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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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02-06-2013, 11:02 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: 06-07-12
Location: kansas
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uds upgrade idea
I am going to make some shelves on my UDS today out of expanded metal and angle iron. I plan on making it a hinge type system with a couple pins that I can put into it and remove the shelf entirely or just lower it..
Another idea I have thought of instead of a ash basket why doesnt someone just cut a hole in the bottom and put a pipe nipple on the bottom base of the drum and push the ashes through that into a bucket or pan. I already have my uds off of the ground with the foot I welded onto it and I can just cover it with a pipe nipple when the UDS is in use. It also would allow water to drain out of it when I wash it. Just an idea |
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02-06-2013, 11:15 AM | #2 |
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As far as ash goes I had a similar concern when I built mine so I went this route. A little more work to build but clean up is a snap...
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02-06-2013, 11:21 AM | #3 |
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02-06-2013, 11:22 AM | #4 |
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I would imagine the ash/clean-out hole mod at the bottom of the drum would work as intended, as well as running the drum without a coal basket. Burning the fuel bare at the bottom of the drum would also create more distance between the coals and the grates as the coals are not elevated in a basket. All you need is perhaps an expanded metal ring (with or without bottom) to keep the coals confined, to keep clear of the intake vents.
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02-06-2013, 12:55 PM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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There are Pros and Cons to your idea
Pros low cost of materials Cons Poor draft, the fire will snuff its self out like an ECB. Fire is a bottom feeder it draws air in at the bottom and releases heat out the top: no air= no fire. You won't be able to snuff out the fire on a short cook and save fuel for the next cook. Charcoal, ashes and drippings all mixed together will draw damp ruining any remaining fuel and also rust out the bottom of the cooker Once the grease is mixed with the ash good luck pushing that sludge out of a pipe nipple
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02-06-2013, 01:58 PM | #6 | |
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02-06-2013, 03:03 PM | #7 |
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I won't be using the drain hole as an intake hole. I will look and see if I have any drill bits for 1.5 inch pipe or 2 inch.
I will keep my basket and I don't think the charcoal will snuff out fire if I don't have a ash catcher Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 |
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02-06-2013, 03:16 PM | #8 |
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It's not so important to have an ash pan as it is to have the basket elevated a couple inches to provide airflow under the coals and allow ash to fall away as it burns so it won't choke out your fire. You do have a grate for the bottom of your basket, yes?
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02-06-2013, 05:47 PM | #9 | |
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Got done with the shelf today. I need to paint it or put a different type of top shelf on it. But I am pleased with the brackets I set it up so it is pinned in two places and then you can swing it up and down for storage when you remove the back pin or in my case a bolt |
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02-07-2013, 08:07 AM | #10 |
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Looks good!! You'll definitely enjoy having a shelf close to the pit. Cheers!!!
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