Smokin at Pork Loin -38⁰F on myUDS with Heavy Pron
 

We'll my Dad was in town and he's never seen a UDS, to boot Dan the charcoal man dropped my order off. So figured what the heck its only -38⁰F out fire the Drum up I can smoke this :) Emptied the KF blue out of the charcoal basket loaded it up with the new WG weekend warrior lump some pecan and apple chunks and lite it off. :-D Never used this drum at any higher temp then 230⁰F and no colder than -10⁰F so figured I'd crank it up to 300⁰F and it worked like a charm ran rock steady at 300⁰F with 2 intakes open no insulation :clap2: its -38⁰F out. Cook went perfect tasted GREAT. My first Pork Loin!! Had to cook the GF a ribeye she works at 4AM and wouldn't be awake for the Pork Loin. Want to give Sandiegobbq thanks for the advice on the loin cook temp and ideas in chat, was my first time cooking a Pork loin and was short notice idea :thumb:

pwa


The new Charcoal
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Some wood
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Proof its -38⁰F
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Me and my UDS( Steelers sticker are on there way up :thumb:)
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GF Steak on the Gen-Air
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Pork heading to smoker
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Ready to cut
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Starting to serve
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Good job I knew it would work out well for you.

Glad I could offer my advice.

Even if you are a Steelers fan!

Looks awesome PWA! Great looking loin... But MAN... you got alotta snot on your truck!!! 8 inches AT LEAST! :wink:

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lol,
Cheers.

your a Chargers fan.... not much more to say... :-P

Yep lots of snot!! That truck doesn't move much anymore I'm storing it for my little brother... he needs to rebuild the trany(meaning I will have to for a couple case of beer) to make it run 100%

pwa

Phabulous!:thumb:
Can't wait for the snow!

That must be an all-time lowest ambient temp... cranking out the thin blue smoke.... successfully even. (Snaggletooth mod)

Thanks,

Next time we get a cold spell may see if I can push it more... Love showing that if your willing you can smoke yr round, no such thing as taking the winter off. The smoker is willing if you are.

pwa

hats off to you! :clap2:

I so love Extreme BBQ! Great lookin' eats, too! :hungry:

that is hardcore bbqing!!!!

Great job!

-38! I'm not sure if my blood even flows when it's that cold! :-D

Wow, impressive. Thought I was extreme smoking below 10 last year!

Dude, mad props to you. No way I could handle that kinda cold. oh yea, food looks good too. :thumb:

Now that's a snot worthy que....

I mean if I was queing in that weather, I'd have snot for a month....LOL:-P!!

That's how we do in the 907!!! :D

You beat my personal record of 3 degrees above 0. But not often that cold down in the big city.

Have to say I don't mind not having to deal with snow and temps like that when BBQ'ing nowadays, but come August I wish I was back home.

That is one beautiful pork loin! The steak ain't bad either! :becky:

Looking nice... thinking you are the ringer for "Most Extreme Brethren" :-D

That's great! Dedication. :thumb:

I did a smoke last year when it was like -6* or so. How much fuel did it use? With two vents open and -34*, I'm guessing a bit more than normal. :wink: Consider wrapping your smoke with a welding blanket or some other type of insulation. It will help conserve charcoal, which will come in handy on a longer cook.

I had no idea thermometers went backwards like that! :shock: Here in God's Country :twisted: We don't need them to go much past 40F.

A few beers help thin the blood :rolleyes: but up here we use the koozies to keep the beer from freezing.

Thanks, the pork tasted great and had a good time Q'ing steak must have been good, there was no leftovers and it was a good size steak :-D

Couldn't let a little cold ruin a good meal for the old man. Thanks for all the replies and view:clap2:

pwa

I'm speechless. :eusa_clap Food and pron looks great and I'll never complain about cold weather again. Thanks for the post. :thumb:

Can't say what is normal my first time using lump, but had a full basket to start with used maybe 1/8 at the most. I'll take a pic when I get home. Yea blankets would definitely help on a longer cook and if its still this cold next week I'll be wrapping it up for the turkey. I got half a dozen "mexican" blanket the heavy wool ones. I always pick a few up when I go on vacation, I use them for camping and this kinda thing.

pwa

LoL If I could have the hunting and fishing like up here and never go lower then 40.... I'd so be there

pwa

Nice Job! I guess I should not worry about getting down to 45 degrees here on the coast.

Nice to know that it can be done in such snowy conditions. I have hope for this coming winter.

Right on Pwa! I live in Minnesota & were heading that direction as far as the cold goes. Your sending that crap my way! Fark, I'm still not ready. Thats why we drink so much, gotta keep that blood a flowin. I'm working on getting all my UDS supplies together because all I have is my 22.5'' Weber & Smokey Joe, need more cooking space. Whoever says you can't grill or BBQ year round is crazy. I do all the time, wintertime is a good excuse to slip outside to my shop & get away from rugrats for a bit! Nice looking food ya got there. Stay warm & keep that blood flowin!

Wow:shock:

and to think I was complaining when it was 27 outside this morning at 4am.

Hats off to ya!

You better not spread that around too much or you'll have everyone moving up there and then with all of the building all of that beautiful country will disapear. I keep saying that as soon as I am able I am going to move up there and try my hand at bush flying. Maybe start out up around Seattle with Kenmore to get some seaplane and tundra training and see where that leads. :becky:

Well, it's overcast and about 75F here in SW Florida. You inspired me to brave the elements and smoke a chuckie, lol. Heck, I'm dreading the times when it will occasionally hit the 30's here, and you're doing it at -38F????? You is my hero! :clap2:

-38*F??? I can't even fathom that. Nice work!

That is dedication! Good looking food. After you take it off, does it try to freeze between the smoker and the back door? Wow:thumb:

I was just going to say that he's farking nuts to live where it is that farking cold, but he's a fellow citizen of Steelers Nation, so he's not nuts, he's TOUGH!

CD :thumb:

38 BELOW man o man that's this awesome! That pork loin looks fantastic!, course so does the steak!

I guess I'm officially a wuss, I start complaining when it hit's 50! Thanks for sharing!

-40°F= -40°C..........THATS farkin cold wherever u at

r

I'm impressed and thank you for posting your great brave deed with pics.

Thats good practce weather for when it really gets cold!

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Seriously, impressed that could can get the energy to cue under those conditions. It beats my best of about -10 F.

Hope that you had some ABT's going to help keep you warm.

j

Yea Anch doesn't get the cold but you guys get the snow. Last time we had a really good snow winter was '93

Nope I make my son run really really fast :-P

Heck yea Steeler Nation is every were you should see my 10yr old daughter(with her #43 jersey on) on Sunday's when the Steelers are broadcast. shes :crazy:

Your welcome and thanks

No ABT's but had some bread Buffalo wings and double stuffed taters with bacon chunks..... I forgot to take pics :doh:

Here is a pic of fire basket after the smoke, I had if full and level'ish when I started. That's a 22.5 charcoal grate and 12" tall expando metal can make it bigger overlapped about 4" if I every find I need more :)

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Thanks for all the kind words!!
pwa

You got balls!

I grew up in SoCal and don't think I could hang with you out there...

Wow. That lump looks nice and some impressive usage. :thumb:

Nice work man! I cannot believe it is already so stinking frozen up there. I would love to have some of that pork loin at the moment.

That's it? That's all your wearing?!? At minus thirty eight?!!!? I'd be a popsicle in about .3 seconds.:shocked: You sure turned out some good grub too!

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Looks great!

Can you go all winter on a single basket of lump? :-P