Hi from Essex! Smoking my 1st whole brisket tonight.

[wigliams]

Hi all, my names Alan, and i'm in East Tilbury Essex. Been lurking around here for a while, gleaning info from these pages, which have been really helpful and informative. Started out with a mass produced offset smoker, coz it looked the part, but it was a nightmare to use, so I built myself a uds. Smoked a few racks of ribs and chickens, and a small bit of brisket, which I turned into some lovely burnt ends! No probs holding temp between 225/250. Cooking a whole brisket tonight, can't get the uds above 214 with all vents wide open! Any suggestions?

[Saffaboy]

Hi all, my names Alan, and i'm in East Tilbury Essex. Been lurking around here for a while, gleaning info from these pages, which have been really helpful and informative. Started out with a mass produced offset smoker, coz it looked the part, but it was a nightmare to use, so I built myself a uds. Smoked a few racks of ribs and chickens, and a small bit of brisket, which I turned into some lovely burnt ends! No probs holding temp between 225/250. Cooking a whole brisket tonight, can't get the uds above 214 with all vents wide open! Any suggestions?

Which offset did you have mate? I was considering the Landman Grand Tennessee but after some research found people had serious complaints about its suitability as a smoker.

Would love to be able to make my own UDS. Did you need to do any welding? Have you painted it?

[JEC]

Hello and welcome, hope it goes well will look forward to seeing the pictures

[JamsCowbell]

Hi and welcome. Did the temperature go higher on the UDS when you smoked the ribs/chickens? Your temperature should be defined by the airflow if you've got sufficient fuel burning. If you've got a water pan or another heatsink in there you perhaps it might just take a while to get up to temperature?