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    UDS whole chicken smoking

    Awesome'. Sounds good. Thanks for the information. Ill post pics
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    UDS whole chicken smoking

    Has anyone here hung and smoked whole chickens? If so, how did you hang them? I have a UDS with three. Hanging rods. I will be using 3 in stainless hooks. I have ten hooks Any help would be appreciated
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    pipe nipple and ball valve question

    Thanks for all the help guys.  I ended up going with a brass hose bib, as I believe it gives me more control of the air that the handled ball valve, plus it was less than half of the same size handled ball valve! I'll post a picture when I get a pic
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    noob to UDS...

    Hello all, picked up my UDS after the first of the year, and I have found myself making excuses to use it every weekend. I bought it from a family that makes them close by, and used it in the stock formation for about 3 weeks before I started modding it. Hey, it's much cheaper to mod that my...
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    pipe nipple and ball valve question

    I have been considering some more control in the oxygen department from the 1 1/4 in hole on the side of my UDS.  I currently use magnets, but I am not happy with the amount of control it gives me, as the magnets are small rectangular shaped, and do not cover the hole completely, as the side of...
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    Hello from Bakersfield, Ca

    Ha hahaha   Dalean 08 is my brother, Brent, He also has the same smoker I have.  Thanks for all the kind words hope I can help someone soon, but I have some more work to do with my smoker, like a ball valve and pipe nipple
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    A nice way to secure your ball valve to the UDS for us non-welders

    I have a question regarding the use of ball valves Don't the ball valves have rubber seals in them?  I thought that they did.  Can't they melt from the heat?
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    UDS insight ......heat, cook time, how to minimize heat loss, etc

    My disc has a T of rebar welded in it
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    UDS insight ......heat, cook time, how to minimize heat loss, etc

    Here is the low down Got the basket finished, put some old charcoal and mesquite laying around for the test burn.  I also picked up a Maverick single probe temp gauge.  I have my basket on 6 in bolts instead of 4 in...  I may trade down depending on how the first cook with it goes, as my UDS...
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    UDS insight ......heat, cook time, how to minimize heat loss, etc

    I only have one inlet hole on the side  near the bottom for air for the fire.  I may need to add 1-2 more.  How many fire feeder holes do you have?
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    UDS insight ......heat, cook time, how to minimize heat loss, etc

    Thanks for the insight Dave.  My current plow disc sits on the bottom of the barrel, that may be an issue..  What do I use to drill the hole?  a drill bit, or a hole saw?
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    UDS insight ......heat, cook time, how to minimize heat loss, etc

    I picked up my UDS a little over a month ago.  It is a 55 g drum, with a plow disc with a T handle for holding charcoal, There is 1 1" hole on the lower side for air.  The top of the barrel has 6  3/4 in holes, which is used for rebar to hang meat from with meat hooks.  One side of all the...
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    UDS charcoal basket

    geez...post recessitation I'm in the process of building my charcoal basket.  The piece of SSEM I bought was cut to 9" x 60" and trimmed down to +- 58 in for the circumference of an 18.5 " weber cooking grate. Currently, I run a plow disc with a T for the charcoal holder, and when full, I get...
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    Mexican Chuckie Barbacoa Pot Roast

    The tri tip turned out really good. The.cool thing about the.Bacon grease and butter is that it hardend up inside the meat after a few minutes.. Either one was delicious. Again OP,thanks for all the help.
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