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No sauce here, just a dry rub and sometimes i will do an injection.. smoked right and it will have all of the moisture it needs. I agree that adding some sauce after pulling from the freezer is ok though. When i sauce on the bun I like a mustard based sauce.

I recommend using the cheap shelf brackets from Lowes/HD etc. Just tack weld 3 of them to the inside of the drum. The actual shelf supports can be cut down to about 1 1/2-2 inches long and allows you to adjust the rack height as needed. Also makes it very easy to add additional racks. Not a great pi...

A four-year-old little boy was at the doctor's office with his mother in the waiting room when he spotted a pregnant lady on the other side of the room. Having nothing better to do, he walked over to her and inquisitively asked, "Why is your stomach so big?" She replied, "I'm having a baby." With b...

well we might as well be neighbors, I live in Sesser

This is how i picture it in my head.. Excuse the crude drawings.
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The others here that are experts will give you more info but you will have a difference in temps between the upper and lower racks simply because heat rises. The difference in temps between the left and right sides will vary slightly as well. Although the left side (opposite the firebox) gets hit wi...

That lump was the ticket. No charcoal taste.And actually, the lump was pretty void of taste. And that smell when the drippings hit the diffuser plate.... How did you like the B&B lump? I saw it at the local WM and was going to try it but wasn't sure how it compared to RO Lump. Sent from my Z981 usi...

Patersmith wrote:First off, hello everyone and thanks for the add. I live in South Central Illinois almost 1 1/2 hours straight West of St. Louis Mo.

Welcome Steve, where exactly are you from in Illinois? I am just south of you between Mt Vernon and Carbondale

I like the idea...just keep in mind that the sun and weather will take a toll on pvc. We have to paint all our above ground pool piping and valves or they won’t last longer than a year or two before they get brittle and crack. That makes perfect sense to me. I have access to industrial sewing machi...

Actually they don't see very much heat at all, they don't even get warm to the touch. Mine are on 24" risers so they are closest to the heat and they stay cool. I think, (someone correct me if I am wrong) PVC sch40 is good until about 140 degrees. I doubt they were seeing anywhere near that. Just my...

Thanks everyone, I fired it up yesterday and put it through it's paces. I did ribs, brisket, and some beef shanks. Sorry, didn't get a chance to get any pictures. I put about 8lbs of kbb in it at about 4:30 yesterday morning and got the temp stable at right at 230 by 5am. It was a nice morning Big T...

That wedge shaped thing is for indirect grilling. Let's you put the coals off to the side to keep the heat off of the food. Basically allows you to smoke in a kettle. You got a good deal. I just paid $18 just for the KBB and another $20 for a Weber grate.

She is done. Wife said no more smokers!!!! Lol Sooooo, what to build next lol.

I love Royal oak lump, I use it in my reverse flow and it seems to last a long time. I haven't used it in my UDS yet, only KBB like you bought. So far I am not a fan of the KBB. The RO lump Burns very clean, no smell other than the smell of fire... The KBB has a serious chemical smell until it gets ...

quick question for the experts... I have 2ea 2" bungs in the lid, right now i am using the one in the center of the lid. Would it be better to use the one that is on the edge of the lid under where my hinge is? My thought was by using the center one I would get more even temps and smoke distribution...

Looks good. I do like the air cleaner as an exhaust, nice touch. I don't suppose you want to show a close up of your hinge do you. I've been mulling over several now, but have not found something simple and easy to make. I took a couple more pictures for you. If you need me to i can remove the lid ...

Looks good. I do like the air cleaner as an exhaust, nice touch. I don't suppose you want to show a close up of your hinge do you. I've been mulling over several now, but have not found something simple and easy to make. I will take a closeup of it this evening for you.. Its is just 2 pieces of ang...

I finished my 60 gal RF smoker so i decided I needed another to add to the collection so I did a UDS this week. I watched a lot of youtube videos as well as read all of the posts here and hope it burns as well as i hear. I still have to disassemble for paint this week but it is 99% done. I started o...

Chrome makes everything go faster lol

Mine is 15.75x18x18 which I think came out to be 108%

Paint is just a quart of Rust-Oleum high heat. Only used maybe a quarter of it. I have room for a cooler and a small stack of wood as well. I think it will do everything I need. But... I am starting on a 55gal UDS now

Lol, I am a good scrounger. I also got all of the square tubing for free, the CC handle was a broken 3/8 drive speed handle, spring was $4 at Rural King, stack material was $5 at the scrap yard. Only things I bought was the 1/4" plate, expanded metal, and thermometers. I have under $300 in the whole...

The front shelf was scrounged from an old offset I found in a scrap pile, it just happened to fit perfectly. The cup holders I got at Walmart in the boat section for like $.99 each. You can't really see it in the video but I also added a utinsel hanger under the shelf. It is a $6 shovel hanger. It w...

I would agree on making it a reverse flow. I just finished a 60 gallon reverse flow using almost the same tank you have. Mine works AMAZINGLY well. You really aren't looking at much more $$ to go reverse flow. Here is a link to how mine turned out and how well it performs. http://smokerbuilder.com/f...

I finished my smoker this weekend by adding the metal to the extra shelves and added 2 3" River Country Gauges with 4" stems and gave it another pain job. I am 1000% happy with the way this thing burns. I have uploaded a couple quick videos of it on youtube. It ran for about 4 1/2 hours on just over...