STAINLESS STEEL DRUM FOR $120 good buy?

bluegrass smoke · 06-21-2011, 06:28 PM

I got a guy that will sell me 2 food grade drums for $120 each. He also has some reg steel drums for $15 each. I have never built a UDS before and I would like to do it as cheap as possible but my wife was concerned about what might be in the reg drums. What you guys think?

El Ropo · 06-21-2011, 06:37 PM

A SS UDS is a beautiful sight to see. If I had the money hanging around, there would be one in my future for that price.

mykz26 · 06-21-2011, 06:43 PM

Get the $15 one for your first UDS.

expatpig · 06-21-2011, 06:50 PM

If you need a SS drum it seems like a good buy.

syndicate559 · 06-21-2011, 07:02 PM

Yeah, from what I've seen, new SS drums are several times that price, so if you wanted to go that way, seems like a good deal. But of course, it's not necessary, just a cool build that not many people have.

Churrasqueiro Bob · 06-21-2011, 07:03 PM

If they are decent quality stainless, I think that is a great price. I don't know the particulars of what you are looking at, but a quick Google search is showing me prices much higher than that.

Mitch · 06-21-2011, 08:14 PM

YBYSA! You bet your sweet a$$ it's a good deal.

Capozzoli · 06-21-2011, 09:22 PM

Grab it. Great price! I would do it for sure.

SS drums are beautiful.

Boshizzle · 06-21-2011, 09:32 PM

If you won't take them, I will. If they are in good shape, I'd jump on it.

ClayHill · 06-21-2011, 09:43 PM

If they are in good shape........this is one of those time when you buy first and then think about it later

Ag76 · 06-21-2011, 09:58 PM

I have never priced a stainless steel drum, but that sounds cheap to me.

TDaddy · 06-21-2011, 10:16 PM

If you got the cash for the extra wow factor, go for it! I wonder though... To keep it all shiny would you have to keep cleaning the outside of the barrel? When i worked in a deli, I would wipe down the stainless steel sinks with baby oil to keep them looking nice at the end of the day for the morning shift. I have a friend with a SS gasser and even with the cover after a few weeks he needs to give the outside a once-through cleaning to keep it looking nice.

Brewer · 06-21-2011, 11:12 PM

Do it, do it.

Porkchop · 06-22-2011, 02:01 AM

If I were you I'd buy both a SS and a regular steel drum. Put the ss drum away and build up the regular steel drum as a UDS first, use it for a while until you discover all the little things you would do different if you could do it again, then do it again with the SS drum except with all those little mods that makes it your 'perfect' UDS. When the time comes, if you decide to permanently decommission the regular steel UDS you could salvage all or most of its components for your SS UDS.

Garyclaw · 06-22-2011, 07:31 AM

^^^^What Porkchop said....only keep the first one in working order too. It will be your first love, after all.

06-21-2011, 06:28 PM	#1
bluegrass smoke On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-05-10 Location: Kentucky Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	STAINLESS STEEL DRUM FOR $120 good buy? I got a guy that will sell me 2 food grade drums for $120 each. He also has some reg steel drums for $15 each. I have never built a UDS before and I would like to do it as cheap as possible but my wife was concerned about what might be in the reg drums. What you guys think? __________________ - 22.5" Weber One-Touch Gold - Weber Smokey Joe Platinum - Weber Genesis - Big Easy Turkey Fryer - Modifed Char-Broil Off-Set Smoker - Old Country BBQ Smoker - UDS - Weed Burner

06-21-2011, 06:37 PM	#2
El Ropo Babbling Farker Join Date: 10-06-10 Location: Austin, TX Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	A SS UDS is a beautiful sight to see. If I had the money hanging around, there would be one in my future for that price. __________________ Modded Brinkmann Gourmet. Basic UDS. Rescued 22.5" OTS. Weber SJS. Stubbs. B&B Oak Lump. Cannondale 2009 F8 (for burning off all the great BBQ)

06-21-2011, 06:43 PM	#3
mykz26 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-01-11 Location: Fresno, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Get the $15 one for your first UDS. __________________ Mike..Char-Broil Silver Smoker/OTS/WSJ

06-21-2011, 06:50 PM	#4
expatpig is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-20-10 Location: Cochrane, On. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you need a SS drum it seems like a good buy. __________________ "When I was in Canada, I had a lot of time to think."- Doug Sahm [B][COLOR=red]UDS x 5[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=red][B]Weber Performer[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=red]Napoleon Apollo[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#ff0000][B]GOSM[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][B][I]CSBBQA, KCBS, NOBS(Northern Ontario Barbecue Society)Professional Barbecue Team. USAJFKCENMA.[/I][/B][/COLOR]

06-21-2011, 07:02 PM	#5
syndicate559 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-04-11 Location: Fresno, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah, from what I've seen, new SS drums are several times that price, so if you wanted to go that way, seems like a good deal. But of course, it's not necessary, just a cool build that not many people have. __________________ Eddie G. - Smoke Bomb BBQ & Catering

06-21-2011, 07:03 PM	#6
Churrasqueiro Bob Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-14-11 Location: Boston, MA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If they are decent quality stainless, I think that is a great price. I don't know the particulars of what you are looking at, but a quick Google search is showing me prices much higher than that.

06-21-2011, 08:14 PM	#7
Mitch is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-22-07 Location: Lincoln NE Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	YBYSA! You bet your sweet a$$ it's a good deal. __________________ Gator Pit Entertainer Stumps GF223 Lg. BGE

06-21-2011, 09:22 PM	#8
Capozzoli is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-18-11 Location: Philadelphia PA. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Grab it. Great price! I would do it for sure. SS drums are beautiful. __________________ [COLOR=Black][B]Meat * [COLOR=Red]Salt[COLOR=Black] * Fire :flame: [url]http://theholyravioli.blogspot.com/[/url] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]

06-21-2011, 09:32 PM	#9
Boshizzle somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-26-10 Location: Virginia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you won't take them, I will. If they are in good shape, I'd jump on it. __________________ Jambo Pit - UDS - Lang 60 (Sold) 18.5" & 22.5" Weber Kettles - Smokey Joe and Mini-WSM - Bubba Keg - #2 La Caja China Chargriller Outlaw Impeccably Accurate BLACK & RED Thermapens KCBS CBJ Operation BBQ Relief Founding Member I am Obsessive Compulsive about BBQ. Google it.

06-21-2011, 09:43 PM	#10
ClayHill Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-31-09 Location: Greencastle, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If they are in good shape........this is one of those time when you buy first and then think about it later __________________ seriously, I need a left handed thermapen

06-21-2011, 09:58 PM	#11
Ag76 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-13-05 Location: Tyler, Texas Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I have never priced a stainless steel drum, but that sounds cheap to me. __________________ 30" x 60" Double Lid With Firebox on Trailer Lyfe Tyme - 16" x 40" Single Lid With Firebox 2 Weber Kettles 1 WSM

06-21-2011, 10:16 PM	#12
TDaddy Got Wood. Join Date: 06-01-11 Location: Chicago, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you got the cash for the extra wow factor, go for it! I wonder though... To keep it all shiny would you have to keep cleaning the outside of the barrel? When i worked in a deli, I would wipe down the stainless steel sinks with baby oil to keep them looking nice at the end of the day for the morning shift. I have a friend with a SS gasser and even with the cover after a few weeks he needs to give the outside a once-through cleaning to keep it looking nice.

06-21-2011, 11:12 PM	#13
Brewer is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-26-10 Location: Fall City, WA. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Do it, do it. __________________ Phil Damn Straight BBQ Team http://www.facebook.com/DamnStraightBBQ KCBS & PNWBA Member, PNWBA CBJ Superior SS-2 Backwoods Fatboy Primo XL Weber Ranch Kettle

06-22-2011, 02:01 AM	#14
Porkchop Found some matches. Join Date: 05-31-11 Location: Sydney, NSW Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If I were you I'd buy both a SS and a regular steel drum. Put the ss drum away and build up the regular steel drum as a UDS first, use it for a while until you discover all the little things you would do different if you could do it again, then do it again with the SS drum except with all those little mods that makes it your 'perfect' UDS. When the time comes, if you decide to permanently decommission the regular steel UDS you could salvage all or most of its components for your SS UDS.

06-22-2011, 07:31 AM	#15
Garyclaw Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-05-09 Location: NE OH-IO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	^^^^What Porkchop said....only keep the first one in working order too. It will be your first love, after all. __________________ Gary ____________________________________ Big BarBChef built in to the Outdoor Kitchen, Weber kettle, 1 UDS, Little Chief Electric, 2 Propane Fish Cookers/Turkey Fryers, a swinging grate over my Fire pit, Big Pig Cooker "Nice talkin' to ya"

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