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06-01-2012, 01:19 PM | #9541 | |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 04-16-09
Location: Lake Charles La
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06-01-2012, 02:05 PM | #9542 |
Got rid of the matchlight.
Join Date: 05-31-12
Location: San Diego, Ca
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Thank you gravityguy! Your advice will help me out a lot! I was worried about having to fire it because I've read on here that sometimes it takes multiple firings to get the liner out and I live in a residential neighborhood, so firing it out didn't sound like a good idea to me. Once again, thank you. I'll definitely be posting pictures once we get started!
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06-01-2012, 09:41 PM | #9543 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 02-25-12
Location: Overland Park, KS
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My first UDS
[IMG]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7.../smoker-16.jpg[/IMG]
This is my 1st UDS. I mostly followed the tips in this thread, but added a different fire basket, and cut the barrel in to. A stainless bowl sits on the fire basket for a water pan. I flanged the cut line on the top half, so it now sits on the bottom. That way i can lift off the food, and easily access the fire, without lifting the water pan too (a la WSM). Not seen, i added a rain cap to the flue after the first burn, which also chokes down the airflow. 2" is way too big. I've fired it up twice. It works amazing. The 1-1/2" threads on the bottom are for a future Stoker fan adapter. I also added a couple of 3/4" nipples so i can use it easier without the stoker fan. It's a little hard to throttle with a 1-1/2" inlet valve. |
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06-02-2012, 09:40 AM | #9544 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 02-25-12
Location: Overland Park, KS
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My first UDS
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06-02-2012, 11:40 PM | #9545 |
Got rid of the matchlight.
Join Date: 05-31-12
Location: San Diego, Ca
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Okay, I have another question. If I use a drum that had a plastic bag liner inside and only held stuff like dirt or wood, would I still have to fire it out/sandblast it or could I just wash it out? I'm thinking that I should still get it sandblasted just in case and also so I could get the outside paint off. Once again thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate it!
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06-03-2012, 12:16 AM | #9546 | |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 05-20-12
Location: Pennsauken, NJ
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06-04-2012, 07:28 AM | #9547 |
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
Join Date: 11-05-11
Location: lakeland, fl
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UDS i built for my sons birthday
Its got 2 cooks racks, ash catcher pan, 15 in fire basket. used a domed lid off of a wally world kettle i got for $29. I could not find a high temp paint i liked for the orange so i used 2 coats high temp primer under regular ol' rustoleum. when i seasoned it i ran it up to 450 degrees and got NO paint dis coloration.
Now making a John Deere themed uds for the son in law using the bottom of the wally world kettle for a domed lid |
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06-04-2012, 08:02 AM | #9548 |
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
Join Date: 05-31-12
Location: Fresno, CA
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Thanks everybody with the help from my previous question. Now I have a question regarding the firebasket. I was thinking about using one of those cheap aluminum stock pots like you would steam tamales in. I believe the measurements were right at 11" x 12". I know I would have to drill a bunch of holes in it but would this work?
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06-04-2012, 06:04 PM | #9549 |
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
Join Date: 05-22-12
Location: Southern California
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so i survived the 637 pages of this awesome thread. We bought the a char-broil grill not to long ago and my g/f recently bought me the fire box for it i am returning it and gathering the supplies for a uds.
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06-04-2012, 07:34 PM | #9550 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 05-26-11
Location: Kentwood LA
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I've got at least a dozen or more cooks done on my UDS , most of the food that has come off of it has been wonderful. I have read the ENTIRE UDS thread , but I still have a couple of questions for the "pros".
1. My UDS has extreme hot and cold spots , varying as much as 50 degrees over different points on my grates , my charcoal basket is wide and low and I tend to spread my lit coals around on top of my unlit coals. So my question is , will a diffuser of some sort help with this , and will it create any "new" issues od it's own if I did use one. 2. I sprayed down the inside of my drum with PAM before my first cook , and have cooked several fatties , so for the most part the inside of the drum is pretty greasy , but it's still starting to rust on certain spots , is there a need to "re-season" every once in a while , or is this normal? 3. I need suggestions for a thermometer , I started out with one of those turkey fry thermometers , it lasted about 3 cooks. Lately I have been using my digital probe through a block of wood sitting on one of the grates but would prefer a side mounted solution. What would be a good thermometer to use? I don't mind paying a little more for a good one , or two. 4. Where should I be reading temps at? between my two grates? Or should I have one just below each grate? I find that if I get my digital too close to the meat it messes with the reading , so I'd appreciate some suggestions here.
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06-04-2012, 10:28 PM | #9551 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 05-03-12
Location: Mattoon IL
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I've sold 2 UDS's for $150 so far, don't really make much off of them but man people love them
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06-04-2012, 10:32 PM | #9552 | |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 06-12-11
Location: Lee's Summit, MO
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06-04-2012, 10:43 PM | #9553 | |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 09-28-11
Location: Dallas, Georgia
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I use a turkey thermo that I bought from Wally World for about $5 and have been using it for about 15 months. It is within about 20 degrees of my Maverick. I also have a cheap side mounted guage that will be very close to my maverick after my uds has been up and running for 2 or 3 hours. After you have some experience with your gauges verses the maverick you can pretty much know what your smoker is doing. I would just buy another turkey thermo as they are cheap. I used and depended on mine until l bought my Maverick. One thing about the turkey thermo is that sometimes while cooking, it will get a build-up of crust on it near the tip and will give low readings. I just pull it out and clean it off and put it back in and it comes right back up to the correct temp.
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06-04-2012, 11:07 PM | #9554 | |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 05-26-11
Location: Kentwood LA
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I noticed the meat dripping directly on it a couple of times , which had me questioning if directly under the center of the grate was a good spot for it. I may just pick up another one , I liked being able to check temperature at any point from the center to the sidewall just by sliding it in or out of the fitting , but there was the dripping thing. I think cold weather may have killed my last one, I woke up one morning after a hard freeze and it was pegged all the way to the bottom , and I couldn't get it to move back up , even in boiling water.
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06-04-2012, 11:19 PM | #9555 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 09-28-11
Location: Dallas, Georgia
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Yea, the first time it happened to me, I thought it had gone south. But after pulling it out I noticed some build up on it and after cleaning it off, it continued to work right.
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