Ugly Drum Smoker

Dexter said:
After reading through all of these post, I have finally finished 3 ugly drums smokers. My husband thought I was nuts. I found 2 unlined barrels with lids for 10 dollars, and someone gave me the other one.



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They look sweet!! You might need a little more exhaust on the flat lids though(most have used at least 2" of exhaust)...have you stoked them up yet? Let us know how it goes...I could be wrong. :confused:
 
Dexter/Cynthia: Ditto on the exhaust comment on the flat-lids. I'd hate to see you have stale smoke flavor in your cooks. The rule of thumb is to have similar exhausts to your max intake openings. Let us know how they work!

woodbutcher1: Gotcha on the temps, I forgot we had a back-n-forth about temps back there. I think we all agree now! Thanks!
 
McGurk and NASCARican, I was concerned about this also. When reading the post I was aware of the 2" exhaust pipe. I decided to try this knowing that I could always add another hole. Right now I have 2 3/4 inch exhaust pipes(holes) on top. I started to season the drums at 1:15 pm and the temps went up to about 500 degrees. It is 8:25 pm now and the temp is right at 375 degrees. Do you think I should go ahead and add another hole. I would hate to cook up a batch of stale tasting meat, and if so should one more 3/4 inch exhaust pipe be sufficient and should it be on the other side of the lid. Any help definitely appreciated
 
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It can't hurt. A very popular method is 8 1/2" holes, circled around the outer edge for exhaust. I would think 4) 3/4" holes would suffice as the area in square inches is close to the same. No exhaust stacks are needed, so holes would be fine. Those temps make me worry that you are holding some heat in, but I'm not sure if that's the case or not.
 
I spent the evening building my UDS. This is what I did for the fire basket. I have no welding skills so I did what I could...any suggestions:

I used the charcoal pan and grate (15.5") from my ECBrinkmann for the ash pan and charcoal grate:

FirePan1.jpg


I used two 24" x 12" sheets of expanded steel from Lowes and used hex bolts and washers to secure them together. Then I used tin snips to cut and fold the bottom so I could secure the basket to the grate and pan with more bolts and washers.

FirePan2.jpg


Then I drilled 1/4" holes about every 3 inches around the ash pan for airflow to the bottom of the charcoal grate.

FirePan3.jpg
 
From what I can see it looks like
you captured the bent expanded metal between two nuts
per bolt along the lip of the ash pan? You may want to replace the bottom nut with a wing nut per bolt to allow you ease of disposal
of the ashes from pan.
Other than that suggestion, Excellent Job!!!!

Doc Robinson said:
I spent the evening building my UDS. This is what I did for the fire basket. I have no welding skills so I did what I could...any suggestions:

I used the charcoal pan and grate (15.5") from my ECBrinkmann for the ash pan and charcoal grate:

FirePan1.jpg


I used two 24" x 12" sheets of expanded steel from Lowes and used hex bolts and washers to secure them together. Then I used tin snips to cut and fold the bottom so I could secure the basket to the grate and pan with more bolts and washers.

FirePan2.jpg


Then I drilled 1/4" holes about every 3 inches around the ash pan for airflow to the bottom of the charcoal grate.

FirePan3.jpg
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N8man said:
From what I can see it looks like
you captured the bent expanded metal between two nuts
per bolt along the lip of the ash pan? You may want to replace the bottom nut with a wing nut per bolt to allow you ease of disposal
of the ashes from pan.
Other than that suggestion, Excellent Job!!!!
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Thanks! That's exactly what I did. In the bottom of the ash pan, I have three 1" holes drilled that close up with a rotating damper. I installed that when I was modding my ECB, which will now be replaced by my UDS. Hopefully those will make it easier to shake out the ash as well.

Do most of you use briquettes or lump?
 
For the most part, I use Kingsford Briqs along with a few fist sized
chunks of wood, but I have also used lump on occasion
and I think it's a matter of availability and personal
preference on which you choose to use...

Doc Robinson said:
Thanks! That's exactly what I did. In the bottom of the ash pan, I have three 1" holes drilled that close up with a rotating damper. I installed that when I was modding my ECB, which will now be replaced by my UDS. Hopefully those will make it easier to shake out the ash as well.

Do most of you use briquettes or lump?
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I just modded my SS UDS to use an austrailian Auspit (SS) and a ROL (SS).

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This is a shot of the auspit mounted on the drum with the expander ring I fabbed up out of some scrap SS I had laying around.

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This is a closeup of the mounting of the auspit on the drum.

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This is a closeup of the auspit with the ROL attached. I could also just use spit spikes for roasts and such.

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This is a shot with the lid on, the ROL is under the lid and everything works. Now just have to load with food and give it a test run!!:-D:-D

Still keeping true to an all SS drum,rotis,attaching parts and ROL :wink::wink::heh::heh:.

Paul B
SS UDS
SS Auspit
SS ROL
 
Holy crap that one is nice...I just finished mine:

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This is what it looked like this morning:

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McGurk said:
Nice paint job; it matches your Blue Rhino LP tank perfectly!:wink::becky:
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And my mash tun (can be seen in the 2nd photo) that I use with my homebrew setup (that can also be seen in the background).
 
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