Pineapple Smoker - BDS Clone

peculiarmike · Oct 1, 2007

Been wanting to build a BDS clone. Bought two used drums which formerly held pineapple, hence the name. You have seen these green drums on posts here before. Bought some parts, burned it out, and went to work. All hardware is stainless except the grill and expanded metal.
Fired it up to season it with 10 lbs of Best Choice lump and three good size chunks of hickory. GOTTA buy a weed burner! Things get exciting dumping a full chimney of lit lump inside this thing. :shock: It burns fine and holds temperature really well. I shut it down after 9 hours. Need to fine tune the air flow regulation a bit, no biggie. I know about the valve thing, but I wanted the BDS look.
Note the smoker is painted SILVER. More about that later. :wink:
Here are some pics -

Markbb · Oct 1, 2007

Uds

That looks real nice....like the pineapple!!

swamprb · Oct 1, 2007

Looks nice Mike! That handle gets hot don't it?

peculiarmike · Oct 1, 2007

swamprb said:
Looks nice Mike! That handle gets hot don't it?

Yes, it does, about 225°-250°. But you are not supposed to be looking. :mrgreen:
I think the next one gets a wood handle on the lid.
It's a learning curve.

Norcoredneck · Oct 1, 2007

Silver Bullet mod!

KC_Bobby · Oct 1, 2007

Diggin it!

Brauma · Oct 1, 2007

Looks great Mike. How are you controlling your air intake?

peculiarmike · Oct 1, 2007

Brauma said:
Looks great Mike. How are you controlling your air intake?

Using snap-in plugs. The holes are 1".

tonto1117 · Oct 1, 2007

Very cool Mike!!! I love it .....The Pineapple smoker.

Care to explain the color choice, or should we save that for another day....I do think it is a fasinating fact though!

carmo328 · Oct 1, 2007

Mike if that lid is too hot for gloves.. which I doubt. You might consider a dutch oven lid lifter. Might require a mod or two for balance though :wink:

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peculiarmike · Oct 1, 2007

It's fine with leather work gloves. I think a wood handle is the next thing.

peculiarmike · Oct 1, 2007

tonto1117 said:
Very cool Mike!!! I love it .....The Pineapple smoker. Care to explain the color choice, or should we save that for another day....I do think it is a fasinating fact though!

I'm going to do that separate from this thread. It's coming. :roll::shock:

Take care of yourself. :wink:

keale · Oct 1, 2007

Looks great, post pics of first cook! Kinda of looked like my first version...
yours looks better!

TIN MAN mod!

N8man · Oct 1, 2007

That's a mighty sharp Drumpit you got there....Good Job.....remember...Food Pron...and lots of it, please....:grin:

bbqjoe · Oct 1, 2007

Very nice!

jgh1204 · Oct 1, 2007

Where did you get the snap in plugs?

peculiarmike · Oct 2, 2007

jgh1204 said:
Where did you get the snap in plugs?

Bought them at Sutherland's, but I would say Lowe's, Home Depot, or your local hardware store would probably have them.

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