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FlintRiverFowler wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:

FlintRiverFowler wrote:Anybody ever done jerky in a UDS? Got a big ole Canada yesterday and wana try to make jerky. I have a theory that I may try.

I've inly used a dehydrator, but a Canada makes some of the best jerky.

What temperature do you have to get to for "cold " smoking? I think if I insulated the top of the drum and then put a dome lid over that I could smoke it at a pretty cool temp.

less than 80*

FlintRiverFowler wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:

FlintRiverFowler wrote:Anybody ever done jerky in a UDS? Got a big ole Canada yesterday and wana try to make jerky. I have a theory that I may try.

I've inly used a dehydrator, but a Canada makes some of the best jerky.

What temperature do you have to get to for "cold " smoking? I think if I insulated the top of the drum and then put a dome lid over that I could smoke it at a pretty cool temp.

Not exactly sure. I can turn my dehydrator on with a thermometer in it and see what the temp is.

capt1972 wrote:

FlintRiverFowler wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:

FlintRiverFowler wrote:Anybody ever done jerky in a UDS? Got a big ole Canada yesterday and wana try to make jerky. I have a theory that I may try.

I've inly used a dehydrator, but a Canada makes some of the best jerky.

What temperature do you have to get to for "cold " smoking? I think if I insulated the top of the drum and then put a dome lid over that I could smoke it at a pretty cool temp.

less than 80*

Is that cause the snoke dries it out?

I think I had the temp I. The top of my drum down to around 125 when I was playing around with the idea.

Boom tons of jerky is about to get made.

youtube cold smoke generators. I made one and it works the balls!

Gonna have to check that out.

jarbo03 wrote:Gonna have to check that out.

There are a bunch of different designs. I made one out of a paint gun and an old cooler.

Flint, you got that idea off Moonshiners didn't you? Will break out my Foxfire book and post pics of STILL PLANS.
Your design looks remarkably like a still.

Flint, I was thinking that if I stacked charcoal briquettes like toppled dominoes ( like this ///////////, each / being a briquette leaning on its neighbor) and placing a lit briquette at one end, a chain reaction would happen, each coal lighting the next as the chain burns one or two at a time, and keeping the temps low. I havent tried yet, but plan to whenever I get the chance.

flight control wrote:Flint, I was thinking that if I stacked charcoal briquettes like toppled dominoes ( like this ///////////, each / being a briquette leaning on its neighbor) and placing a lit briquette at one end, a chain reaction would happen, each coal lighting the next as the chain burns one or two at a time, and keeping the temps low. I havent tried yet, but plan to whenever I get the chance.

The force is strong in this one.

flight control wrote:Flint, I was thinking that if I stacked charcoal briquettes like toppled dominoes ( like this ///////////, each / being a briquette leaning on its neighbor) and placing a lit briquette at one end, a chain reaction would happen, each coal lighting the next as the chain burns one or two at a time, and keeping the temps low. I havent tried yet, but plan to whenever I get the chance.

I've seen them do something similiar. Some get results some dont. They also make a "jig" that you can pack saw dust in that slowly burns, I just feel like there's no enough smoke. I'm gona make the cold smoker like I showed in the diagram. I got plenty of hills and space out at the farm to do this, even a ditch witch to dig the trench. And plenty of free piping, bricks, and a barrel so I'm gona experiment with goose jerky in a "traditional" cold smoker. Hopefully soon.