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Hi all! I have been a long time user of the UDS, but I am ready for a change. I am interested in a Pit Boss series 5 or a Masterbuilt 40 inch digital charcoal. Pit Boss is in the lead for it's ability to be set at 150. The Masterbuilt is tempting because I still love charcoal and wood chunks...

It's been forever since I've used my smoker for anything fun like pulled pork, but I had the rare 4 day weekend this week. First three days were wonderful and very productive with mowing, tree trimming and general clean up with the occasional outing on the motorcycle. So day 4 is a day to relax...

Been forever and a day since I've been around. My smoker is neglected, but every chance I get I still help out anyone that asks for help or suggestions when it comes to our beloved sport of smoking meat.  As a matter of fact in the last month I've pointed 2 people to this site so they can get a...

So I decided to make a family favorite. Hab pineapple hot sauce. It is one of 4 or 5 sauces that I make from time to time, but this is the most requested ! No added salt or sugar, which is good for me since my bp is high. I'd love to share the recipe but then I'd have to kill you

my smokes kinda looked like this!!! This was part of our safety day at work. We all got our turn on the fire extinguishers.

ok I know there are tons of formulas out there for all kinds of things related to smokers, but I'm not sure I have ever seen anything to help figure out how large of an exhaust one needs on the smoker. Is there a rule of thumb or a formula for figuring this out?

Hey everyone, it's been a long time since I've dropped by and I sure do miss you all. The new job I started last Sept is sucking the life out of me but at least I am working. In celebration of Labor Day I've put off doing stuff that needs to be done, and have fired up the DUSD ( damn ugly...

ok I smoked my first brisky this weekend, and I'm not sure I'll ever do it again. It wasn't bad, but not nearly as good as pork!! I took some artistic liberties with the point.  I threw it back on the smoker for another 8 hours yesterday to make something like burnt ends. I did not cut the...

Original game plan was to get off work at 7am be home by 8 am fire up the smoker, season the brisket ( ok the original game plan called for that seasoning thing on fri but..sleep got in the way ) put on smoker and monitor for a few hours before catching some zzzzz's.  It is now 11am and brisket...

Well I finally went and done it! I dropped by the store this morning after work and I just could not leave without taking home a brisket. I've been threatening to do one of these for a long time and with the weather getting better and the price being pretty fair, I had no choice. It was like...

Howdy all and Merry Christmas.  My smoker has been lonely since I started my new job back in Sept but Wed is looking promising for a pork loin roast !!! I gotta pick up a new therm as I left mine outside and fried it in the rain..ooops!  Hope you all have a great holiday weekend with family...

I was out fillin up the beast! Those sideboards I built from scrap lumber sure are payin off! It was a beautiful day for workin in the woods. Too bad I didn't run across some hickory but as soon as it dries out a bit more I have 2 mulberry trees to work up for next summers smoking.

I got a nice surprise at work, I get this weekend off!!! Then I'll start the normal 7 on 2 off rotation. I'm not gonna let this weekend escape without some Q!  I picked up 2 slabs of spares for $1.50/lb yesterday so I'm prepping them for the UDS. So now you know whats in my smoker...whats in...

Celebrating the beginning of a new job and probably the last 3 day weekend I'll have in a very long time !  I couldn't let this weekend pass without firin up the smoker.  I have a 4.5lb but goin on soon and if all goes well I should get to enjoy it with some close friends of ours this evening...

ok I've been hunting for a new job for a while now, on July 12 I finally got a bite and began the hoop jumping required to seal the deal. I start Monday!!!!  Qview will be at a minimum for a month or two as we re adjust ( aka catch up on bills ) and get settled into a new life schedule ( going...

went to my dad's place today to work up a small apple that got blown over in a recent storm.  the largest chunks are 3" diam and goes down to about 1" before I called the rest of it brush.  I cut the larger dia section into 2-3" chunks and the smaller sticks I cut between 4 and 8". I got just...

Is there any way we can make this a sticky so we can find it for fast ref?  I'm sure there may be a few others that should be "stickied" as well. Just a thought. Rick

Just wonderin what all the fuss is about?  More even temp over std offsets?  I have this heavy duty brinkman that I thought maybe I could mod, just wasn't sure why I should. Also...and I'm surprised this hasn't been done yet...can someone make a wiki with the RF calculator links ?? Lugz

Well I finally got around to playing with homemade brats today, I used a kit from Sausage Source that came with 4 different seasoning packs that each will do 5lbs of meat. The kit also included casings as well and was a decent price if you don't figure in shipping ! We tried the plain ole brat...

Neighboring town held a Q contest this weekend, so I went down and checked it out.  It was interesting to a point.  Lotta WSM being used but only one team had UDS smokers and they were using 3 of em.  The guys with the lesser investment seemed to be enjoying themselves more and more willing to...