First cook on my Smokey Joe UDS

[carbon]

Last week I bought a new, unlined 16 gallon drum and turned my little Weber Smokey Joe grill into a Smokey Joe UDS.  I decided use the drum body as a dedicated meat hanger, no grates.  I made the hangers out of old stainless steel skewers.

For its first smoke I loaded the kettle bottom with briquettes with a couple of chunks of hickory thrown in.  I loaded the smoker with 2 racks of spares and a rack of baby backs.

I ran the smoker between 275-300F for most of the cook.  No foil.  The baby backs were done in about 3 hours and the spares in just under 4 hours.  I was very pleased with the results of this first cook with very even doneness from top to bottom.  I have a few other things I need to tweak on the smoker but overall I'm pleased with its performance.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Great Looking Ribs! On the island of Kauai, Chicken in a Barrel hangs all of their product in the barrels too.

 

[pgsmoker64]

That's a nice little rig!  Good looking ribs too!!

Was it my imagination or were those ribs naked?

Bill

 

[carbon]

Thanks!   Those ribs were not sauced.  

 

[smokinhusker]

Ribs look outstanding and I like the Smokey Joe UDS! Love naked ribs!