Hi all
I'm new here, and i'm looking for a bit of advice please.
I built a UDS a little while ago, i've only used it twice so far both with different results.
I have 3 x 22mm inlet ball valves, roughly 3/4", and 8 exhaust holes on the lid, at 28mm or 1" 1/8.
Now I don't use 2 out of the 3 ball valves, as they are not required, I only take the temp up to 110*C or 225*F for smoking, and I have to cover 5 out of the 8 exhaust holes, and the inlet valve is barely open.
Its a struggle but I can get upto temp, then I need to keep adjusting the inlet as the temperature will rise or fall and sometimes I will have to open up another exhaust so that I can raise the temperature, along with opening one of the other ball valves to let more air in, then close it off and cover an exhaust hole again once its at temp again.
Sometimes I can go half an hour or 45 mins with it maintaining 225F, then other times only 10 mins, so I need to keep adjusting it.
Is there any tricks to keeping the temperature stable?
Would it be a good idea to use 2 exhaust holes and open up the intake slightly and see if that helps?
Cheers in advanced.
Jason
I'm new here, and i'm looking for a bit of advice please.
I built a UDS a little while ago, i've only used it twice so far both with different results.
I have 3 x 22mm inlet ball valves, roughly 3/4", and 8 exhaust holes on the lid, at 28mm or 1" 1/8.
Now I don't use 2 out of the 3 ball valves, as they are not required, I only take the temp up to 110*C or 225*F for smoking, and I have to cover 5 out of the 8 exhaust holes, and the inlet valve is barely open.
Its a struggle but I can get upto temp, then I need to keep adjusting the inlet as the temperature will rise or fall and sometimes I will have to open up another exhaust so that I can raise the temperature, along with opening one of the other ball valves to let more air in, then close it off and cover an exhaust hole again once its at temp again.
Sometimes I can go half an hour or 45 mins with it maintaining 225F, then other times only 10 mins, so I need to keep adjusting it.
Is there any tricks to keeping the temperature stable?
Would it be a good idea to use 2 exhaust holes and open up the intake slightly and see if that helps?
Cheers in advanced.
Jason