Question about a 35 gallon drum

[Zork]

Hello fellow smokers. I just picked up a 35 gallon steel drum from my work place. The drum came to us with grease in it,used to lubricate our heavy equipment. I'm assuming that I will have to burn this out first before I cook on it. Now my question is do I need to drill smaller vent holes at the bottom. Compared to the one inch vent holes that you drill in a 55 gallon drum. I'm really stoked about this little drum I plan using it for Chicken & Beef jerky

Galaxy S3

 

[4uweque]

1 inch will be fine, they are only used for starting the fire then you shut down for temp control. You will just use the amount of air you need to maintain the temp you want. If the holes are too small it won't ever come to temp, if they are too big you simply close them off to restrict the air.

 

[Zork]

And I just use the ball valve to fine tune my temps correct

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[4uweque]

Exactly!