pepper Relish,Raw Tomatoes,Salsa,Sauce and Stewed Tomatoes. Also have canned Green Beans,Carrots,Corn,Potato's,and a variety of Pickles this summer.

Here's todays pickings from the 2010 Garden Okra,Cayenne Peppers,Tie Dye Tomatoes,Sweet 100 Tomatoes,Romas,Better Boy Tomatoes,Banana Peppers and Jalapeno Peppers.

Wow.....Fantastic pictures and vegtables thanks for sharing.

The pickle crisp is the trick they come out nice and crisp every time.Make sure not to use to much of the PC I did by mistake last year and ruined all my pickles.Ball Suggest 1/8 tsp per pint and 1/4 tsp per Quart.

Thanks guys I enjoy the growing and canning well and the eating also.

The last 3 years I have been using Mrs.Wages Quick Process Pickle mixes,They are a lot easier than most other recipes and I think they taste alot better.This year they started carrying Mrs.Wages at our local grocery store before that I ordered them online. My secret ingredient to make sure they...

Thanks Placebo,  My green beans this year was early contender bush beans and a Itailian beans the name excapes me on those.The Itailan beans out produced the bush beans 2 to 1and are just as flavorable.  Sounds like you have a great garden as well,love the fresh veggies.

UPDATE 7/9/10 Updating some of our pickings from the 2010 garden,it has been a real good year getting a lot of veggies put up for winter.

Canned some of my taters today.This is a first for me looks like they could be yummy on a snowy winter day.

I keep them in the fridge up to a week untill I get enough to do a batch and havn't had any problems.

Wow thats my kinda party,I bet everything was great.I love putting on a big smoke party like you did,I just did one in June it's a lot of work fun and reward.