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  1. smokerpaul

    what are you smoking for christmas

    hi guys i am planning to smoke a cured turkey for christmas day in my UDS ,but not too sure about the weather here in the south of england it's blowing a gale outside and peeing down so hard it soaks you in  seconds and the forecast looks a bit grim ,i dont know if i will get it lit under...
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    CALLING ALL BRITS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO LIVES IN THE UK

    hi guys just letting you know there is a new group here on SMF for all smokers who reside in the uk. check it out !!!!
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    NEW MAVERICK ET-733 BEING RELEASED END OF OCTOBER

    just thought i would let you know what i heard today google it to find the specs but i think it will be a winner and i think it will be in many stockings this christmas mine included sorry that i have not put up a link as i cannot find out how to put a link on !!!
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    new maverick ET-733 due for release end of october

    i have heard on the grapevine that maverick are bringing out a new dual probe unit at the end of october, it has 2x hybrid probes 2x probe clips, it has a larger display, not only have they made it simpler to use it also has pre programmed meat temp settings but you can use it to monitor smoker...
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    spatchcocked smoked chicken on a weber kettle, but i need some advice please

    hi guys  just thought i would show a chicken i smoked on my 18 inch weber kettle i smoked with cherry wood indirectly at around the 280f mark with a home made rub until the internal temperature was about 150f ,i then mopped on some home made bbq sauce and brought up the IT to 170f ,i found...
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    batch cook of pulled pork in my uds

    hi guys  this is my latest smoke of 3 picnic cuts after trimming i brined the meat in my cool box  i softened 2 onions in a pan with a little oil added some crushed garlic (1/2 bulb) along with some, paprika, sugar , black pepper and salt i am very careful not to use more than 7.5% salt so i...
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    how i made my latest fatties step by step

    hi guys  i thought i would show how i made my latest  fatties ,"she who must be obeyed" wanted something different from our regular hamburger based ones so i tried to oblige her and i came up with these, i thought i would go with ground pork flavoured with chinese five spice, and two fillings...
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    drag racing weekend with 15 friends and family and my UDS

    hi guys  i have been away on a long weekend watching drag racing  i was camping with 15 friends and family we had great sunny weather a good few beers and food cooked on my home made ugly drum smoker   we saw top fuel dragsters we ate fatties on friday night ,the two bacon wrapped fatties...
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    smoking up a picnic in surrey England take "2" in my uds with home made prototype temperature contro

    hi guys i am getting ready to smoke my second ever pulled pork picnic , i am going to a top fuel drag race weekend here in england and i need to practice my smoking skills before i make a fool of myself in front of a gang of friends and family lol so i thought i would let you guys see what i...
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    quick experimental temperature controller for my uds

    hi guys this is my quickly made up controller using bits from the deepest darkest recesses of my shed and some cheap stuff i needed from ebay(£12 controller,£3 switches,£1.50 fan) the controller is 12 volt and came from china it was supplied with a k type thermocouple, the food storage box was...
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    oriental themed pork fatty

    hi guys i have been playing again (three days in a row) i decided to try out a fatty i was in my local supermarket and found ground pork on special offer i bought a couple of pounds and had a think about what to do with it on the way home this was my recipe 1 pound of ground pork 1 cup...
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    turkey leg and thigh on my 18" weber kettle

    hi guys  i thought i would show you my first effort at smoking a turkey leg and thigh  i had no time to brine the turkey so i injected chicken stock with some butter, i then used jamaican style chicken seasoning as the rub , then i smoked it with apple wood and a small piece of english oak on...
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    going drag racing with a lot of friends (14 of us) i need menu suggestions to feed them 3 evening me

    hi guys i am fairly new to smoking meat and i have just recently built a uds it has 2 cooking racks i need suggestions on what to cook and how much to cook to feed 10 adults and 4 children using my uds for 3 evening meals i was thinking beer can chicken ,pulled pork and hamburger fatties we...
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    i need help! what size bag to use when making a fatty?

    hi guys i want to try making a fatty, i know you guys use a gallon zip lock bag for 1# of meat but here in england bags are sold using length and width not capacity , could someone give me the measurements of the bag i should use please  
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    help needed RE fitting temp controller to a uds

    i want to make up and fit a temperature control device to my uds. i am not working at the moment so funds are tight.it was my birthday the other day and i was bought a maverick ET-732 thermometer unit as a present and very nice it is too! but i want to fit a temperature control device (home...
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    smoking up a picnic in surrey england my 1st ever !!!

    i thought i would show you the result of my first ever smoke (except a chicken leg when i seasoned my newly built uds) i went to a local market and picked up a lower shoulder of pork(picnic) it weighed about 8 1/2 pounds still with the rind on    after trimming off the rind and tidying it up...
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    beginner with new build uds needs advice

    hi guys just a quick question, i am just in the middle of seasoning my newly built uds. i live in the uk and some of the materials needed are either very difficult to find or not available here, anyway i have filled my basket lit my coals and  i have all three air pipes open . the temps have...
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    what is the best method of starting a uds

    hi guys  i have just finished my first uds and i will be firing it up this weekend is it best to fill the basket with charcoal and put lit charcoal on top or do i pile charcoal around a tube in the center of the basket and fill the tube with hot coals and then take the tube out i have seen both...
  19. smokerpaul

    now i'm smoking finally!!!!!

    at long last i now have a smoker !! this is my version of a uds it was a closed end oil drum i then fitted a steel strip around the inside of the lip so the lid fitted,the lid is from an unknown kettle bbq (not weber) the pipework is copper tube with brass compression fittings as steel pipe is...
  20. smokerpaul

    new member

    hi everyone i am in the middle of making my first smoker i have almost collected everything i need to start my build i am making a home made smoke daddy style smoke generator into an upright 47kg propane gas cylinder,it will be heated by an electric 1800w  stove element in the base controlled...
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