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  1. 777funk

    Proper smoking proceedure when heating/firing with wood (no charcoal)? Using an UDS.

    I just smoked (or should I say ruined) a couple racks of spare ribs in my UDS and I know what ruined them, but I'm not sure the best way to fix it. Maybe easier (rather than troubleshoot my wrong way) is to see how more experienced smokers do this. My wife said the ribs were good (nice of her)...
  2. 777funk

    Best UDS Drum Temp Thermometer for the money?

    I've been just monitoring the outside of the drum with a non contact but I'm sure the inside is much hotter by the rate that the meat has been cooking. I've gone cooler each time and that's seemed to help. I may be ok just to keep using that as the temps are predictable with my method. But I'm...
  3. 777funk

    Just smoked (chicken) first time in my new UDS. Wow!

    Coming from a smoker box and gas grill... just wow! Finally a real smoker. I used no coals basket, just built a fire in the barrel with some oak and hickory and once things were going good I cut the air supply and installed the grill grate (Weber 22.5). Where the smoker box would get the...
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    A few cedar twigs as kindling made it into my UDS. 90% oak and hickory for the rest. Am I OK?

    I think can faintly smell it in the smoke unfortunately. I didn't use any actual solid splits but I believe some of my kindling was cedar. Am I ok for flavor? I will be more careful with the brush I scrape up for kindling in the future.
  5. 777funk

    Good set of directions out there for smoked chicken halves?

    We had a grocery store downtown that had a big commercial smoker (stainless box) outside and they had some of the best smoked chicken halves I've tasted (and cheap too!). We no longer live near that store and I've missed it since. I just put together a UDS and want to bring that chicken back...
  6. 777funk

    Reverse Flow worth the extra money (vs UDS)?

    Is the flavor and cooking quality much better than a UDS? I'm considering building one of these two. I have the tools (welder, saws, metal cutting, etc).
  7. 777funk

    What am I looking for (burn/smoke status) to get a nice smoke flavor?

    I don't have a smoker but I do have a wood stove (cat stove but with the cat bypassed so it's smoke goes straight up the flue). Today I put some bricks in the wood stove and a grill grate inside to try smoking some chicken quarters. Here's what I did: 1. Built a medium sized fire that kindled...
  8. 777funk

    Best way to spend $200 or less on a Smoker? Good with tools. Have plenty of Firewood on hand. Mostly

    I'd like to spend under $200 to get smoking. I had a Brinkman a while back (was a youngin at that point) and didn't have the patience to keep the charcoal fed every hour. I'm older and more patient now and would probably put up with it but it's gone now. I never used it and my wife sold it in...
  9. 777funk

    Cap/Plates a common size on Harbor Freight Meat Grinder?

    I've got one of these and it works ok but the low quality pot metal cap broke in two. HF doesn't have any parts for these unfortunately. Are these a common size (as in it'd be possible to order a new cap) or will there not likely be another 'generic' cap that will fit. I'd hate to have to buy...
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