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11-26-2013, 12:02 PM | #31 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-22-13
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Looks like a great design, i'd be happy to measure how high my diffuser is and grates are to compare....all i know is that it's working out perfect. When i'm off i'll take some measurements.
You want it done for Thanks Giving?
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11-26-2013, 12:05 PM | #32 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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That'd be great if you could measure your's for me--I'd really appreciate it. I guess having it done by Thanksgiving would be nice, but not totally necessary. I can do smoke a turkey on the Weber Kettle or Hasty Bake for now.
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11-26-2013, 12:08 PM | #33 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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I can buy 18.5" charcoal grates for my UDS from Amazon for like $10 a piece--Which I could use for cooking grates and perhaps charcoal grate too.
What if I used one of these 18.5" charcoal grates having it sit 2" from bottom of barrel, and then just sit a footless charcoal basket on it? I could then easily just sit it up higher at another level for grilling.
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11-26-2013, 01:43 PM | #34 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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I went ahead and screwed one of my hand folded aluminum flashing sliding vents on--slides really smooth and tight:
Now I need to decide if I want to drill one big 1 1/8" hole through the slider vent/drum or a bunch of smaller holes in a grid. Btw, that's a pencil line down along the side of the drum through the middle of the slider vent rectangle, not a seam :)
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11-26-2013, 02:52 PM | #35 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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I went ahead and drilled out a hole with stepped drill bit--with a little olive oil rubbed all over it, thanks for the tip. It's at 7/8 now and I'll probably make it 1 1/8" later on. But for now I'll just start with 7/8 holes. I need to add one more slider vent towards the front, and then a capped nipple in the rear.
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11-26-2013, 03:19 PM | #36 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 08-24-08
Location: Los Angeles
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Nice work on the vent!
I installed a single, longer sliding vent and drilled 4 one-inch holes across for my 55 gal UDS.
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11-26-2013, 03:35 PM | #37 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 04-02-07
Location: Warren, Vermont
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One large rectangular hole will allow you to use it for an ash clean out port should that ever become useful. This is how the BGE one is designed.
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11-26-2013, 03:46 PM | #38 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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Fortunately the 30 gallon UDS is light enough to lift up and pour out the ash into my galvanized ash can.
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11-26-2013, 04:46 PM | #39 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-22-13
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Your design is really close to what i did... I have the diffuser about 6" above the basket. The top grate is 1.5" down from the top and the send is 7" from the top.
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11-26-2013, 04:58 PM | #40 | |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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So 1.5" down from the top for the first grate instead of 2" .. Hrm.. that'd probably be better since the 30 gallon drum is shorter than the 55.
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11-26-2013, 04:59 PM | #41 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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I just measured the diameter of the charcoal grate for the weber 22.5 kettle and it is at 17".
What is the diameter of the jumbo joe / weber 18.5 cooking grate? is it 17" as well or larger?
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11-26-2013, 05:19 PM | #42 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-22-13
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
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I believe it's 17.5"
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11-26-2013, 06:57 PM | #43 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 07-06-13
Location: Oklahoma
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So I finished installing the other sliding vent and adding the rear hole for nipple/cap. Now I just need to remove the two vents temporarily (unscrew them) and burn out this drum (I am assuming I can use some old non treated cedar/pine fencing?)
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11-26-2013, 07:11 PM | #44 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 06-13-13
Location: pa
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Yup. I used pallet wood which is mostly pine.
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11-26-2013, 09:19 PM | #45 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-17-13
Location: Burleson Tx
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I'd probally just scrub it with soap n water and scrub brush on a stick since it's unlined and only has rust inhibitor on it then finish building it and move on to "Seasoning" It.
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