jcm2m9
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2012
- Location
- Shawnee, KS
Thanks for pid up date sure wish had electrical skills.
It's pretty easy to make. Check out my other thread in QTalk.
Thanks for pid up date sure wish had electrical skills.
Carefully. Too much heat will warp the lid.
I have a problem. I have now finished my first build. I have followed the basic dimensions detailed in norecore's build but am having trouble getting up to temp. I think it might be poor quality charcoal as I have read a few reviews on the brand and some people were complaining. No wonder is was on 'special'! Just wondered what else could affect poor start up temps? I have three 3/4 inlets. One with ball valve and 8 1/2 holes in the lid. The charcoal basket is on legs that are 2" tall. I have a virtually flat pizza pan on the bottom. The intakes are between 2 and 3" from the base, so should be well placed to get air to the base of the fire, without any restriction.
I lit 15 briquettes in the chimney until ashed and dumped them on top of some other unlit bricks. I the put in the grate and clamped on the lit with the aluminium strap that came with the drum.
I guess it could be the thermo but I would have thought it would be consistently wrong, rather that anything else. I guess I should test in boiling water, to eliminate accuracy.
Any ideas?
UPDATE
Temps are at 210. Just closed two caps and left the ball valve fully open. Will check in half hour.
That took over an hour with everything open, to reach that temp.
And this is how it all started. I think I explained at one time the name Ugly Drum Smoker. It was a take off on the Big Drum Smokers that were/maybe still are being made back then. When I tell friends and family about this thread they all say I should patent/trade mark the name. Way too late for that and if anything, the name belongs to the brethren for without them, there never would have been a UDS built in the first place.ADMIN NOTE:
This is the mother of all UDS threads. All information you will need to build a UDS is in this thread. use this, and a search of the forum for UDS and you will find a wealth of information.
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I recently scored a free food grade 55 gallon drum. I bought a weber replacement grill and some misc. hardware. I need to go buy a handle and some hardware to make an access door.
Any advice on air flow hole placement. Size of hole? I was thinkin about getting some roofing caps to use as closures for the holes in the lid.
With my minimal metal working skills, this is not going to be pretty, but hopefully it will be effective.