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    New reverse flow build for the deck!

    Nice job!
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    UDS with doors

    Whoa, neat. I thought about putting a fire door on my next UDS build.
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    Finished my first UDS from Austin TX

    Thanks for the kinda response guys. I did some pork ribs with the 3-2-1 method yesterday and they turned out awesome. Need a knife to cut your ribs? Not at my house! Finger licking good..
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    Finished my first UDS from Austin TX

    10" I think. Its a weber charcoal replacement grate.
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    Finished my first UDS from Austin TX

    Thanks guys. I noticed there isn't any fan pages on facebook for the UDS, so I created one. Need to iron out the direction, but should be a great place to chat about the UDS. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ugly-D...12382972123732
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    Finished my first UDS from Austin TX

    mballi3011, thanks for the kind words. I'm doing some split chicken breasts tonight.
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    making a R.f. smoker out of 240 gal oil tank

    Wow, that's going to be huge! I can't wait to see some more progress pictures.
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    Finished my first UDS from Austin TX

    We are in the area between Onion Creek and Bluff Springs. Any pictures of the ham?! I've always baked my ham, but now I am itching to smoke one.
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    Finished my first UDS from Austin TX

    HA! yeah.. It was my first smoke and I wanted to be thorough.
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    Finished my first UDS from Austin TX

    Howdy guys, I finished my first UDS the other night and smoked my first pork butt. Check it out on my blog and let me know what ya think. http://projects.id26.com/2010/03/24/...um-smoker-uds/ http://projects.id26.com/2010/04/07/...y-drum-smoker/
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    Tried smoking my first 1/2 pork butt. 3 1/2 lbs

    Yes the ET-73. Its the highest model I can current afford. Maybe I'll ask for the dual probe for christmas :)
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    Tried smoking my first 1/2 pork butt. 3 1/2 lbs

    I just had a spread sheet with the time, the smoker temp, etc and then pasted it into microsoft excel and made a graph.
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    Tried smoking my first 1/2 pork butt. 3 1/2 lbs

    I've got my first smoke ring! Man was that sandwich delicious!
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    Tried smoking my first 1/2 pork butt. 3 1/2 lbs

    DDave, Thanks for clarifying some of the details of my log. I couldn't quite figure out why the temperature dropped so low. At the time, ash build up didn't really occur to me. On the way home from work today, I picked up a Maverick RediCheck wireless thermometer at a local BBQ store. I've...
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    Tried smoking my first 1/2 pork butt. 3 1/2 lbs

    Thanks for the input TulsaJeff. The weight was actually 3 and 1/2 pounds was was pretty thick. I agree with you on opening the lid every hour to check the temperature. This was my first smoke on the UDS and wanted to monitor the internal meat temperature, so I can better just time in the...
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