It's all your fault

TysDad · 09-06-2008, 09:50 AM

So I'm driving home from the semi-weekly Costco run and I see something sitting on the sidewalk in front of a neighbor's house. Apparently, the trash truck didn't pick it up and it's been there since Tuesday. I stopped at home and unloaded the car. I couldn't get it out of my mind, so I drove back the block-and-a-half to see it. Ooooohhhh, the Brethren will be very happy with me if I put this in the car. It's too obviously the kind of thing you all would be coaxing me to grab - if not for myself, then, at least, a fellow Brethren. I heard all your voices like a manic choir out of the ether "Take it, it'll make a good smoker" ...whispy, smoke like voices...

So I grabbed it. A stainless pool filter. Overall height is 47", 12" tall stand, 12" tall lid. 17 5/8" internal diameter. Nice flange for the lid to sit on - it has a clamp that goes around the whole thing. That would make 22" from the bottom to a grill at the flange. The base is too narrow and will need to be addressed --- but I think it'll do nicely. What do you think?

BBQ Bandit · 09-06-2008, 10:08 AM

"The force is strong in this one"

Great eyes... great score!!!

Monty · 09-06-2008, 10:14 AM

nice!

BBQ Grail · 09-06-2008, 10:42 AM

I think you have a nice score that needs some thought.

I'd have grabbed that too!

Arlin_MacRae · 09-06-2008, 10:43 AM

Heck yeah - score!!!

Dr_KY · 09-06-2008, 10:44 AM

Putting my stainless fetish aside and all I think you have a winner like no other my man!!!!!

CritterCrusher · 09-06-2008, 11:00 AM

I likes!!

milehigh · 09-06-2008, 11:07 AM

You did the Brethren proud. I don't know that i could have left it there that long. Great score!!

Paul

wood_is_good · 09-06-2008, 11:14 AM

very nice

BobF · 09-06-2008, 11:20 AM

hmmmmm stainless drum smoker.

TysDad · 09-06-2008, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milehigh

You did the Brethren proud. I don't know that i could have left it there that long. Great score!!

Paul

Paul,
I drove to work last week the other way out and didn't see it until yesterday. It was less than 5 minutes between seeing it and having in my backyard... or else the Brethren would have haunted me until I grabbed it!
Paul

Quote:

Originally Posted by trp1fox

I think you have a nice score that needs some thought. I'd have grabbed that too!

Mr. Fox --- What are your thoughts? I'm totally up for thoughts...

It needs a more stable base. It needs the bottom hole to be turned into a drain...maybe. It needs the side hole to be turned into a valved air vent...probably. I would think that the current UDS design of more than one air vent is important, so it will need at least one more to get some kind of symmetry...probably. Charcoal basket...definitely. It needs exhaust vent holes in the lid and handles on the sides of the lid. I'll go back through the UDS thread and my notes from the first time I went through the whole thread to make sure I don't forget anything critical. And I bet you-all will remind me, too, thank God.

So, this makes me wonder if you could talk to a pool/spa place and see if they would save you the next filter they have to remove when their customer upgrades. Sounds to me like an untapped inventory of future stainless UDS's! Call it recycling, saving them the cost of disposal...anything.

"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." -- Hedley Lamarr

Norcoredneck · 09-06-2008, 06:11 PM

Shocked a scrapper didn't get it. Nice score.

Forney · 09-06-2008, 06:23 PM

Hmmm... a DeLorean UDS!

Dr_KY · 09-06-2008, 07:01 PM

Dawm the things I could do with that right there. I have all the stainless fitting and tubing waiting for it out in the shed.

It's gonna turn some pretty colours when you fire it up.

MattCom · 09-06-2008, 07:10 PM

sweet score, keep us post on what it turns into.

09-06-2008, 09:50 AM	#1
TysDad Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-24-08 Location: Walnut,CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's all your fault So I'm driving home from the semi-weekly Costco run and I see something sitting on the sidewalk in front of a neighbor's house. Apparently, the trash truck didn't pick it up and it's been there since Tuesday. I stopped at home and unloaded the car. I couldn't get it out of my mind, so I drove back the block-and-a-half to see it. Ooooohhhh, the Brethren will be very happy with me if I put this in the car. It's too obviously the kind of thing you all would be coaxing me to grab - if not for myself, then, at least, a fellow Brethren. I heard all your voices like a manic choir out of the ether "Take it, it'll make a good smoker" ...whispy, smoke like voices... So I grabbed it. A stainless pool filter. Overall height is 47", 12" tall stand, 12" tall lid. 17 5/8" internal diameter. Nice flange for the lid to sit on - it has a clamp that goes around the whole thing. That would make 22" from the bottom to a grill at the flange. The base is too narrow and will need to be addressed --- but I think it'll do nicely. What do you think? __________________ [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3]Paul [/SIZE][/FONT]- - - Certified [B]MOINK[/B] Baller [FONT=Times New Roman]Stainless Pool Filter Drum, BarBChef offset, charcoal GOSM, a gasser and a weed burner.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Henckels Twin Cuisine knives, CDN ProAccurate fast thermometer, Maverick Dual Probe Wireless thermometer, and lots more cooking tools.[/FONT] "We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well, and live."

09-06-2008, 10:08 AM	#2
BBQ Bandit Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-15-08 Location: Harrisburg, PA Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	*"The force is strong in this one"* *Great eyes... great score!!!* __________________ Bacon should be capitalized as a pronoun for pork! A BBQ Servant; cooking for the Troops, Churches, and Charity Operation BBQ Relief founding member Lang 84 Deluxe Kitchen known as "The Glamazon" Custom Klose Backyard Chef... of Snot, 22.5 WSM Former smokers; Lang 60 Mobile - The Damsel II, Lang 48 Patio - The Damsel, and Bubba Keg Grill - RIP

09-06-2008, 10:14 AM	#3
Monty Take a breath! Join Date: 05-21-08 Location: Martini, Texas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	nice! __________________ Monty "When a defining moment comes along - you either define the moment - or the moment defines you" -- Tin Cup *________________________________* 20X42 Klose "The Deluxe Grill Chef Smoker" Primo Oval Junior Cook'n'Kettle Sr. (almost 50 yrs old!) "Big Chief" ES (for Christmas Jerky!)

09-06-2008, 10:42 AM	#4
BBQ Grail somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Rocklin, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think you have a nice score that needs some thought. I'd have grabbed that too! __________________ Larry The best way to reach me is with email: larry@thebbqgrail.com

09-06-2008, 10:43 AM	#5
Arlin_MacRae Moderator Join Date: 04-14-04 Location: Choctaw, OK Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Heck yeah - score!!! __________________ Arlin MacRae NB El Dorado Offset, Primo Oval Junior, Traeger Model 075 Pellet Pooper, Big Chief, Kingfisher Kooker 14" gas/wood combo, PBC Brethren Edition Home Brewer, Murderer of Squirrels, Armadillo Inspector Flaming Pig Head Mod Black (Stealth) Thermapen Driver - you saw NOTHING Certified KCBS BBQ Judge Missin' KC...

09-06-2008, 10:44 AM	#6
Dr_KY Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-15-07 Location: England Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Putting my stainless fetish aside and all I think you have a winner like no other my man!!!!! __________________ www.drsweetsmoke.com Slappin that bass like some delerious funky preist!!! UDS, Half Pint (Mini UDS), Weber, ProQ 20, Kegrilla 250 gallon cooker- 'The Meat Beast!!' British BBQ Championships Grand Champion 2008 ~~~~ British BBQ Society - Southern Championship Grand Champions 2009

09-06-2008, 11:00 AM	#7
CritterCrusher Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 08-21-08 Location: Jourdanton, TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I likes!!

09-06-2008, 11:07 AM	#8
milehigh is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-23-07 Location: Butte MT Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You did the Brethren proud. I don't know that i could have left it there that long. Great score!! Paul

09-06-2008, 11:14 AM	#9
wood_is_good Got Wood. Join Date: 09-02-08 Location: McCaysville, Georgia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	very nice

09-06-2008, 11:20 AM	#10
BobF Take a breath! Join Date: 07-13-08 Location: Savannah, GA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	hmmmmm stainless drum smoker. __________________ OTS Kettle, UDS, Sam's Gasser

09-06-2008, 06:11 PM	#12
Norcoredneck somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-11-06 Location: Norco, Ca. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Shocked a scrapper didn't get it. Nice score. __________________ *Low and Slow.....* *The Prontologist is in...* *Ok let's see your Butt!*

09-06-2008, 06:23 PM	#13
Forney is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 04-25-07 Location: Salem, Ohio Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmmm... a DeLorean UDS! __________________ Eric Salem, Ohio Perry Lodge #185, F&AM ([I]Dean Gerber Award[/I]) [I][B][FONT=Comic Sans MS]GO MEAT!![/FONT][/B][/I]

09-06-2008, 07:01 PM	#14
Dr_KY Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-15-07 Location: England Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dawm the things I could do with that right there. I have all the stainless fitting and tubing waiting for it out in the shed. It's gonna turn some pretty colours when you fire it up. __________________ www.drsweetsmoke.com Slappin that bass like some delerious funky preist!!! UDS, Half Pint (Mini UDS), Weber, ProQ 20, Kegrilla 250 gallon cooker- 'The Meat Beast!!' British BBQ Championships Grand Champion 2008 ~~~~ British BBQ Society - Southern Championship Grand Champions 2009

09-06-2008, 07:10 PM	#15
MattCom Take a breath! Join Date: 06-25-07 Location: East Phatchogue, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	sweet score, keep us post on what it turns into. __________________ Out of the Ashes BBQ Team "Keepin' the Bar in Barbecue" Wooooooooo! WSM 18.5" & 22" 22.5 in Weber Kettle Smokey Jones SS UDS 1.0

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