Progressive thread with simulataneous mUDS and UDS builds for Christmas Gifts

This is going to be a thread in progress. I hope you enjoy giving as much as I do!

Most of my friends and family who have the opportunity to build their own UDS' have. With my help and or designing their own from the UDS thread. For those of my friends and family who for various reasons could not build their own but have that smoking desire, this is for y'all! Merry Christmas! :thumb: SsSsshh, keep quiet until Christmas though.



I will update as much of the steps as possible. Spent all day yesterday grabbing most things required for the builds.

All 3 will have dome lids. The 55 will have two racks. The recipient of this one also needed a grill so double win. I have another 55 top, so when he has to grill and smoke at the same time he will use the second rack only, with that lid and the dome and cooking grate on the weber.


All three will be Norco's redneck design. Its one I know works. I am experimenting with single intakes on my personal drums.

UDS
1 each Recon Unlined 55 gallon open head drum

3 each 1" Gas pipe nipples plus 2 caps

1 each 1" Ball valve (decided to bump up to 1" due to my last build performing better with it in low to know wind conditions, ie. overnight summer cooks)

6 each 1.5" zinc carriage bolts nuts and washers for rack (I use my Propane torch and turn them glowing red and remove all the funky stuff)

1 each Weber 22.5" Kettle grill for dome lid, cooking grate. Will also build up grill so parts can be used for grilling or smoking.

1 each ash catcher ( will use the "deheaded" drum bottom after cleaning jagged edges)

1 Thermometer (undecided)

1 each 14" diameter coal basket made from flattened expanded metal with 3" feet



mUDS x2
1 each New Unlined 30 gallon 19 gauge open head drum

3 each 3/4 gas pipe nipples and 2 caps.

1 each 3/4 Brass Ball valve

3 each 1.5" zinc carriage bolts nuts and washers for rack (I use my Propane torch and turn them glowing red and remove all the funky stuff)

1 each Kingsford 18.5" Kettle grill for dome lid, cooking grate. Will also build up grills so parts can be used for grilling or smoking.

2 each Exterior Handles Fastened with SS screws

1 each Beer Bottle opener Fastened with SS screws

1 each Thermometer (undecided) walmart generic probaly

1 each 12" diameter coal basket made from expanded metal with 2.5" feet

1 each ash cathcer (undecided) Pizza pan maybe


UDS' in their most bare forms.


Daddy's Big helper [Future Pit Master]






Basket drawings. Going to be all expanded metal with flat bar handles and bolts for feet.

N8man said:

That's a Mighty Nice Thing You're Doing
For Friends and Family........The Gift Of Smoke....

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Thanks N8. Do you still have that pattern for the wholes?

Crazy Harry said:

they will need to unwrap the night before to smoke the Christmas turkey

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Yeah I guess that word carries more weight these days. It was the best word for " a thread that will be an ongoing with multiple updates" I could think of.

colonel00 said:

Looking good. Did you have to grind down the lip of the "bottom" for the weber lid to fit without alteration to the lid? I have started a similar build with the "top" of the drum at the bottom and cut out the bottom. I did have to grind down the lip of that drum a bit though for the weber lid to fin just right.

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Luckily for me I have the luxury of walking the warehouse :clap2: with my weber lid and test fit. Thanks to the good folks over at Drumco.com here in Memphis. I grab the one that fits best. My last build with a weber lid I had to grind a hair off the crimped edge.

My first build was with a Kingsford lid and I lucked out.

Update:
Finally completed one of the 30 gallon. Packing it up for its trip to New York.


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