Hello
I have a problem with creosote in my UDS. I read a lot on this forum and I try different things and I still have my problem. My food taste bad and the inside for the drum and lid is covered with a gloss black stinky creosote.
this is what I do:
I full my basket with lump charcoal and 4-6 chunk of wood
I put half chimney of light charcoal on top
I open my 3 intake hole
When I hit 250 I close one hole and maintain at 275
I put my meat on when a have thin blue smoke
After 2 hours my drum make basically no smoke for the rest of the cook
When I do the same procedure in a WSM 22.5 the taste is fine and the smell is good.
I try different brand of lump charcoal and wood. The wood and the charcoal I use is always dry. I try a flat lid with 2" exhaust, a standard Weber kettle lid and a Weber kettle lid with 8 holes and no difference. I have a pizza pan for heat diffuser and use a drip pan so I don't have grease falling in the hot coals.
I don't understand why my food taste real good on the WSM and the food on the UDS end up in the trash.
I would appreciate your input.
I have a problem with creosote in my UDS. I read a lot on this forum and I try different things and I still have my problem. My food taste bad and the inside for the drum and lid is covered with a gloss black stinky creosote.
this is what I do:
I full my basket with lump charcoal and 4-6 chunk of wood
I put half chimney of light charcoal on top
I open my 3 intake hole
When I hit 250 I close one hole and maintain at 275
I put my meat on when a have thin blue smoke
After 2 hours my drum make basically no smoke for the rest of the cook
When I do the same procedure in a WSM 22.5 the taste is fine and the smell is good.
I try different brand of lump charcoal and wood. The wood and the charcoal I use is always dry. I try a flat lid with 2" exhaust, a standard Weber kettle lid and a Weber kettle lid with 8 holes and no difference. I have a pizza pan for heat diffuser and use a drip pan so I don't have grease falling in the hot coals.
I don't understand why my food taste real good on the WSM and the food on the UDS end up in the trash.
I would appreciate your input.