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Q-talk *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. |
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08-02-2010, 12:15 PM | #6436 | |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 12-11-07
Location: N. Andover, MA
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08-02-2010, 07:04 PM | #6437 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 07-21-10
Location: Loveland, CO
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What do you folks use for fuel for your initial burns to get them good and hot to burn off anything inside the drum?
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08-02-2010, 10:53 PM | #6438 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 07-21-10
Location: Loveland, CO
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So tonight I finished drilling the holes and got a good fire going....was a beautiful sight seeing the flames!
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08-02-2010, 10:57 PM | #6439 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 01-26-10
Location: Virginia
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Wood Pallets. However, I had a ready supply of seasoned oak. You need hard wood to get a really hot fire.
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08-02-2010, 11:22 PM | #6441 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 07-21-10
Location: Loveland, CO
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08-03-2010, 10:00 AM | #6442 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 06-03-10
Location: Shawnee, KS
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For anyone looking for pallets, call around to local moving/trucking companies. I work for a moving company and we trash/scrap so many pallets that are old, broken, odd sized, etc. Promising a trade out of some BBQ wouldn't hurt either
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08-03-2010, 07:52 PM | #6443 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 07-23-10
Location: Charlotte NC
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Well, got to spend a few more minutes on the drum tonight. Finished cutting the holes for the lower vents and installed them, so making progress. Was thinking I would drill holes for the upper rack, and started measuring. I've seen it mentioned a few times about having the rack 24" above the fire, but my ciphering doesn't add up!
If my coal box is sitting 3" off bottom, and the box is 12" tall, that's 15". If I try to add 24" to that, I'm above the rim of my barrel. My barrel is only around 35" +/-. Am I missing something? Is my barrel shorter than most? Or, am I going to need to put the rack at the highest possible spot on the barrel, since I have a Weber lid w/a dome, which gives me a little wiggle room?
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08-03-2010, 07:58 PM | #6444 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 07-10-10
Location: saint louis, MO
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Yo stglide. I think you want to be 24" above the bottom of the charcoal basket. So if your basket is 3" off the bottom, 3 +24 = 27" from the bottom of the drum. If I am right about where to meaxure from, then your drum will work.
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08-03-2010, 08:05 PM | #6445 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 04-26-07
Location: Mexico City
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What he said, 24 from base of fire basket.
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08-03-2010, 08:18 PM | #6446 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 07-23-10
Location: Charlotte NC
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Yes, I thought I read there should be around 24" between the fire and the rack. Maybe I'm mistaken, as if that is the case, I can't make the numbers work.
Hoping I've misinterpreted something along the way of this MASSIVE thread, which is simply AWESOME!!
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08-03-2010, 08:26 PM | #6447 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 01-22-08
Location: waterloo ontario
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08-04-2010, 01:41 PM | #6449 | |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 05-15-10
Location: Byron,IL
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08-04-2010, 09:26 PM | #6450 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 07-23-10
Location: Charlotte NC
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On to the next delima... getting ready to build the coal box. 18" weber bottom grate, and 12x24 expanded metal. Will take 2 full pieces and part of a third.
Question is I've seen where some weld these together. Unfortunately, I don't have a welder. Figured I could wire them together, and realized my wire is a galv wire. Not sure if that will be a huge problem since everyone uses SS. I'm a little nervous about it. Any suggestions, as I go back through this thread to see if I can pics and ideas??? Tks!!
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