Waiting on an 8lb Boston Butt to finish off. I was shooting for an 18 hour cook a about 215-220, butt I think the fire stoked itself overnight. I woke up to 237* at the grate. Meat temp is now 187. Dumped the temp back down. Sitting at 215* not with the meat at 192.
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I'm about to fire up the UDS and I have a couple Chuckies to toss on that sumb!tch.
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Chuckies rule!!!! Best of luck on the cook!!
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Whats a UDS?
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I cooked up my brine in about 1/2 gallon of water on the stove, but put enoguh ingredients for 3 gallons since I was pouring it directly over ice to melt and dilute it.

I used salt, black pepper, rosemary, thyme, garlic and onion powder, some bbq seasoning (cheap stuff from the store), crushed red pepper flakes, and i think thats about it.
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Oh duh i forgot a major part, a healthy dose of syrup to bring in some sugar to the brine which i honestly dont know if it makes a difference or not on the syrup but im sticking with whats working :-)
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Ugly Drum Smoker, sometimes alternately called Upright Drum Smoker.

A 55gal drum that's been turned into a smoker.


Off the top of my head, kgoings, gonesledn and bigash have them (they aren't the only ones, just the only ones I can remember right this second) and they have a few photos of them scattered in the thread.

Wes has some photos of the construction of his here:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...ight=gonesledn
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Nice ingredient list. I use a very small amount of thyme in most of my BBQ rubs too, opens up a whole new set of flavors.

Maple syrup? or corn syrup?
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here is mine... home made of course.

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Hey, I didn't say your name 3 times while looking in a mirror...
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Corn. Maple is way expensive here and my wife gave me the "look" when I wnated to pick up some of that. Ive used molassas before and I cant tell a difference.
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Done.

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Now it gets a nap for a while before pulling.
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Nice lookin' butt there Chip!!
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:-)
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Thanks guys. More pics after it gets pulled.
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More of that Bro-Mancing going on around here!

:-)
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You're just jealous I wasn't complimenting your butt:-)
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That's right...!

:-):-):-)
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No one does a Butt like Brent... I mean
I like Brent's Butt the Best... wait
can't I just compliment another man's BBQ!
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Mine are so good 'cause I let Steve rub and pull my butt!!!
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