Blue Kettle
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Yeah, I was sort of attracted to the smooth sides as well. Reminds me of a hunsaker, although they do look sort of thin from the picture for some reason.
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Yeah, I was sort of attracted to the smooth sides as well. Reminds me of a hunsaker, although they do look sort of thin from the picture for some reason.
Pig_Farmer
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You could always check them out before handing over the money. Shoot at $20 and if they're good, I would buy all 4. I have plenty of friends that want me to make them one. I tell them, you buy the parts and help me drink beer while we burn em out. I'll have you cooking for me on Sunday. :biggrin1:
Robert
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el luchador
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I prefer NOT to get a lined drum. you have to burn it out and then paint the outside.
get you an unlined drum and you don't have to do a burn out or paint. for the $30-40 extra its well worth it imo
Blue Kettle
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Czarbecue
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I see stainless steel drums for $600 online. I’ll pay that price for more space but not for stainless steel.
Hinds15
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Anyone use the BGE style intake with success? I like the idea but it gets pretty windy in Houston.
Blue Kettle
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Anyone try a fixed intake akin to the pit barrel cooker? Like, literally just drilling a hole with no door or anything to change it? (I recognize the PBC can technically be adjusted slightly but it's meant as a set and forget for a given elevation). It seems like the PBC has shown this ought to work provided you could get the correct size.
el luchador
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Imo that is NOT a good idea! you have little control of your temp and it would change on the whim of weather, humidity, amount of coals you have in the box, amount of coals you lit, amount of food in the cooker, etc etc.
dadsr4
somebody shut me the fark up.
Some people just drill the holes and use magnets to adjust the air flow.
Czarbecue
Babbling Farker
The Hunsaker foot lever is the best I have seen. Discreet and not affected by the wind since it’s under the drum.
el luchador
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That's what I did for a long time.
el luchador
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I use a heater meater with a variable air damper.
simply put, if the temp is too low it opens the air damper and starts closing it off as temps get closer to desired. when it gets to temp it closes. when temps start dropping it starts opening.
pretty nice system but costly at approx. $150
Edit: https://youtu.be/OKhO0LJJYxw
This is what I use. It can also have a fan but I don't use a fan. As of last night I got the macro damper which has 4 sq inches of intake that way I can take it to 500+ degrees using just the damper if I want
simply put, if the temp is too low it opens the air damper and starts closing it off as temps get closer to desired. when it gets to temp it closes. when temps start dropping it starts opening.
pretty nice system but costly at approx. $150
Edit: https://youtu.be/OKhO0LJJYxw
This is what I use. It can also have a fan but I don't use a fan. As of last night I got the macro damper which has 4 sq inches of intake that way I can take it to 500+ degrees using just the damper if I want
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Hinds15
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I like that idea also mainly because it's not greatly affected by wind just have to figure a way to diy with no welder.
I found this while browsing and is exactly what I had in mind.
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Czarbecue
Babbling Farker
For $25 you can't beat the price... and just need a hole saw and a drill.
https://www.hunsakersmokers.com/products/central-air-intake-control-guide
Hinds15
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I don't know why I thought it would be more expensive. Even today the wind is around 15mph so the hunsaker is probably my best bet.
DRMSMKER
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This is basically what the the big poppa kit comes with. one on each side for 8 holes total.
Blue Kettle
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I know for a lot of people on here their name is mud, but that new 18" Barrel House Cooker also has an intake located all the way on the bottom of the barrel. It slides (rather than rotating like the hunsaker). It seemed like a pretty smart design.
el luchador
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there are thousands of uds with the intake on the side and they have no problems.
also, for those of us who cook direct over the coals the intake on the bottom is a direct path for drippings to get on the floor below the cooker.
Its not a bad design but I'll pass.
As Dadsr4 suggested, 4 or 5 holes covered with magnets is as simple and as easy as it can get.
Hinds15
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Any down sides to using the drum upside down. My Weber lid fit the bottom a little snug but it fits. Drum is unlined and was used once for coconut oil
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