Nice long title there
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I recently got a deflector for my UDS (Thanks Buford/Fat Charlie!), and finally thought it was cool enough out to get it goin. Also, last week I picked up a Pitmaster IQ from BBQ Island so I thought I'd try them both out on the same day.
Went to Wally World to get a brisket for my big over-night test of the Pitmaster & Deflector, but ended up finding a cheap pork picnic roast, and a slab of center cut beef ribs. I decided to do some day-time testing with the ribs and roast.
I used The Good One Lump, and peach wood chunks in the fire basket.
Got the deflector installed about 10 inches above fire basket w/ 3 screws, and all I needed to get the Pitmaster IQ installed was a 3/4" to 1" coupler ($3)
Here's the beef ribs. I was drawn to them because of the price and figured since I've never smoked them, it would be an inexpensive attempt @ trying them.
Seasoned the ribs w/ Fast Eddies rub, Mad Hunky, & some Montreal. Again, I've never tried these, and at a lot of restaurants, theyre still sorta tough.
Seasoned the pork roast with Plowboys Yardbird
And here is the big over-night test subject. A 13 lbs packer from Walmart
Trimmed up some hard fat
Other-side. I seasoned this one with Fast Eddies Rub, Mad Hunky, and Montreal as well. Added a lil extra brown sugar before I wrapped in saran-wrap, and put in the fridge for about 6 hours.
Here's the ribs and roast after a few hours. Deflector catching a good amount so far. Shortly after this I installed my ET-73 on the outer portion of the grill to see how uniform the temps were across the grate from the deflector
Took the brisket out an hour and a half before I wanted to put on the smoker to get to room temp
Here we are after about 6+ hours. Ribs done, and I was hoping for the best