CajunSmoker
01-13-2008, 08:16 AM
I did my first cook on my new UDS yesterday and it was interesting to say the least:biggrin:
I loaded my smoker up with a brisket, a rack of BB's and some homemade cajun sausage that was farking nuclear hot:icon_devil. Everything was looking good. I pulled the sausage off after about 2 hours for breakfast.
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4620/img0390do9.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0390do9.jpg)
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When I sauced the ribs at 3.5 hours, I noticed that the temps didn't seem to be responing on my thermostats to the opening and closing of the lid or the adjustments I made to my ball valves.:confused: After 4 hours the temps bottomed out at 150* and I knew the ECB pan was not going to cut it.:roll: I looked inside and sure enough the ashes had damn near choked the fire out. I tried to shake the pan around and clear the ashes but to no avail. So I had to make a decision. I still had a brisket that I was determined to cook in my new smoker.:evil: So I pulled and sliced the ribs and made a quick trip to Home Depot to get the stuff to make a basket like NorcoRedneck has posted on the UDS thread.(like I should have done in the first place:roll:)
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6621/img0396bq4.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0396bq4.jpg)
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8605/img0394qh4.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0394qh4.jpg)
So I got the new basket made out of 8" wide 3/4" expanded metal and wrapped it around a charcoal grate from an 18" weber kettle. I didn't want to waste a lot of time with trying to get the coals out of the ECB pan so I loaded up with 10# of new charcoal (8#unlit 2# lit) and some pecan chunks.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/221/img0393iu3.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0393iu3.jpg)
This picture shows the brisket at 4 hours when I pulled it out to change the charcoal basket out.
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8454/img0395za7.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0395za7.jpg)
The brisket finished up in only 8 hours.:cool: All I can say to describe it is farking awesome. Deep smoke ring and the perfect texture. Put some slices on a bun with some of my sweet sauce and it was wonderful.
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/7128/img0398qy5.th.jpg (http://img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0398qy5.jpg)
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/345/img0399oy8.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0399oy8.jpg)
I decided to leave the coals burning in the new basket to see what kind of burn time I was going to get out of it. The following picture was taken down into the barrel after 6 hours of burn time. You can see that there is lots of charcoal left and even some wood chunks.:cool: I checked it up until 10 hours and it was still holding 240* at 10 hours burn time. I think this is the perfect basket for the UDS:!:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6051/img0400zg1.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0400zg1.jpg)
I love my new UDS and I already have 4 other people that are wanting to build one.
I loaded my smoker up with a brisket, a rack of BB's and some homemade cajun sausage that was farking nuclear hot:icon_devil. Everything was looking good. I pulled the sausage off after about 2 hours for breakfast.
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4620/img0390do9.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0390do9.jpg)
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/587/img0392vf3.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0392vf3.jpg)
When I sauced the ribs at 3.5 hours, I noticed that the temps didn't seem to be responing on my thermostats to the opening and closing of the lid or the adjustments I made to my ball valves.:confused: After 4 hours the temps bottomed out at 150* and I knew the ECB pan was not going to cut it.:roll: I looked inside and sure enough the ashes had damn near choked the fire out. I tried to shake the pan around and clear the ashes but to no avail. So I had to make a decision. I still had a brisket that I was determined to cook in my new smoker.:evil: So I pulled and sliced the ribs and made a quick trip to Home Depot to get the stuff to make a basket like NorcoRedneck has posted on the UDS thread.(like I should have done in the first place:roll:)
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6621/img0396bq4.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0396bq4.jpg)
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8605/img0394qh4.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0394qh4.jpg)
So I got the new basket made out of 8" wide 3/4" expanded metal and wrapped it around a charcoal grate from an 18" weber kettle. I didn't want to waste a lot of time with trying to get the coals out of the ECB pan so I loaded up with 10# of new charcoal (8#unlit 2# lit) and some pecan chunks.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/221/img0393iu3.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0393iu3.jpg)
This picture shows the brisket at 4 hours when I pulled it out to change the charcoal basket out.
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8454/img0395za7.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0395za7.jpg)
The brisket finished up in only 8 hours.:cool: All I can say to describe it is farking awesome. Deep smoke ring and the perfect texture. Put some slices on a bun with some of my sweet sauce and it was wonderful.
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/7128/img0398qy5.th.jpg (http://img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0398qy5.jpg)
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/345/img0399oy8.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0399oy8.jpg)
I decided to leave the coals burning in the new basket to see what kind of burn time I was going to get out of it. The following picture was taken down into the barrel after 6 hours of burn time. You can see that there is lots of charcoal left and even some wood chunks.:cool: I checked it up until 10 hours and it was still holding 240* at 10 hours burn time. I think this is the perfect basket for the UDS:!:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6051/img0400zg1.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0400zg1.jpg)
I love my new UDS and I already have 4 other people that are wanting to build one.