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    Diffuser?

    How many of you all use a diffuser?  I have done 2 smokes on my UDS; spares which came out ok; not as tender as I would have liked and some of the tips were hards; but I did have some fire mngmt issues and I do a no-foil smoke for about 6 hours.  I did 2 pork butts last weekend and the flavor...
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    Is this Barrel safe?

    Finally found 2 barrels.  The guy told me they are food grade safe drums with the lid attached.  They had a food grade sanitizer in them.  He said it was basically rubbing alcohold and would get burned up on your first time under fire.  Now, the lids are attached so I would have to cut them...
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    OK My MODS for the Char Griller SP (so far)

    So far anyways.  Got the hard part done the wheels so now gonna work on turning my charcoal tray into a baffle/tuning plate.  Thanks to Phil Lee and his pdf tutorial.  Following it step by step.  Need to find some good thermos and a gromet as well.  But I have pre-drilled everything so far; just...
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    Is this Drum safe?

    Hey all.  Wanting to build a UDS.  Found some drums on Craigs and this guy is selling them for $10 ea.  I talked to him over the phone and he has 3 different kinds of drums but they will work.  However they are not food grade; but here is his description he sent me. I have a few left. The...
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    Dinner Party Rib Smoke

    Doing 3 racks of trimmed spares, some beans and abts. We're having some neighbors over for some bbq & brew. Smoke is in progress as we speak. Cooking at 235 deg with chunks of pecan. Top rack is all the trimmings and the abts will go on in a couple of hours. Gonna smoke the ribs unfoiled for...
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    NCAA Smoke

    I took thursday and friday off to watch some b-ball. Got the smoker going on Friday and did it up good. I finally got around to uploading the pics today and thought I would share. I did a 8lb pork butt, a rack of spares, some abts, a small chuckie and a couple of brats for lunch. Second smoke...
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    Pork Butt on my new cooker

    Picked up a char-broil double chef water smoker last week. Got it seasoned up on Satuday and broke it in w/ a 7lb pork butt and some ABTs on Sunday. I love my smoke vault but I had a blast cooking w/ live fire. I've done a few webber kettle smokes but this was my true initiation. Used the minion...
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    A rack of Spares and beans

    Doing a rack of spares today along w/ a chuck and some beans. Smoking at 230* or so w/ chunks of pecans. Here are some pics so far: **(finish pics on pg2)** My little helper banging away: Trimed and rubbed: Had to show a pic of the chuck; rubbed w/ spicy montreal seasoning: Beans about...
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    Budget Charcoal Smoker for a competition?

    Hey everyone. I’ve decided to enter my first BBQ competition. It’s called the Boss Hog Cook-Off in Waynesboro, GA scheduled May 7th & 8th. http://www.bosshogcookoff.com It’s about 45 minute drive from where I live and the closest contest to me for the year. Now, unfortunately or fortunately, it...
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    Walmart Packers

    How are the quality of these packers? Priced at $1.86/lb it's a tough price to beat. My local Sams has flats anywhere from $3.49 to $2.99 a LB. The Sams butcher said that the Walmart brisket is select vs the choice of Sams? Regardless, brisket prices can be crazy and I wouldn't mind going...
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    Chucky Soft Burrito

    Here is what I primarily do w/ my chucks. Not re-inventing the wheel here but its a good quick meal. To even out the heat I spread a nice layer of light sour cream on the tortilla. I do a little dusting of garlic powder but you can add whatever spices you want. Carmelize 1 onion, 1 jalapeno and...
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    Spares & a Butt

    Did 2 racks of spares yesterday and a 7lb butt. Cooked at 225 deg w/ Pecan chunks. Was a nice chilly day for smoking. Everything turned out great. Also did a batch of beans. I got a fyrer for x-mas and did up some onion rings and zuchinni sticks. Don't have pics of those but man that was fun...
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    Bacon wrapped spatchcock chicken

    Did my first spatchcock bird and wrapped it up w/ some bacon. I think I will be doing this method from now on, very easy, not as messy and it turned out perfect. Smoked for about 4 hours at 250 deg w/ pecan wood and some lump thrown in. Served it up w/ some wild rice.
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    Spares, ABTs, and a Chuck

    Hey everyone. Here are the results of my smoke today. Did a rack of spares, ABTs and decided to throw a chuck on there. Spares came out tender and juicy, a little pull from the bone and melted like butter. ABTs were a bit hot and pissed the wife off but come on, they're supposed to be a bit...
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    Thighs, drumsticks, & ABTs

    Did some thighs, drumsticks and a the usual batch of ABTs. Smoked w/ pecan wood around 250 deg then crisped up on the grill w/ sauce. Love the pecan flavor w/ the chicken.
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    Spares and some ABTs

    Did these a couple of weeks back but been having some PC issues. I was proud of this batch and wanted to share them. Smoking on the CSV24 w/ pecan chunks. No foil and I did them for about 6+ hours. Came out perfect. Also, did some abts.
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    Stand/Cart for SMV 24?

    I want to build a cart w/ wheels, etc. for my smoke vault. For those that have done this would you mind posting some pics? I'm trying to get a template for my dad to help me build this. Basically looking for some ideas. Bassman I know you built one but I couldn't find a pic through the...
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    Some Bird, beef ribs & a chuck

    Should be in the beef forum maybe but the chicken was the main course. Smoked with a sweet mix of wood (sugar maple, peach, cherry & apple) and it all turned out great. I put the chicken in an apple sauce bath for a couple of hours and then used s&p & garlic for the beef ribs & chuck. Served w/...
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    Wings, ABTs & some more chicken

    Got the smoke vault back up and running. With all the wing posts going on I decided to do some wings along w/ a few ABTs and then some breasts and thighs to shred up for lunches during the week. Smoked them with hickory w/ a few pieces of lump thrown in. Smoked right around 240* or so for 3.5...
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    Brisket on the Weber Kettle

    My main smoke toy is the camp chef 24 smoke vault but it is out of work due to an issue with the burner. I had my Clark Grizzwald moment last weekend while smoking. A fierce rain storm came in and I thought I was ok until the gutter over flowed and niagara falls came gushing down right into the...
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