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Academy had 'em for 12.00. Not as heavy as the Weber, but works just as well.
Ugly Drum Smoker
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Academy had 'em for 12.00. Not as heavy as the Weber, but works just as well.
Louisiana Smoker
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Bought mine at Academy for $5.99 each
colonel00
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Sadly that has seriously crossed my mind. Not so much the theft part but definitely the grocery cart part. And yeah, I know you can get replacement grates for under $20. The Walmart versoin is usually under $15. I was just trying to find new and creative yet cheap ways that maybe someone has come up with.
Rodney
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Hell, a Weber grate with swing-up charcoal access doors is $19. The plain one is $15 or so. No-brainer, unless you really want to fab something. Unless you could get a scrap from a metal fab shop, you'd pay that for a piece of expando alone!
Meat Burner
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IrregularPulse
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Sitting at 185 (meat temp) on my UDS' maiden voyage. 2 butts. Combined weight 11 lbs. Started at 2pm this afternoon. 8.5 hours in. This hasn't budged from 235 since I finally stopped messing with it at 6 
I am impressed with my ugly beast and can't wait to use the hell out of it. Will post pics later tonight.
I am impressed with my ugly beast and can't wait to use the hell out of it. Will post pics later tonight.
J
jhnarial
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I spent the past three days reading (looking at da pictures:-D) this thread and I couldn't take it anymore. I had to get started on one.
I'm wanta keep er simple.
I started on the inside last night and cleaned out the red liner.
Made the coal basket / diffuser / ash-tray.
I also made one of the two grills.
For me it has to be bad --- and work well, so I'm going to re-name my smoker
B-A-D-S
I'm wanta keep er simple.
I started on the inside last night and cleaned out the red liner.
Made the coal basket / diffuser / ash-tray.
I also made one of the two grills.
For me it has to be bad --- and work well, so I'm going to re-name my smoker
B-A-D-S
---k---
is One Chatty Farker
Nice!
samiam
Knows what a fatty is.
Very nice. Stout charcoal basket there! Let us know how the heat diffuser works out.
colonel00
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Just wanted to cross-link this here as the other thread will soon be buried in Q-talk.
Legs for grates in the UDS...
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94371
Legs for grates in the UDS...
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94371
colonel00
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Outstanding work jhnarial. Very cool idea on the charcoal basket and diffuser.
J
jhnarial
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Thanks
I wish I could keep going. I just ran out of Shielding gas, I knew I should have went Friday.
The ply-wood idea worked slick, I found that idea here in this thread.
I have some ideas but I want to keep it as simple as possible. Why try to change something that already works.
I will post more later
Very cool site!!
I wish I could keep going. I just ran out of Shielding gas, I knew I should have went Friday.
The ply-wood idea worked slick, I found that idea here in this thread.
I have some ideas but I want to keep it as simple as possible. Why try to change something that already works.
I will post more later
Very cool site!!
trza
Knows what a fatty is.
So I was helping to set up the church rummage sale last week, and look what I came across!
Sears rotisserie by trzarocks, on Flickr
This guy was totally unused - the only thing missing was the instruction booklet. There's a little bit of corrosion on the spit. The "Inspected by" piece of paper in the battery compartment dates it to 1987 and it doesn't have a crease or anything on it. The hardware is still in the baggies.
It seems to me that if God didn't want me to glorify Him by spinning meat around over an open flame, He wouldn't have put this thing in front of me while I was working His rummage sale.
The challenging question is: Does God want me to modify one of my UDS' to take this bad boy, or does He want me to build THIRD drum (the Ugly Drum Rotisserator)?
Sears rotisserie by trzarocks, on Flickr
This guy was totally unused - the only thing missing was the instruction booklet. There's a little bit of corrosion on the spit. The "Inspected by" piece of paper in the battery compartment dates it to 1987 and it doesn't have a crease or anything on it. The hardware is still in the baggies.
It seems to me that if God didn't want me to glorify Him by spinning meat around over an open flame, He wouldn't have put this thing in front of me while I was working His rummage sale.
The challenging question is: Does God want me to modify one of my UDS' to take this bad boy, or does He want me to build THIRD drum (the Ugly Drum Rotisserator)?
Dr_KY
Quintessential Chatty Farker
I'm gonna guess the lord just wants you to stop taking his name in vein and start building/cooking. :hand:
IrregularPulse
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Had my maiden voyage this weekend. Went great. First time ever using a smoker and probably 5th time ever even using charcoal. These things are fantastic at holding temps!!
She is Ugly!
But she cooks great Pork!
She is Ugly!
But she cooks great Pork!
jcinadr
Knows what a fatty is.
My drum is doing fine about being miserly with it's lump, but did get a laugh Sunday morning.
Saturday evening, I smoked some bacon wrapped dove breasts - cooked might be a more operative word, I had the pit running hot. With a full package of bacon on it, the only real smoke was all from all the drippings. I closed up the drum at 7pm or so (except for the fan intake). I know it is sucking a little bit of air through that opening - but as long as the top is pretty tight there is little airflow.
At 4am got up to throw some pork on the drum for lunch. The drum was cold, so I fired up the weed burner. After about 5 seconds, I saw coals. I blasted it a few times to blow off the ash and my fire was lit again for another cooking.
I think I spent less than 5 minutes lighting the pit before the meat was on (great at 4am). The pit held temp w/o any intervention (even a toe kick) till I pulled the pork off at 1pm. Got to love UDS (and a digital thermostat). I think I will be cooking snacks the night before again...
Saturday evening, I smoked some bacon wrapped dove breasts - cooked might be a more operative word, I had the pit running hot. With a full package of bacon on it, the only real smoke was all from all the drippings. I closed up the drum at 7pm or so (except for the fan intake). I know it is sucking a little bit of air through that opening - but as long as the top is pretty tight there is little airflow.
At 4am got up to throw some pork on the drum for lunch. The drum was cold, so I fired up the weed burner. After about 5 seconds, I saw coals. I blasted it a few times to blow off the ash and my fire was lit again for another cooking.
I think I spent less than 5 minutes lighting the pit before the meat was on (great at 4am). The pit held temp w/o any intervention (even a toe kick) till I pulled the pork off at 1pm. Got to love UDS (and a digital thermostat). I think I will be cooking snacks the night before again...
1FUNVET
Babbling Farker
So I was helping to set up the church rummage sale last week, and look what I came across!
Sears rotisserie by trzarocks, on Flickr
This guy was totally unused - the only thing missing was the instruction booklet. There's a little bit of corrosion on the spit. The "Inspected by" piece of paper in the battery compartment dates it to 1987 and it doesn't have a crease or anything on it. The hardware is still in the baggies.
It seems to me that if God didn't want me to glorify Him by spinning meat around over an open flame, He wouldn't have put this thing in front of me while I was working His rummage sale.
The challenging question is: Does God want me to modify one of my UDS' to take this bad boy, or does He want me to build THIRD drum (the Ugly Drum Rotisserator)?
I built my second one as a UDR. :thumb:
IrregularPulse
Well-known member
Can't find the edit button for my post above so here they are again.
The ugly betty
and her food
The ugly betty
and her food
AustinKnight
is Blowin Smoke!
I need some help, Im looking for some latches to latch down my lid it doesn't seem to be closing all the way down and I've tried putting the lid on the drum and hitting it with a rubber mallet but one side of the lid still comes up. It just doesn't get a good seal like it did when I first stated using it, I've also tried bending the drum a lil but still no luck I was thinking if I could find 4 latches I could latch it down I don't know of the right ones I need but I know I've seen some uds's with them so any help would be great thx.
