Very Simple Stainless UDS

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · 02-11-2010, 01:20 PM

First, my thanks to all the great contributions of the Brethren and Sistren in the UDS Thread. My goal was to use best ideas I saw to produce a very simple stainless UDS.

This has a Weber Performer Lid with the built-in thermostat and the stainless draft door from Big Green Egg.

Removable lid seal insert made from old Bar-B-Kettle bottom cut to leave 2" w/ Rutland stove gasket attached to it with high-temp silicon.

(Trial run last night was a 14 lb brisket packer, cooked at 300 degrees until probe tender in 5 1/2 hours. Outdoor temperature was low 20's w/ snow showers. Cooked it Lockhart style with outstanding results -- thank you Funk for all the great info you have shared.)

I am going to add handles, but not much more. I like the simplicity.

qman · 02-11-2010, 01:24 PM

Nice DrumPit (N8man mod)

CmdCtrl · 02-11-2010, 01:26 PM

beautiful!!! Congrats!

Phubar · 02-11-2010, 02:03 PM

For some reason I like to see the lines that people marked where the bolts are going in.
Very nice build!

devious · 02-11-2010, 02:07 PM

very nice

hath · 02-11-2010, 02:08 PM

I like it.. nice work man.

h20loo · 02-11-2010, 02:10 PM

Wish I would have got that blue kettle before you!!!
That is an awesome build and should be the model everyone copies.

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · 02-11-2010, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h20loo

Wish I would have got that blue kettle before you!!!
That is an awesome build and should be the model everyone copies.

The Performer Lid is from my Blue Stainless Performer and I will use it on both the UDS and the Performer.

1FUNVET · 02-11-2010, 02:53 PM

Very nice looking smoker. Now ya need to get it dirty by cooking on it a lot.

deguerre · 02-11-2010, 02:54 PM

That's just cool.

swamprb · 02-11-2010, 03:08 PM

Keepin' it simple!

I like it!

Ross in Ventura · 02-11-2010, 03:17 PM

Great looking UDS, Jim

Ross

Ron_L · 02-11-2010, 03:19 PM

Oooooooooooo... Shiny!

weconway · 02-11-2010, 03:22 PM

Lockhart style? I'm a fan of that style, but I'm not sure how to get it.

Very nice UDS build, too!

pomah25 · 02-11-2010, 03:37 PM

I love the mod to make the Weber lid fit.

02-11-2010, 01:20 PM	#1
HeSmellsLikeSmoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-02-07 Location: Warren, Vermont Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very Simple Stainless UDS First, my thanks to all the great contributions of the Brethren and Sistren in the UDS Thread. My goal was to use best ideas I saw to produce a very simple stainless UDS. This has a Weber Performer Lid with the built-in thermostat and the stainless draft door from Big Green Egg. Removable lid seal insert made from old Bar-B-Kettle bottom cut to leave 2" w/ Rutland stove gasket attached to it with high-temp silicon. (Trial run last night was a 14 lb brisket packer, cooked at 300 degrees until probe tender in 5 1/2 hours. Outdoor temperature was low 20's w/ snow showers. Cooked it Lockhart style with outstanding results -- thank you Funk for all the great info you have shared.) I am going to add handles, but not much more. I like the simplicity. __________________ Jim - Another transplanted Texan Former KCBS CBJ Large and Medium Big Green Eggs , Black 18.5" WSM, Blue Weber Performer - Stainless, Green Weber OTG Kettle , Brinkmann SnP Pro, and a Stainless UDS. One retired Portable Kitchen grill. Red Thermapen, Maverick ET-73, EdgePro Apex Sharpener. Avatar is the original 1951 Weber Kettle

02-11-2010, 01:24 PM	#2
qman Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-08-05 Location: Ocoee, Fl Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice DrumPit (N8man mod) __________________ qman Para Bellum

02-11-2010, 01:26 PM	#3
CmdCtrl Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 01-28-10 Location: Los Angeles, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	beautiful!!! Congrats! __________________ Cookin' on a very ugly drum. But hey, it's simple and make great eats.

02-11-2010, 02:03 PM	#4
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,The NetherPharkinglands Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For some reason I like to see the lines that people marked where the bolts are going in. Very nice build! __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by Ecobrasa Coco Briquettes Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012 *Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2013 Low 'n Slow

02-11-2010, 02:54 PM	#10
deguerre somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-15-09 Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's just cool. __________________ Guerry >^..^< Weber 22 1/2" OTS "Dirty Girl", Weber Performer/Cajun Bandit "Cajun Queen", GOSM "Bubba Q", Maverick et73, RED Thermapen, One Cameron Stove Top "Lazy Girl".It burns sawdust... Avatar by Northwest BBQ!!! If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Seven Zero notches on my spatula. Join_Us_In_The_Throwdowns_Forum!

02-11-2010, 02:07 PM	#5
devious is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-08-09 Location: Bellevue Nebraska Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	very nice

02-11-2010, 02:08 PM	#6
hath On the road to being a farker Join Date: 12-29-09 Location: UT Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I like it.. nice work man.

02-11-2010, 02:10 PM	#7
h20loo is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-22-08 Location: waterloo ontario Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wish I would have got that blue kettle before you!!! That is an awesome build and should be the model everyone copies.

02-11-2010, 02:53 PM	#9
1FUNVET Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-16-09 Location: Lake Charles La Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very nice looking smoker. Now ya need to get it dirty by cooking on it a lot.

02-11-2010, 03:08 PM	#11
swamprb somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-27-06 Location: Bothell WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Keepin' it simple! I like it! __________________ Brian - Left Hand Smoke BBQ PNWBA 2010 Team of the Year BGE's/WSM's/BWS Gater/BDS Clones/Weber Performer w EZ-Que/Cajun Bandit/Rib-O-Lator Test Pilot/La Caja China/BBQ Guru/Weber 1000 RK Drum Coffee Roaster Follow Left Hand Smoke on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-H...462391?sk=wall KCBS CBJ/PNWBA CBJ www.pnwba.com

02-11-2010, 03:17 PM	#12
Ross in Ventura is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-16-08 Location: Ventura, California Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great looking UDS, Jim Ross __________________ My Blog:http://grillingandsmoking.blogspot.com/ Large Green Egg The Ultimate Cooking Experience. Hatched 6-21-07, DigiQ2, Supperfast,, Red Thermapen, and ET-732

02-11-2010, 03:19 PM	#13
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oooooooooooo... Shiny! __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Save The Fatty! FEC-100/BWS Party/Memphis Pro SS/PBC/LBGE X 2/SBGE/Mini BGE/Nomad Pellet-matic/Good-One Model 42/WSM X 2/Cookshack Smokette 008/Weber Performer/Weber Gasser/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

02-11-2010, 03:22 PM	#14
weconway On the road to being a farker Join Date: 04-01-09 Location: Atlanta, GA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Lockhart style? I'm a fan of that style, but I'm not sure how to get it. Very nice UDS build, too! __________________ William Conway - Big Steel Keg, Bubba Keg Convection Grill. NASA uses [COLOR=Red]RED[/COLOR] Thermapens. Just sayin'

02-11-2010, 03:37 PM	#15
pomah25 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 04-03-09 Location: Chesapeake, VA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I love the mod to make the Weber lid fit.

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