Starting fire for UDS

[brgbassmaster]

So we were going to season the drum tonight and our temp guage stopped working so that kinda sucks gotta pick up a new gauge. Got one question though. We started our coals in the webber starter and they started going like a champion. Dug a nice little hole in the charcoal in the basket and poured them in there. My question is do you throw the meat on right away after the temp gets good? Or do you wait for your coals to go to completely ashed over like if you were bbqing get the temp good and then put the meat on? Cuz with both caps open and ball valve open its taking forever for the coals to get ashed over. Thanks guys.

 

[pgsmoker64]

So we were going to season the drum tonight and our temp guage stopped working so that kinda sucks gotta pick up a new gauge. Got one question though. We started our coals in the webber starter and they started going like a champion. Dug a nice little hole in the charcoal in the basket and poured them in there. My question is do you throw the meat on right away after the temp gets good? Or do you wait for your coals to go to completely ashed over like if you were bbqing get the temp good and then put the meat on? Cuz with both caps open and ball valve open its taking forever for the coals to get ashed over. Thanks guys.

All you need is for the temperature to stabilize.  If you wait until your coals ash over you won't have long until you have to add fuel.

This method gets you cooking and keeps you cooking for a long time lighting the coals as you go!  Run your temp up a little over where you want it, add your smoking wood, then put the meat on!

Good luck,

Bill