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04-13-2011, 07:41 AM | #7771 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 12-15-07
Location: England
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Painting the outside will be fine my next build will be painted with Hammerite.
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04-13-2011, 10:54 AM | #7772 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 04-15-10
Location: west olive mi
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[QUOTE=amducious;1608622]chicken wireQUOTE]
sounds a little on the wimpy side...unless its not the chikn wire i'm thinking of ?
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04-13-2011, 10:32 PM | #7773 | |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 04-07-11
Location: Evansville, IN
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04-13-2011, 10:59 PM | #7774 |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 07-08-10
Location: Blue Springs, MO
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I should be finishing my first UDS this weekend and doing my first burn. I have 3 3/4 nipples and a 4th hole with a ball valve. I am going to use the Minion Method. Do I need all 4 wide open to start and as temps come up start closing off one intake at a time than use the ball valve for the long haul? If this is correct what temps do I start closing intake ports? I know I've seen it on here but can't seem to find it. Thanks for the help.
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04-13-2011, 11:08 PM | #7775 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 03-26-11
Location: Southlake, TX
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A friend of mine comes by my place a couple weeks ago and noticed I had two replacement Weber grills laying by the door. He asks if I'm building a UDS, to which I reply, "a what?" I was planning to build one after I saw somebody that was selling them, just didn't know what it was called.
He tells me of this forum and this thread, and for the next wee, I pretty much spent the next week reading all 500+ pages of the thread. I'm glad I did. I'm really glad I took notes as even in the last 15 pages I read, there was a tip I needed to know. (I read it out of order thinking the first 100 pages would have ideas later improved upon. Not true actually.) I'm a smoker novice as in, I've never owned one before, so much of the forum discussion has been important to me, not just how to build and operate the UDS. Though it's not completely done, nor painted at all, it's been a busy smoker since Thursday, completing two fatties, 24 moink balls, 3 huge racks of baby backs, two 7.5lb pork shoulders and a 6lb brisket. All of which have been amazing, and all the credit goes to this discussion thread. While reading the thread, I saw Skidder's 4th UDS setup with casters on legs and immediately thought it looked like a droid and realized my build would need to look like R2-D2, as my career has been centered on Star Wars for some time now. As I have access to a nearby metal working shop so I took advantage of that for parts of the build, including legs, my fire basket and a couple clips. I really liked the basket design from Norcoredneck, so I used that as my model. Still to be added is a thermometer below the grill, handles and paint. I'm very happy with the removable basket on a pizza pan design from Nocoredneck. I got my pans at Ace mart, metal fence base plate, 1/2" pipe with a cap on top that has a 1/4" bar across it for a removable handle. The fatties from the first cook and baby backs from the second. What I had to do because the free drums a freind brought to me had the dreaded red liner and I was so anxious to begin, I did so with my angle grinder. It's wasn't fun, but it wasn't terrible either. |
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04-13-2011, 11:30 PM | #7776 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 05-17-09
Location: Summerville, SC
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Very Nice Build Philip! Oh, I would waste no time hitting a rack of those ribs either.
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04-14-2011, 01:34 AM | #7777 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 03-25-11
Location: Nimitz Hill
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I found R2D2 !! lol.
While reading the thread, I saw Skidder's 4th UDS setup with casters on legs and immediately thought it looked like a droid and realized my build would need to look like R2-D2, as my career has been centered on Star Wars for some time now. Last edited by Guamaque; 10-19-2011 at 08:38 PM.. |
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04-14-2011, 09:32 AM | #7778 | |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 04-16-09
Location: Lake Charles La
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I think ya need some more thermometers |
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04-14-2011, 12:47 PM | #7779 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 03-26-11
Location: Southlake, TX
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I've read all kinds of experiences with regular paint, engine paint, grill paint, etc., and think I'd lke my base coat to be white engine paint.
Does anybody have a suggestion for white engine paint that comes in a quart for spraying, as opposed to a rattle can? |
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04-14-2011, 01:06 PM | #7780 | |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 04-16-09
Location: Lake Charles La
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Quart is a lot of paint for a UDS. Any reason not to use rattle can ? |
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04-14-2011, 01:47 PM | #7781 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 04-10-11
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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Good Luck with the build
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04-14-2011, 03:42 PM | #7782 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 09-21-10
Location: Berks County, PA
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Just curious, now that I've got my UDS up and running:
Are you guys using lump or briquettes in your UDS? Or might that be determined upon what your cooking (ie. Ribs vs. Brisket)? Any and all help greatly appreciated! |
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04-14-2011, 04:36 PM | #7783 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 03-26-11
Location: Southlake, TX
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04-14-2011, 04:36 PM | #7784 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 01-03-11
Location: Smithfield, North Carolina
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I use about a 50/50 mix of Royal Oak lump and Kingsford blue. Lump seems to burn too hot and eratic but the KB evens it out and gives me a long predictable burn.
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04-14-2011, 04:40 PM | #7785 | |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 04-16-09
Location: Lake Charles La
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OK. Check www.por15.com. They have engine enamel in qt cans. Good luck on the paint job. |
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