Ugly Drum Smoker

Time_1 · Oct 23, 2012

I have a weed burner so i'll take that to the outside of it and get the paint off. I took a grinder to the inside of it to see if it had some kind of clear rust inhibitor on it but nothing came off. Im assuming that it is completely bare metal and im ready to go!

FORY · Oct 24, 2012

N8man said:
just got the front wheels on it last night....

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It just needs the arms and that's it!!!!

manther · Oct 26, 2012

Skidder said:
Very nice my next one #13 or #14 will copy your design. Thanks

Thanks, cool go for it. I have tons of pictures of the build.

QansasjayhawQ · Oct 26, 2012

Wow. I always wondered what the next post of someone who has read 10,181 posts would be like . . .

now I know.

manther · Oct 26, 2012

More pictures

manther · Oct 26, 2012

Last of the pics

QansasjayhawQ · Oct 26, 2012

OK - that is NOT an ugly drum smoker! That is a BEAUTIFUL drum smoker!

manther · Oct 26, 2012

QansasjayhawQ said:
OK - that is NOT an ugly drum smoker! That is a BEAUTIFUL drum smoker!

If you mean mine, thank you!

I forgot to take a picture of it but my heat diffuser is the center I cut out of the lid. I drilled a bunch of holes in it.

BTW I highly recommend the auberins system. I can set it and go to bed no problems.

And the box I have it in is an old Army ammo box, which has a rubber seal and keeps it water proof. There are some breathing holes drilled in the bottom of it but water won't make it up that way.

midwestsmokeboy · Oct 27, 2012

I have a question...some UDS Ive seen they have used the bottom part of the weber grill. Why not just use the lid? Am I missing somethinghere? Thanks

manther · Oct 27, 2012

These drums are a lot of different sizes. And so are the various grill lids. Sometimes the bottom fits just fine (Better than the top) without having to do any special fabrication.

midwestsmokeboy · Oct 27, 2012

Thanks I never really thought about it. I am in the process now of burning my barrel out and will try the bottom as opposed to the lid to see what fits best.

buentellobbq · Oct 29, 2012

First drum smoker

FORY · Oct 29, 2012

My Toy....

Time_1 · Oct 30, 2012

Scored!

Im gathering all my parts I need for my drum build right now and I was cruising craigslist the other day and found a weber 22.5" kettle for $35 that was in great shape! Needless to say I went and picked it up to use it for parts on my build. Im trying to get the time to get this thing built so I can use it a couple times before turkey day, I wanna smoke a bird. I just need to burn the outside of my barrell and get to building.:clap2:

FORY · Oct 30, 2012

Time_1 said:
I just need to burn the outside of my barrell and get to building.:clap2:

I would recommend a torch.. about $20.00-$25.00 on ebay:

Time_1 · Oct 30, 2012

FORY said:
I would recommend a torch.. about $20.00-$25.00 on ebay:

I forgot to mention in my post that I have a harbor freight weed burner that im gonna use to burn the outside of my barrel. The inside is already clean bare metal. :becky:

FORY · Oct 30, 2012

Then, it shouldn't take more than a day to burn and build!!!!

Time_1 · Oct 30, 2012

FORY said:
Then, it shouldn't take more than a day to burn and build!!!!

I know! Its just a lil hard to do with a 21 month old running around. Gotta do it on a day the wife has off...

Sooner14 · Oct 31, 2012

That is awesome. I was thinking of adding an access door to my UDS so I can add wood to the fire basket. Is your door air tight? Any tips????

Paul Worth · Oct 31, 2012

Sooner14 said:
That is awesome. I was thinking of adding an access door to my UDS so I can add wood to the fire basket. Is your door air tight? Any tips????

With a UDS, you should never need to add wood to the fire basket unless you are going to do cooks longer than twenty hours.

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