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01-13-2011, 04:07 PM | #7381 | |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 01-14-10
Location: St. Louis, MO
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That particular comp we were turning in Brisket with Tornado sirens going off. He took home at least two calls out of that one (and a GC later in the year). Since I had been fighting to get my ProQ temps up over 200 the entire night, I had pretty much had it with wind and rain temperature loss. I built my first drum KISS method and it worked great, but I just couldn't shake that "I need one 'dem insulated drum thingies..." feeling. So when I was able to pick up a couple of free drums - one of which was an 85 gal. one - I couldn't resist. I does hold temps better in inclement weather and I did a few other mods too that makes it my favorite cooker in my stable.
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01-14-2011, 08:40 AM | #7382 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 01-31-09
Location: Austin, Texas
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I use the barrel lid and not a webber. Last time I smoked I was curing jerky (and actively trying to find how low I could go. I use a BBQ guru to control draft. Lowest I could maintain is 160 - anything lower and the fire was sucking enough through the cracks.
Anyway, it rained during that burn, and I managed to get 1/2" of standing water on the lid - really glad I had not drilled holes in the lid, but simply screwed my smoke stack into the bung hole. fwiw, the UDS functioned flawlessly, even with 1/2" of water on the lid. |
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01-14-2011, 10:11 AM | #7383 | |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 07-17-09
Location: Saint Paul, MN
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I need to comment on this older post.
I don't undertand the infatuation with the statement of having to put your cooking grate at 24" above the coal grate. First of all it seems that there is some variance between the height of the coal in each persons basket. We dump the hot coals on the top of the charcoal which is completely variable from system to system. The height of each persons charcoal basket and how much charcoal we put in our baskets makes the distance between the hot coals and the cooking grate a variable. So when I read someone that is concerned about their cooking grate only being 22" above the bottom of their coal basket I have to wonder... does it really matter? Now sure you don't want the meat right on top of the coals but I highly doubt that it's going to matter one way or the other here. Quote:
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01-14-2011, 10:52 AM | #7384 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 01-03-11
Location: Smithfield, North Carolina
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I have been looking but am having some trouble locating a 55 gallon, open head, food grade drum. Does anyone know of somewhere in North Carolina that I can pick up a couple?
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01-14-2011, 12:46 PM | #7385 | |
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Join Date: 02-20-10
Location: Cochrane, On.
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01-14-2011, 01:08 PM | #7386 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 11-15-10
Location: NJ
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+1 for the who cares about the "golden" 24 inches.
There is no scientific reason behind this from what I can tell. It seemed to work for one person and everyone else took it as gospel. The truth is if you can maintain the right temp at the grate you're good.
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01-14-2011, 01:20 PM | #7387 | |
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Join Date: 01-21-10
Location: Denver, NC
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01-14-2011, 02:24 PM | #7388 | |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 01-03-11
Location: Smithfield, North Carolina
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01-14-2011, 02:37 PM | #7389 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 04-16-09
Location: Lake Charles La
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01-14-2011, 04:01 PM | #7390 |
Got rid of the matchlight.
Join Date: 01-13-11
Location: fordyce, arkansas
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just bought a new unlined drum for $20 as a second from a drum manufacturer, had a small dent but already hammered it out. i'm on my way... i could only find 1" galvanized washers to use as spacers on the air intakes. these washers will be on the outside of the drum. should this cause me any problems?
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01-14-2011, 04:25 PM | #7391 | |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 04-16-09
Location: Lake Charles La
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What are the spacers for ? |
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01-14-2011, 04:25 PM | #7392 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 07-17-09
Location: Saint Paul, MN
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The bolded part is the important part.
[QUOTE=Southern Home Boy;1512245]It was an experiment. I met a guy at a comp. that had a double drum like this but had insulated it with rock wool. He said that he used only 4 or 5 lbs of lump for a 12 hour burn and that the insulation really helped to steady temps. That particular comp we were turning in Brisket with Tornado sirens going off. He took home at least two calls out of that one (and a GC later in the year). Since I had been fighting to get my ProQ temps up over 200 the entire night, I had pretty much had it with wind and rain temperature loss. I built my first drum KISS method and it worked great, but I just couldn't shake that "I need one 'dem insulated drum thingies..." feeling. So when I was able to pick up a couple of free drums - one of which was an 85 gal. one - I couldn't resist. I does hold temps better in inclement weather and I did a few other mods too that makes it my favorite cooker in my stable.[/QUOTE] |
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01-14-2011, 04:44 PM | #7393 |
Got rid of the matchlight.
Join Date: 01-13-11
Location: fordyce, arkansas
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i was going to use the flat washer over the outside of a close steel nipple with a conduit nut then screw the cap on
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01-14-2011, 04:45 PM | #7394 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 07-17-09
Location: Saint Paul, MN
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01-14-2011, 04:48 PM | #7395 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 04-16-09
Location: Lake Charles La
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