Muscrat
is one Smokin' Farker
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2010
- Location
- Tuscola...
What is the purpose of the blower in the bottom of the barrel? wouldnt that make the temps hotter?
Blower is controlled by a controller and blows only to maintain a setpoint. Kinda overkill on a UDS but then boys need more toys!:clap2:What is the purpose of the blower in the bottom of the barrel? wouldnt that make the temps hotter?
The blower with a Guru is the ultimate lazy Q tool. When I wake up at 3am to start a burn (BBQ for Sunday lunch - my designated meal to cook), I really don't feel like babying the pit to get it balanced out. On a normal burn, it could take over an hour to get everything balanced, and if my lump was damp, well then all bets were off.
With the blower, I can be cooking in about 15-30 minutes - and the temp will still be the same when I get back out of bed at 6am to check it. Too often (pre guru) I have thought I was balanced only to wake up to a cold pit.
I have also used it to cook Chicken when I wanted a stable higher temp.
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I used conduit nuts a lot - they are great, easy alternative to welding your nipples in place. I had to use them, because my steel nipples kept corroding to my pipe caps. Without conduit nuts or welding, I would never have been able to remove the caps (eventually they corroded so bad the only option was to remove the nipple with the caps on).
Keep your steel nipples oiled, or the caps will corrode onto them. I went to brass nipples to avoid that issue
I thought it was odd myself. I got two of them this week. The other one I turned into a barrel wood stove for my shop. I did a 5-6 hour hot burn to get rid of the original paint inside and out.Brewski,
Is it hard to find a smooth sided drum? I like the look of yours better than one with the two rings around the middle. It almost looks like it should have a lining or something.
Does anyone know if they make drums with metal linings? I saw somebody post a double walled UDS but I didn't know if they made the internal wall.
I just got my drum to build my UDS.
I had a buddy pick it up for me, and when he dropped it off, the cap for the 2" bung was missing.
I have googled trying to find a replacement, but only come up with plastic ones.
I also googled for 2" pipe to just skip the cap and make a stack, but stainless is the only thing I found (other than plastic or galvanized) and that stuff is pretty expensive.
Where do I go from here?
What material are others using to build their stacks?
I used PVC and painted it to match my drum.
Isnt plastic (pvc) a problem with 250 degree air passing through it??
I guess technically, when it gets to the stack the air has already passed the food, but... there has to be a better way.