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  1. michchef

    Camping Smoker/cooker Idea?

    I smoked this pork loin over our campfire using my Graber campfire grill, an old Weber lid and my Maverick ET-72 thermo. After 3 hours over the fire, I foiled it for an hour before dinner. It was still nice and juicy and had a nice smoke ring too. I've done turkeys, chickens, ribs, steaks and...
  2. michchef

    My Butt is Enhanced, Is that Bad?

    LOL, when I first read the title of this, I almost answered....."Why not? Women get boob jobs."
  3. michchef

    UDS charcoal basket

    I just used a small pair of bolt cutters to cut mine in half lengthwise. It only took a few minutes.
  4. michchef

    Full Drum Yesterday

    It's a watertight cable port/connector that I picked up at Home Depot with all the conduit fittings. Mine are 1/2" size and will handle 3 cables, but they also come in 3/4' if you think that you'll need more than 3 thermos per rack.
  5. michchef

    UDS charcoal basket

    Mine is made from one 12 x 24 piece of expanded metal that I cut in half lengthwise and bolted the two halves together to form the circle. So it's 6" tall by somewhere around 14 -16" across.
  6. michchef

    Full Drum Yesterday

    Not sure where else to put this post, but because 2 of the 4 meats I smoked are pork, here it lands. Since I finished my drum smoker, I've made so many fatties that Diana's been gettin' pretty tired of them and I knew that if I wanted to keep her interested in smoked meats, I better come up...
  7. michchef

    maple wood

    It's a good thing that maple is a good smokin' wood 'cause I cut 21 of 'em down last Spring. Sure wish I could trade some for some cherry or pecan, but maple grows everywhere!
  8. michchef

    Maverick ET-87 ~ $9.99 @ BB&B ~ MSRP $24.99

    How long have had the 72? I've had a 72 for over 10 years and never had a prob with it. As a matter of fact, I've only had to change the batteries once and I give it a workout year round.
  9. michchef

    Maverick ET-87 ~ $9.99 @ BB&B ~ MSRP $24.99

    I stopped in Bed, Bath & Beyond today after a diabetic seminar because it was on a side of town I don't get too often and I wanted to see if they had any Maverick ET-73s. Well they didn't have any of them and they had a big rack of Polders on display out in the open pushing them with the rest of...
  10. michchef

    *The Minion Method* and side fire box smokers?

    The last time I used my SnP, I turned leaned the charcoal grate on an angle up against the smoking chamber opening on the bolts that hole it to the firebox, giving me more room underneath it for ash to fall through. I mounded the charcoal up on it all the way to the firebox door, which I have a...
  11. michchef

    How Old Are You?

    Right now I'm doin' the double nickel. Half way between the half century mark and "older than dirt".
  12. michchef

    Fatty question

    It's a matter of preference. If you plan on filling or stuffing the fattie, I'd definitely use 2 lbs of meat. If you're not stuffing, you don't even need a bag, just throw the roll in the smoker. And yes, a 1 gallon bag is perfect for rolling out 2 lbs of meat. I make enough fatties so that I go...
  13. michchef

    Wood smoker build suggestions

    The key to controlling your heat is to control the amount of air the fire gets. You need to seal the firebox up airtight except for a vent that you can open and close to control the air. Don't try to control the heat leaving the smoking chamber or you'll end up with creosote flavored meat...
  14. michchef

    Have You Smoked Winter Squash?

    Is it good smoked? I'm talkin' Hubbard, Butternut, Acorn and Buttercups. How would you go about doing it? Chunking it and smoking it in a pan or halving the squash, remove the seeds and smoke on the grate? I'm thinking that an acorn squash halved, seeds removed and filled with a sausage/walnut...
  15. michchef

    14 Houses' Leaves!

    BBQ Engineer, I thought about that several years ago, but then I decided that there would be too many dog droppings in them. At least here on my street and only raking the front lawns I can pretty much eliminate that. The city has MEGA piles of old rotted leaves that they do nothing with. If I...
  16. michchef

    14 Houses' Leaves!

    The city of Flint posted signs last week that leaf pickup would begin in our neighborhood this week and from experience, I knew that they would hit my street the first day, so as soon as the sky started turning gray this morning, I put on some warm clothes and headed out for my yearly leaf...
  17. michchef

    Coffee Can Mod for Charcoal smoking steaks

    Is it safe to cold smoke poultry without curing it? I might consider trying that, but I think I'll order a replacement air vent from Weber and install it on the top of my gas grill to create some air draw. Then, I think I could cook and smoke at the same time.
  18. michchef

    Coffee Can Mod for Charcoal smoking steaks

    MooseMan, what do you mean the gas has to be off? Aren't you cooking the chicken over the gas while the smoke is doing it's thing? Or do you just let the chicken smoke at the low temps generated by 2 briquettes and then cook it over the gas?
  19. michchef

    ahh help my lid won't fit uds

    What kind of drum are you using? If it's the type with a clamp on lid, try turning the drum upside down and try the grill lid on the bottom. If it fits, cut the bottom out with a sabre saw and gring the cut edge smooth with an angle grinder. The clamp on lid will then be the bottom of your...
  20. michchef

    Intakes: Single 1" Ball-valve or common 3/4 x 3 set-up?

    I didn't want my ball valve sticking straight out of my UDS, because I'm clumsy and I just know that sooner or later I'd be bustin' my ankle on it, so I opted on adding an elbow fitting to it and running it parallel with the drum. I'd read somewhere that putting an elbow in the air intake...
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