ChargerWI18
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I’m sure this has been discussed a lot....
Ok guys new to my UDS and smoking and am in the process of smoking some BB Ribs today.....well I was. Fired up the pit like I have read, did the minion method and lit about 6 charcoal, waited till they ashed over and added to fire basket. Put basket in drum and waited till temp got to 275 and let sit there for about half hour before adding meat. Added meat, temp spiked and then settled back in around 280ish. Ran between 265-295 for about 1.5 hours. Had the intakes open about 1/4” each. Then all of a sudden temps just took off to 390-400 and couldn’t get them back down. Didn’t open the lid till 2.5 hours in to check to make sure they weren’t burning and they were getting dark. So I took them off. Took the fire basket out and dumped some water on it to shut it down and put back in the drum to see what would happen. Temps are at 450-490 and they won’t move down at all, all exhausts open even the 2 caps in the lid with my exhausts and intakes have been closed since temps climbed!! WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT DO I DO FOR MY NEXT COOK!!
Ok guys new to my UDS and smoking and am in the process of smoking some BB Ribs today.....well I was. Fired up the pit like I have read, did the minion method and lit about 6 charcoal, waited till they ashed over and added to fire basket. Put basket in drum and waited till temp got to 275 and let sit there for about half hour before adding meat. Added meat, temp spiked and then settled back in around 280ish. Ran between 265-295 for about 1.5 hours. Had the intakes open about 1/4” each. Then all of a sudden temps just took off to 390-400 and couldn’t get them back down. Didn’t open the lid till 2.5 hours in to check to make sure they weren’t burning and they were getting dark. So I took them off. Took the fire basket out and dumped some water on it to shut it down and put back in the drum to see what would happen. Temps are at 450-490 and they won’t move down at all, all exhausts open even the 2 caps in the lid with my exhausts and intakes have been closed since temps climbed!! WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT DO I DO FOR MY NEXT COOK!!