Budman1
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Looks great hammer!
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sam.t
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In reply to n0face's query,
I went to an engineering company and asked if they had any stainless steel cutoffs, they donated a length of stainless which I had welded into a square and then I spent a few hours drilling it with holes, lucky me.
sometimes a cheeky ask works !
I went to an engineering company and asked if they had any stainless steel cutoffs, they donated a length of stainless which I had welded into a square and then I spent a few hours drilling it with holes, lucky me.
sometimes a cheeky ask works !
BigBellyBen77
Knows what a fatty is.
First UDS Build
First UDS build here. Gotta get it finished soon. First competition in May! Sandblasted today then finishing drilling and paint next week! Quick question for everyone. I've got four vent holes around the bottom. Am going to put a ball valve on one for more control. Is it a good idea to ball valve a couple or just the one?
First UDS build here. Gotta get it finished soon. First competition in May! Sandblasted today then finishing drilling and paint next week! Quick question for everyone. I've got four vent holes around the bottom. Am going to put a ball valve on one for more control. Is it a good idea to ball valve a couple or just the one?
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Your food looked great. I think you could get by with cutting your basket in half, or only fill it less than half, depending on what you are cooking, like chicken vs brisket, it just looks to tall in the pic. How long, what temp and how much was left afterwards would tell a better story?
Dave
Mo-Dave
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Well sure they want to sell you a high dollar drum. I have never used a reconditioned, or new one, just burn them out good. If the drum had something so toxic in it, I would think it would not be allowed to be re sold to the the public, not even a trash burner drum, and be treated as hazardous wast material.
Dave
sam.t
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My UDS build
Well, I read the complete thread and what a thread that was, thank you to all who contributed, I did my best to inwardly digest the masses of advice and info and this is what I have built.
The Burn
Fire box
Ready to season with beef dripping
The shining
First paint job
Finished item
First tentative smoke
Followed very quickly by:
And a nice supper it makes too.
I'm gonna get fat !
Just wish the summer would arrive, the U.K. is bloody miserable at the moment, at least we are in the South west and have no snow.
Hope you didn't get bored !
Well, I read the complete thread and what a thread that was, thank you to all who contributed, I did my best to inwardly digest the masses of advice and info and this is what I have built.
The Burn
Fire box
Ready to season with beef dripping
The shining
First paint job
Finished item
First tentative smoke
Followed very quickly by:
And a nice supper it makes too.
I'm gonna get fat !
Just wish the summer would arrive, the U.K. is bloody miserable at the moment, at least we are in the South west and have no snow.
Hope you didn't get bored !
Just BS
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Sam t - well done sir!
sam.t
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Blush blush........Big Grin !:bow:
smokainmuskoka
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sam.t - cheers and welcome.
Your charcoal basket looks like it will withstand nuclear armageddon!
Your charcoal basket looks like it will withstand nuclear armageddon!
sam.t
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I have to admit, the charcoal basket is a bit on the heavy side, but that said, the steel was free (cadged from a local engineering firm that makes industrial recycling equipment) and I only buggered up two drill bits, so it turned out to be fairly cheap to make.
AND I don't think it will burn out :heh:
AND I don't think it will burn out :heh:
sam.t
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The grate is only 7 inches below the lip of the barrel.
and for anyone wondering about the dimensions of the charcoal basket, it is 15" square and 8 deep.
The UDS seems happiest to trundle along between 250 and 275 as its favorite temp with one 3/4" cap off and the ball valve 1/4 open and is easy to adjust up or down from there.
For what a UDS is, it's an amazingly good piece of kit.
and for anyone wondering about the dimensions of the charcoal basket, it is 15" square and 8 deep.
The UDS seems happiest to trundle along between 250 and 275 as its favorite temp with one 3/4" cap off and the ball valve 1/4 open and is easy to adjust up or down from there.
For what a UDS is, it's an amazingly good piece of kit.
sam.t
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If you look at the picture where the drum is painted yellow, you can see the bolts between the first and second ring that the grate sits on.
Toney Marconi
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That's a whole lotta food. Looks good (drum and the food).
Zona
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greetings all. I love all the hard work you people are putting in to teach us nOObs about UDS'. I have begun looking for the barrel so I can get started. and I am hoping to get my post count high enough to view some recipes...
Budman1
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Sam T. Nice job on the barrel! food looks great!
Zona-welcome aboard, just use the search engine below, enter the recipes you are looking for and you will be amazed how many pop-up.
Zona-welcome aboard, just use the search engine below, enter the recipes you are looking for and you will be amazed how many pop-up.
Burnuce
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Hi all,
New here and have been reading through the forums for a couple of weeks now. Going to begin my first UDS build hopefully this weekend if my drum arrives. Thank you to all of you who have posted so much information on process of building one of these. I really appreciate it. I have one question to start and I am hoping someone can give me a little advice.
My drum is food grade (not sure about the liner yet as I haven't seen the drum), but after I burn it out, I am assuming that I should then sand it down both inside an out. I don't have equipment to do this, although I believe I could track one down. How much time does this typically take and would it be worth my time to have someone sandblast it after the burn instead.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
New here and have been reading through the forums for a couple of weeks now. Going to begin my first UDS build hopefully this weekend if my drum arrives. Thank you to all of you who have posted so much information on process of building one of these. I really appreciate it. I have one question to start and I am hoping someone can give me a little advice.
My drum is food grade (not sure about the liner yet as I haven't seen the drum), but after I burn it out, I am assuming that I should then sand it down both inside an out. I don't have equipment to do this, although I believe I could track one down. How much time does this typically take and would it be worth my time to have someone sandblast it after the burn instead.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
1FUNVET
Babbling Farker
Demosthenes
Full Fledged Farker
Where can I find cooking grates to fit an 85 gallon drum? I think it needs to be about 25"+ diameter. I don't wunna use a 22" grate.....that defeats the purpose of having a 85 gallon....might as well use my 55 gallon drum. TIA
