IrregularPulse
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What'd you use for you stacks? I really like the look of those.
What'd you use for you stacks? I really like the look of those.
What'd you use for you stacks? I really like the look of those.
That's one sweet piece there...well, actually two! Awesome build.
I'm curious.... the drums I've got do not have a removable pug, they are solid with no cap at all.
Any thoughts on a simple, but nice option for the flat lid? I would really like to use these lids as they are very clean/nice. Will also use a kettle lid in future.
Any help appreciated!
Great job. Did you use a paint gun or rattle can to paint it? I am working on my first UDS now.Just finished up my latest drum. Running a Guru on this one because it's WINDY as hell and I don't want to spend my days chasing temps.
I'm building my first UDS and made my charcoal basket. It stands 15 inches high. I am using an old weber lid and 2 cooking grates. With the 15 inch basket that only leaves about 8 1/2 inches to my first grate. I know I don't need to fill the basket full of charcoal but is that too tall of a basket? It is not a problem to cut it down if needed.
Thanks Sterling. I knew someone had the info I needed. Having a blast building it. Can't wait to start cooking.KCARS, you don't need to go through the trouble of cutting down your basket unless you want to. You're right: Just don't fill it to the top, maybe only half way, and you'll be fine using both grills. If you need to do something huge that's going to take 12-20 hours, fill the basket and only use the top grate.
Lots of options with a large basket.
The smoker I leave at work has a basket about that tall and it gets used to feed ribs to my shop staff about once a month.
Sterling
I have been reading all your msg and I finally am convinced to try your barrel smoker. I was able to purchase one ready made off the internet. but when I got it they had cut a large hole at the bottom side of the barrel and put a door with hinges on it. My question is: Has it been ruined by this door? Should I have this opening welded up? I need all your help--Larry
Ground pounder, If ya got for free, it can't hurt to burn that thing out with a blazin' hot fire and see what the inside is like afterwards. Just guessing but... with the high heat plus the petro-based stuff should equal a complete removal and clean drum. Hope it works for ya!
Burn baby burn :thumb: You should be fine like gary said. Enjoy the build and make sure ya have plenty og beer on hand for the job :becky:
Great job. Did you use a paint gun or rattle can to paint it? I am working on my first UDS now.
I have an idea to build a second UDS. I have an open top drum with a bolt ring. As noted in several other posts, the Weber Kettle and Big Lot's lids do not fit precisely on an open top barrel without some metal bending, hammering, etc. However, they (both styles of lids) do fit nicely on a closed top drum on either end. (For those of you who don't know what I am talking about......the top and bottom of most closed end drums just have a crimped or welded joint that is slightly smaller in diameter than an open top lip.
My idea is to use the open flat-top as the actual bottom of the drum.....essentially leaving an open cylinder for the actual drum. Both ends would be removed during during construction.
My idea is to use a small bead of rtv silicone in the flat-top lid groove to seal the drum when I set the two pieces together.
If I let it cure before assembly, my guess is that I can remove the whole drum from the bottom lid for cleaning/removing the ash.
Any opinions........???
My only thought is that the RTV might actually glue itself together, and I won't easily be able to get the drum separated from the lid as easily as I imagine. I guess I would just have a regular drum then.....not an "easy-clean" cylinder.
Maybe I don't need the RTV, if I just put the bolt ring back down and tighten it? The original lid had a seal in it, but it was a foam/rubber material, and I already burned that out for fear of nasty off-gases from it.
Just an idea.....anyone done this????
Smokindave