Ugly Drum Smoker

Hinds15 · Jan 2, 2018

Question for you guys. A business owner local to me is selling 55 gallon drums for 60$ bare metal on the inside with no liners or coatings and was used once to store coconut oil. Is that a fair price? It's appealing to me because I won't have to burn it out.

wihint · Jan 2, 2018

Hinds that seems fair since it is ready to go. I can get a stainless one here in PHX for about $75. I will never go through the pain of having to burn out a liner etc again.

10miler · Jan 2, 2018

Hinds15 said:
Question for you guys. A business owner local to me is selling 55 gallon drums for 60$ bare metal on the inside with no liners or coatings and was used once to store coconut oil. Is that a fair price? It's appealing to me because I won't have to burn it out.

I can get brand new unlined drums for about that in my area. See if there is a drum retailer close by and check that. If you can get new for the same price I’d use that info to drive down the cost of the used drums.

NotSoBigDan · Jan 2, 2018

Hinds15 said:
Question for you guys. A business owner local to me is selling 55 gallon drums for 60$ bare metal on the inside with no liners or coatings and was used once to store coconut oil. Is that a fair price? It's appealing to me because I won't have to burn it out.

I paid $20 for mine and it was the same scenario. Unlined, had been used once for some type of cooking oil. The guy I bought it from is a member here, although I can't remember his username. He owns a recycling business and he'd get the drums from the company that was on the receiving end of the oil purchase. I think he no longer gets them but it might be worthwhile to check with your local recyclers.

In hindsight, I wish I had bought a few as opposed to just the one.

el luchador · Jan 2, 2018

Hinds15 said:
Question for you guys. A business owner local to me is selling 55 gallon drums for 60$ bare metal on the inside with no liners or coatings and was used once to store coconut oil. Is that a fair price? It's appealing to me because I won't have to burn it out.

what part of texas are you in? Im in dallas and a couple of sellers sell the unlined drums for $35.

but even at $60 I would still buy an unlined drum for the convenience. at that price you can still have less than $120 in the cooker.

bakerk7 · Jan 3, 2018

Hinds15 said:
Question for you guys. A business owner local to me is selling 55 gallon drums for 60$ bare metal on the inside with no liners or coatings and was used once to store coconut oil. Is that a fair price? It's appealing to me because I won't have to burn it out.

I'd go for it. I got mine for $51 and even though I didn't have to burn it out I did to burn off the outside paint.

el luchador · Jan 3, 2018

bakerk7 said:
I'd go for it. I got mine for $51 and even though I didn't have to burn it out I did to burn off the outside paint.

btw, I didnt burn off the outside paint on mine and the original paint has stayed intact.

DRMSMKER · Jan 3, 2018

wihint said:
Hinds that seems fair since it is ready to go. I can get a stainless one here in PHX for about $75. I will never go through the pain of having to burn out a liner etc again.

You can get a complete stainless steal barrel for $75? Aren't they more like 10x that price?

wihint · Jan 3, 2018

DRMSMKER said:
You can get a complete stainless steal barrel for $75? Aren't they more like 10x that price?

Oops that clearly was a typo on my behalf.
Here is the ad for the guy I used last year.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/for/d/polished-steel-barrel-55/6439201785.html

DRMSMKER · Jan 3, 2018

wihint said:
Oops that clearly was a typo on my behalf.
Here is the ad for the guy I used last year.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/for/d/polished-steel-barrel-55/6439201785.html

Haha make sense now. I was about to book a flight to phoenix and drive a uhaul full of them back at that price. My buddy works for mcmaster carr and he got me a brand new with removable lid unlined for $60 with his discount so I'd think anywhere around that price for unlined is worth it. If found cheaper, great.

On a side note, when you store your drum, do you leave a vent open or is it sealed? Would you think keeping silica gel packs or a larger desiccant packet to keep moisture down would be helpful to control service rust prevent mold growth if stored for a while?

Steve S · Jan 3, 2018

I can get unlined barrels in my are for $20-30.

wihint · Jan 3, 2018

DRMSMKER said:
Haha make sense now. I was about to book a flight to phoenix and drive a uhaul full of them back at that price. My buddy works for mcmaster carr and he got me a brand new with removable lid unlined for $60 with his discount so I'd think anywhere around that price for unlined is worth it. If found cheaper, great.

On a side note, when you store your drum, do you leave a vent open or is it sealed? Would you think keeping silica gel packs or a larger desiccant packet to keep moisture down would be helpful to control service rust prevent mold growth if stored for a while?

I put a pie pan of white uncooked rice in mine out of habit in PHX the humidity in not really an issue daily and this is the only time of year we can get even a little bit of dew in the mornings on car windows or grass. In Georgia I left it closed with 2 pans of rice. Not really sure that did much but I never had an issue.

Great question for one of the experts on UDS.

el luchador · Jan 3, 2018

DRMSMKER said:
On a side note, when you store your drum, do you leave a vent open or is it sealed? Would you think keeping silica gel packs or a larger desiccant packet to keep moisture down would be helpful to control service rust prevent mold growth if stored for a while?

cook with it at least once a week and you are good to go :mrgreen:

normally, when I finish cooking I clean the grate and then cover the cooker. I imagine that with the residual heat, it dries up any moisture that could be in the cooker.

Czarbecue · Jan 3, 2018

Steve S said:
I can get unlined barrels in my are for $20-30.

Are you missing the ‘a’ or ‘s’ here? :heh:

Hinds15 · Jan 3, 2018

Czarbecue how's your UDS build going?

Czarbecue · Jan 4, 2018

Hinds15 said:
Czarbecue how's your UDS build going?

I may start on it this weekend. Temps will be in the 50s and out of the 30s. I’m still at the mercy of welding out doors. Texas had a winter this year. Who would of thought?

Czarbecue · Jan 4, 2018

el luchador said:
looking at the 2017 kcbs team of the year results,

it looks like THREE of the top 5 teams are cooking on UDS.

Until that stat shows restaurants instead of KCBS, I’m not impressed.

el luchador · Jan 4, 2018

Czarbecue said:
Until that stat shows restaurants instead of KCBS, I’m not impressed.

good for you! :rockon:

Czarbecue · Jan 6, 2018

Had a little time before I have to pick up the kids from my parents. Hopefully this is done this weekend before it rains.

With the 16 gauge steel, I decided to use the flux core on it instead of the stick welder. I’m still burning through my practice steel. Just need to do a slight surface grind and the grate holders will be all set.

The 29” next to a 22”.

Nuco59 · Jan 6, 2018

looking at the 2017 kcbs team of the year results,
it looks like THREE of the top 5 teams are cooking on UDS.

Drum smokers (like Gateways /Hunsakers) or actual UDS's? Not that it really matters- it is pretty cool considering all the different cookers available.

Until that stat shows restaurants instead of KCBS, I’m not impressed.

Different tools/equipment for different purposes. Top fuel dragsters go "really fast" - but probably don' t make great taxis.

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