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10-12-2009, 12:08 PM | #4336 |
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Join Date: 10-28-08
Location: Frontenac, Kansas
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Just move to Kansas, we have enough air blowing to keep any fire going.
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10-12-2009, 01:49 PM | #4337 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 09-30-09
Location: Fort Smith, AR
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well, as promised here is a pic of my uds smoker. I did find out the problem, it turned out to be the charcoal. For whatever reason, it sucked up some moisture. I picked up a new bag and was burning at 230 degrees with no fluctuation or need to adjust the valve. Here she is with a crappy paint job..
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10-12-2009, 02:27 PM | #4338 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 08-27-08
Location: Long Island NY
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Paint job looks good to me.
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10-12-2009, 02:32 PM | #4339 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 10-10-08
Location: Independence, MO
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redbandit98, Thats what I have been doing wrong, I was putting the pig INSIDE the drum smoker.
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10-12-2009, 02:37 PM | #4340 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 09-30-09
Location: Fort Smith, AR
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On the inside? Its ok, its a common rookie mistake. hahah
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10-12-2009, 03:45 PM | #4341 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 07-01-09
Location: South Riding, VA
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Thanks QuietOne. Air Flow is the solution to almost every project on here. I am not going to do my next burn until I can get my intake holes up to 1". They are only 1/2" now and twice the flow ought to do the trick. I'll break out the shop vac if needed beyond that!
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10-12-2009, 09:34 PM | #4342 |
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
Join Date: 08-13-09
Location: Iowa
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Finally posting a picture of my Ugly Drum. I initially drilled holes around the top of the lid but wanted a better control of temperature so I plugged them and bought a large 2 inch ball valve. Been using for a bit and have done a few racks of ribs, two shoulders, many fatties, some moink balls, and some ATBs. I needto get some food pictures but I usually eat it before the camera is found. Added gold rim tires today, $9.99 each from Harbor Freight and some scrap iron for bolted on brackets and a scrap copper pipe axle. I may get a piece of pipe to weld in between the two brackets to reinforce it.
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10-12-2009, 10:20 PM | #4343 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 08-27-08
Location: Long Island NY
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I wish my uds was sitting on gold 3's!!!!!
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10-13-2009, 07:03 AM | #4344 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 07-12-09
Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Each to his own but normally there is no need to dampen the exhaust. Some say dampening the exhaust creates creosote which gives food a bad taste. What's your theory now that you have Qed for awhile on it? Do you regulate both intake and exhaust? How much do you dampen the 2" exhaust?
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10-13-2009, 07:42 AM | #4345 | |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 01-22-08
Location: waterloo ontario
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10-13-2009, 09:01 AM | #4346 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 09-18-09
Location: Fort Smith, NT
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That's a 20M hose, at the end before I moved the compressor close to the drum to try and thaw the things enough so I could get the hose off and rolled, condensation in the tank and the connector froze on and the hose was pretty rigid and I wanted to try and thaw it enough so I could coil it up.
Melted snow all around that drum by about 1.5 metres. I only used a 1 metre wand should have gone 2 metres at least. |
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10-13-2009, 09:34 AM | #4347 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 01-31-09
Location: Austin, Texas
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Last time I was in a rush and used a leaf blower from the top - man that was some fireworks. I like your wife's idea of using a shop vac on a nipple - will need to work up an adapter for that.
Of course if you vent in propane to that fitting as well, you could easily create a blast furnace to light your coals... Idea came from http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/hmkit.html Talk about a quick way to light your UDS... uhh, uhh, uhh, more power.... Is it wrong to want to line my next barrel with refractory? |
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10-13-2009, 09:53 AM | #4348 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 07-13-09
Location: Metrolina
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I don't damp my exhaust ever. I think that you will find that the vast majority don't. For me the smoke flavor is way over the top with a damped down exhaust. I get all of my control with the intake air. You can have too much exhaust but 2 inches seems just about perfect. i seem to remember someone telling me that 2 1/4 was ideal but I had a piece of 2 inch pipe laying there so...
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10-13-2009, 10:26 AM | #4349 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 09-22-09
Location: Huntsville, AL
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So I've finally got a drum on the way for free but it is a sealed lid type that I'm gonna have to cut the lid off. Is this the uniflame that will fit a sealed drum? i'm hoping to buy something like that then use the lid and grate and charcoal grate as donor parts. Would this work? http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10828982
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10-13-2009, 10:32 AM | #4350 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 10-02-09
Location: Centralia, MO
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OMG! What a read! Great ideas found here so I started my own. Free barrell and cheap SS fittings. Will post pics soon. Also scored a 22.5 Red Webber kettle for a donor lid. I tried welding tabs to hold my grates but it's not working well. I have 120v welder and set it on the lowest power settings but still blew a hole in the side. And advice on that?
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