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  1. michchef

    Cut My Next Year's Smokin' Wood

    Last Spring I cut down 21 maples, so I have plenty of that and I burn mostly oak up at our lake place for campfire cooking so I brought some of that home too. One neighbor has a mulberry tree that overhangs my lot and it trashed the place with berries this year, so I trimmed the limbs back to...
  2. michchef

    I'll Be A Whole Drum Corps Myself Soon

    Around here we have what I call "Metal Pickers". They are folks that drive around on the day before trash set out day and also on trash day and scavenge anything that's metal in the junk and turn it in for it's salvage value. I stopped one about a week ago and asked him if he ever saw Weber...
  3. michchef

    Full Drum Yesterday

    Not sure where else to put this post, but because 2 of the 4 meats I smoked are pork, here it lands. Since I finished my drum smoker, I've made so many fatties that Diana's been gettin' pretty tired of them and I knew that if I wanted to keep her interested in smoked meats, I better come up...
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    Maverick ET-87 ~ $9.99 @ BB&B ~ MSRP $24.99

    I stopped in Bed, Bath & Beyond today after a diabetic seminar because it was on a side of town I don't get too often and I wanted to see if they had any Maverick ET-73s. Well they didn't have any of them and they had a big rack of Polders on display out in the open pushing them with the rest of...
  5. michchef

    Have You Smoked Winter Squash?

    Is it good smoked? I'm talkin' Hubbard, Butternut, Acorn and Buttercups. How would you go about doing it? Chunking it and smoking it in a pan or halving the squash, remove the seeds and smoke on the grate? I'm thinking that an acorn squash halved, seeds removed and filled with a sausage/walnut...
  6. michchef

    14 Houses' Leaves!

    The city of Flint posted signs last week that leaf pickup would begin in our neighborhood this week and from experience, I knew that they would hit my street the first day, so as soon as the sky started turning gray this morning, I put on some warm clothes and headed out for my yearly leaf...
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    Remote Thermo Range Boost

    While browsing around for some new remote thermos I started reading about the Maverick ET-73 Smoker Thermometer on Amazon.com and checking out the reviews on it. Most complaints were the same as for other thermos: the range is less than it should be. One guy that replied with a review also...
  8. michchef

    Remote Thermo Range Boost

    While browsing around for some new remote thermos I started reading about the Maverick ET-73 Smoker Thermometer on Amazon.com and checking out the reviews on it. Most complaints were the same as for other thermos: the range is less than it should be. One guy that replied with a review also...
  9. michchef

    Pork Butt, Beef Chub, Spicy Fattie & Bacon Wrapped 'Taters

    My first big smoke in the UDS. After finishing and seasoning my UDS on Friday night, I wanted to give it a real try other than just the seasoning fatties, so I decided to run a 8.75 lb pork butt, a 3 lb log of ground chuck for chili and nachos, a hot sausage fattie with 2 chopped japs and and 2...
  10. michchef

    My New UDS and Seasoning Fatties

    Well, after getting my new drum and scrubbing it out Thursday, Friday I drilled 2 3/4" vent holes and 1 1 1/4" hole to accept a 1" ball valve. I've read that putting an elbow on the ball valve restricts the flow somewhat, so I went up one size from the standard 3/4" valve. I also cut the bottom...
  11. michchef

    Country Style Ribs and Fatties

    Yesterday morning while rummaging through the deep freeze to find something for dinner, I ran across a pkg of country style ribs that had been in there for about 6 months, so out they came and into a pan of water to thaw. Now usually when I fix these things, I put a rub on them, then take them...
  12. michchef

    How To Clean Big Smokers?

    I've been to a few cook-offs and comps to see how it's done and to get ideas for a big smoker build that I have in mind and I know those big rigs have to get pretty grubby inside with all the grease and juices dripping. How do those things get cleaned? I know some have drains and that will get...
  13. michchef

    Sayin' Hey From Michigan

    Hiya Folks, I'm John from Flint, Michigan and although I own 4 smokers and have been using them for about 20 years, I just consider myself a "Tinkerer of Smoke". I've never taken it very seriously until lately when I stumbled across some Q forums and started seeing some of the great smokes that...
  14. michchef

    Are These Drums Safe For A UDS?

    I found 2 drums on Craigslist that a guy about 10 miles from me was selling. They're the kind with clamp on lids, but the clamps aren't the hand operated kind, they tighten with bolts. If you think they're safe to use, I may cut the clamps off and have spring loaded hand claps welded on. The...
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