firemedic
Knows what a fatty is.
I got the stuff together to build my UDS today after spending about a week reading what has to be the longest thread in existance.... n I did it on the cheap- got the barrel for free, used an outdoor fireplace that I had for the charcoal basket. I bought nipples, caps, valves and a new Weber grill for about $25.00. Two cans of hi-heat spray paint (which I haven't used yet- decided to break it in and cook instead :-D-$9.00. Here's some pics. This is the virgin barrel ready to be burned. It held plastic pellets going to an injection molding plant so it's clean but rusty inside.
I couldn't resist the chance to add a pic of fire.....
Post burn. Should have used less wood so the coals didn't stack up so deep. Oh well- I tacked a 5/8 inch bolt to the end of a 1/2 inch rod. I'm going to put my knotted wire brush on it and use my trusty Dewalt to clean the inside so I can properly season it after this cook and clean the paint off so I can properly paint it with the hi-temp rattle can I bought.
This used to be the center of an outdoor fireplace. I tacked the door shut and welded on some expanded metal grate and 2 inch pieces of black pipe to the bottom. I's bigger than I would like, about 18in in diameter but I'm too lazy to do something about it today. We'll see how she cooks first :twisted:
This is my coal pile. I'm not using lump yet, I want to get this thing figured out on something a bit more stable, then I'll graduate to the big boy stuff. Those are pecan chunks in there. I actually added a few more after I took this. Hope it's enough!
I couldn't resist the chance to add a pic of fire.....
Post burn. Should have used less wood so the coals didn't stack up so deep. Oh well- I tacked a 5/8 inch bolt to the end of a 1/2 inch rod. I'm going to put my knotted wire brush on it and use my trusty Dewalt to clean the inside so I can properly season it after this cook and clean the paint off so I can properly paint it with the hi-temp rattle can I bought.
This used to be the center of an outdoor fireplace. I tacked the door shut and welded on some expanded metal grate and 2 inch pieces of black pipe to the bottom. I's bigger than I would like, about 18in in diameter but I'm too lazy to do something about it today. We'll see how she cooks first :twisted:
This is my coal pile. I'm not using lump yet, I want to get this thing figured out on something a bit more stable, then I'll graduate to the big boy stuff. Those are pecan chunks in there. I actually added a few more after I took this. Hope it's enough!
. I will definitely bend 2 of the tabs on the basket down but I'm going to attatch a handle to the other 2- like a bucket- to make the basket easier to get in and out for cleaning. I also used 4 inch carriage bolts to hold the grate and after I put her together I realized that the fire basket ain't coming out with those suckers inplace so I'm going to replace them with 2 or 3 inch. Probably 2 inch if they will hold the grill. Now I'm just looking for a weber to get a kettle top and second cooking grill.....
