DjPorkchop
is one Smokin' Farker
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2013
- Location
- Marion,IL
Hey everyone! Long time since my last post. I had a catastrophic failure on my PC and just got going again recently. Glad to be back in action. Hope everyone is doing well!
Anyhow, main point of post, I seem to be in a lump with my UDS. Old leaky I have drafting issues with so it is down right now for remodeling. My Big Poppa drum I just seem to be in a major slump.
I still light my fire the same way as always. Coiled up newspaper sprayed with cheap cooking spray and a chimney with 7 or 8 decent sized lumps of coal. I let it get good and ashed and then dump it on my coal basket.
As soon as the heat gets about 25 degrees from my target range I start closing it down appropriately. Now that worked great for a long time and recently (last couple months) that is not the case. If I let it get to hot to set a good coal bed, it gets way hot and stays hot unless I choke it and then I get a smolder which leads me in to point number 2.
If I do it my normal way by shutting it down 25 degrees early, it seems all I get is a good smolder going. Crappy nasty smelling smoke. I am still using red bag Royal Oak lump.
Not sure what my issue is lately. Fortunately enough, I can still operate my good old trusty kettle with ease! :becky:
Anyhow, main point of post, I seem to be in a lump with my UDS. Old leaky I have drafting issues with so it is down right now for remodeling. My Big Poppa drum I just seem to be in a major slump.
I still light my fire the same way as always. Coiled up newspaper sprayed with cheap cooking spray and a chimney with 7 or 8 decent sized lumps of coal. I let it get good and ashed and then dump it on my coal basket.
As soon as the heat gets about 25 degrees from my target range I start closing it down appropriately. Now that worked great for a long time and recently (last couple months) that is not the case. If I let it get to hot to set a good coal bed, it gets way hot and stays hot unless I choke it and then I get a smolder which leads me in to point number 2.
If I do it my normal way by shutting it down 25 degrees early, it seems all I get is a good smolder going. Crappy nasty smelling smoke. I am still using red bag Royal Oak lump.
Not sure what my issue is lately. Fortunately enough, I can still operate my good old trusty kettle with ease! :becky: