Ugly Drum Smoker - Page 363

Rodney · 03-02-2010, 08:37 PM

Here's an idea I just drew up for bending expando:

Redneck expando bender concept: Stand with one foot on each end of the piece of pipe and use your body weight to bend the expando. Base is made of 2x4's nailed or screwed together, spread about 3.5" apart and cut as long as you need them to be (2' in this example). Pipe is ~1.5" OD. You can just work it around the piece of expando until it looks right.

Thoughts?

-Rodney

wheelterrapin · 03-02-2010, 09:38 PM

Hey Gang if you have not already seen this go and check it out, a new twist on the UDS

http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...rrelSmoker.jpg

NoviceBBQmovinUp · 03-02-2010, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodney

Here's an idea I just drew up for bending expando:

Redneck expando bender concept: Stand with one foot on each end of the piece of pipe and use your body weight to bend the expando. Base is made of 2x4's nailed or screwed together, spread about 3.5" apart and cut as long as you need them to be (2' in this example). Pipe is ~1.5" OD. You can just work it around the piece of expando until it looks right.

Thoughts?

-Rodney

Looks interesting and it would probably work but i dont have a metal rod or pole of anysort, nor do i have extra wood laying around, i am staying where the tools are very limited and my work area is blah for the next few months

CmdCtrl · 03-02-2010, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by blackdog043

I used 4 pieces of rebar wire to attach mine to the grate,and also to the ash pan. I saw someone use copper wire also. If you didn't get your basket formed yet just lay it flat on the floor (use gloves)and bring the ends up so you can put a bolt thru to hold it together. Then put your other bolts tru(I used 3)then form it (push on it)if it's not as round as you want it.

Another option to put your firebox together is to check around for some stainless steel zip ties. I used 3-4 to tie the expanded metal ends together and another 4 to connect the bottom to the grate and another four for the pizza pan. Don't forget to snip the ends (picture taken before I did that lol)

Clean and easy but a bit more expensive then rebar wire...
If you have a Harbor Freight in the area they have em.

http://www.nelcoproducts.com/shoppin...+%28150+lb.%29

sdb25 · 03-02-2010, 10:50 PM

why bother to snip the ends? gotta keep it ugly!

bobsuosso · 03-03-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by wheelterrapin

Hey Gang if you have not already seen this go and check it out, a new twist on the UDS

http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...rrelSmoker.jpg

Is this just a drawing or has someone built it?

Yleekyoti · 03-03-2010, 03:21 PM

Man this a long thread! For all the cookers having problems cleaning drippings, I use pure clay kitty litter in the bottom of the barrel. Soake up the grease and makes it easier to clean. Im sure thats in here somewhere already LOL

brotherbd · 03-03-2010, 03:43 PM

I was at Academy store today and saw the Old Smokey 3" thermometers @ 19.99 there, looked an awful lot like the Spicewine Ironworks 3" thermometer for $20. What do yall think? Here's the pics.
Academy on the left, Spicewine on the right.

Might save shipping costs if you have an Academy close by.

Smokin' D · 03-03-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bobsuosso

Is this just a drawing or has someone built it?

Seen this one some place before. I do believe that it is a picture from an issue of Popular Mechanics or Popular Science in the way back 1960's! We are way behind the times in the 21st century.

UVaJester · 03-03-2010, 07:41 PM

Is there any place locally to get decent thermomoeters...?? Everyone looks down on the hardware store thermometers... My BGE thermometer didn't work out to well when it came to mounting to the UDS. So now I'm in search of something a little better and I hope I can salvage the hole I've already drilled. Oops..!!! hahaha

I saw the post above, but I don't have Academys around here in Virginia Beach...

QuietOne · 03-03-2010, 07:55 PM

Any candy or turkey fryer thermometer long probe mount just under the grate. My daughter got me a couple from Canadian Tire and one from Wal-mart all at 12.99 CDN

BadHorsieBBQ · 03-03-2010, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by brotherbd

I was at Academy store today and saw the Old Smokey 3" thermometers @ 19.99 there, looked an awful lot like the Spicewine Ironworks 3" thermometer for $20. What do yall think? Here's the pics.
Academy on the left, Spicewine on the right.

Might save shipping costs if you have an Academy close by.

This is the exact one I used on my UDS

wheelterrapin · 03-03-2010, 07:57 PM

It came from a 1957 article in Popular Mechanics. It was on this site back in 2007. Go here for the full article:

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=34395

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Originally Posted by bobsuosso

Is this just a drawing or has someone built it?

BadHorsieBBQ · 03-03-2010, 07:58 PM

Started a new thread for this question.

blackdog043 · 03-03-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BadHorsieBBQ

Started a new thread for this question.

I would get it to 425.
When I did my season I took it to 250 and held it for 1 hr just to see how it would do. then let it go to 425 for a couple hrs.

03-02-2010, 08:37 PM	#5431
Rodney Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-15-09 Location: Antelope, CA (Sacramento metro area)	Here's an idea I just drew up for bending expando: Redneck expando bender concept: Stand with one foot on each end of the piece of pipe and use your body weight to bend the expando. Base is made of 2x4's nailed or screwed together, spread about 3.5" apart and cut as long as you need them to be (2' in this example). Pipe is ~1.5" OD. You can just work it around the piece of expando until it looks right. Thoughts? -Rodney __________________ Char-Broil Commercial Series Gasser, ECB, MECO 4400 charcoal grill, 22.5" OTS, UDS built 3/20/2010 ([URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/album.php?albumid=291"]Pics[/URL], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCyKypslPhs"]Video[/url]) Maverick ET-7 and ET-73, home-built 18A sous vide temperature controller IMBAS Certified MOINK Baller My blog: [url="http://think-create-eat.blogspot.com"] THINK + CREATE + EAT[/url] - [URL="http://www.facebook.com/pages/THINK-CREATE-EAT/115706441783448"]"Like" on Facebook[/URL] [B][COLOR=red]"Meat: It's what's for dinner. And lunch, breakfast, dessert..."[/COLOR][/B]

03-02-2010, 10:50 PM	#5435
sdb25 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-03-09 Location: Long Beach, CA	why bother to snip the ends? gotta keep it ugly! __________________ -elbows deep in someone else's misery.

03-03-2010, 03:21 PM	#5437
Yleekyoti Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-22-10 Location: salisbury md.	Man this a long thread! For all the cookers having problems cleaning drippings, I use pure clay kitty litter in the bottom of the barrel. Soake up the grease and makes it easier to clean. Im sure thats in here somewhere already LOL __________________ 4-UDS. Modified char broil. 22" weber kettle. KCBS / MABA / CBJ / Broke Bob's BBQ

03-03-2010, 07:58 PM	#5444
BadHorsieBBQ On the road to being a farker Join Date: 01-29-10 Location: West Texas	Started a new thread for this question. __________________ 1 -22.5 Weber Kettles, 1 -ECB, 1 -Basic UDS (Completed 03/01/2010) Last edited by BadHorsieBBQ; 03-03-2010 at 09:19 PM..

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