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  1. andrew lb

    Cold smoking bacon for the first time.

    So 12 days ago I started curing 10lb of pork belly/side meat using the handy calculator found over on diggingdog and at the time wasn't really sure if i was going to hot or cold smoke it and finally decided on the cold method. Since my two smokers were an ancient electric smoker made of sheet...
  2. andrew lb

    At midnight, i put a 10 pound pork butt into the UDS...

    So at midnight i put a 10lb pork butt into the UDS with a PID controlling a fan to keep the heat at 225. It's been on now for about 5 hours with plenty of apple and pecan chunks and so there isn't direct heat hitting it, i have a metal heat shield hanging under the grill for protection. My...
  3. andrew lb

    Smoked brisket today, pastrami on Friday!

    So I got a sweet deal on a 16lb whole brisket from Smart & Final (yea... I live in Kalifornia where I’m surprised they havent banned charcoal yet) and decided to give it a trim and prepare it two ways. Today I smoked the point cut in my UDS starting at 8am, forgetting to tack 4 hours onto the...
  4. andrew lb

    Finished building my first smoker, tested with a chicken, and now the main event! PORK!!

    A few weeks ago I decided to build myself a smoker after a rather unpleasant experience at a Southern California BBQ spot I had lunch at, so I found a 55 gallon drum on Craigslist for $15 that was used for food grade glycerine and the work began. I cut off the top so I could keep it as a lid...
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