First uds cook for me with pics

[LT72884]

here is the recipe for the rub:

2 TBS brown sugar
3 TBS white table sugar
2 TBS paprika
2 TBS lawrys seasoned salt
2 TBS garlic salt or onion salt
1/2 TBS chili powder
1 tsp dried oregeno leaves
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/2 TBS black pepper ground

mix together. Nice flavor and color

i call it Matts sugar dust. Its for pork

 

[zydecopaws]

Great job LT. Any leftovers?

 

[cowgirl]

Good looking grub Matt, glad to see the drum is working out well for you!

 

[LT72884]

Good looking grub Matt, glad to see the drum is working out well for you!

yup, thanx to you and alot of others here. I stole your design. dont tell. hahaha

 

[LT72884]

Great job LT. Any leftovers?

thanx, yes there are. My mom took em and put sauce all over them. I wanted some with no sauce so people could taste the diff. But oh well. I still live at home so no worries..

 

[peaspurple]

Looks great, You will definately enjoy your UDS. It will become a fave...

 

[pinghacker]

any wind?

That seems to be one of my issues

Bengal,

I had wind issues. When I built mine I thought there was no need to regulate the exhaust. I was wrong. I have 8 - 1/2" holes. In the wind, I cover 4 of them with magnets and it holds temp great. The surface area of each 1/2" hole is ~0.2"sq., so I can cut down from 1.6"sq. to 0.8"sq. (or even further I suppose).

Hope this helps.

 

[LT72884]

wind blows..

 

[The Bengal Thing]

Bengal,

I had wind issues. When I built mine I thought there was no need to regulate the exhaust. I was wrong. I have 8 - 1/2" holes. In the wind, I cover 4 of them with magnets and it holds temp great. The surface area of each 1/2" hole is ~0.2"sq., so I can cut down from 1.6"sq. to 0.8"sq. (or even further I suppose).

Hope this helps.

Every bit of info helps at this point. I checked my thermo for accuracy in boiling water and it was SPOT on..... so I may have had the UDS a little high at points. I usually had it at 230 though with only a half hour or so at 250. My next smoke I will likely try to go a little lower maybe?

 

[Bbq Bubba]

Most drums sweet spots are at 238. Find yours and cook there all the time.
Thats center grate temp.

 

[The Bengal Thing]

Most drums sweet spots are at 238. Find yours and cook there all the time.
Thats center grate temp.

I had a potato mod center grate check.... it was right around that most of the time. I had wind issues that caused some "flexing" (I think)