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^ I'd worry less about it. I run my cooking grate about 8-9 inches from the top, and the top of my firebasket is pretty high. Just leave yourself enough room on the bottom for the firebasket to ash and air to get under it, and go as high as you want.
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You can see the nuts on side of mine to see my spacing. I have 3 grates - the bottom one I run a cake pan water pan then 2 cooking grates.i can't remember my measurement but the greatest distance is between top and middle grate. Everybody's is a little different, but this has worked for me for 100+ cooks. http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/...psvsjggmqg.jpg http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/...psw9mziedj.jpg |
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Had some time while smoking Pron Hvy
I figured I should get this documented in the Monster UDS thread as another mod some might be interested in.
Had a friend (thru my wife) self invite herself over for me to smoke some ribs for her and her hubby who is working this holiday weekend. So I got one of my UDS's up and running and start making my PBC style hanging rack. She shows up with 2 racks of ribs St Louis and baby backs. Oh yeah, could you also smoke some whole chicken and chicken breasts? Sure, fired up the mini and got the birds on. Birds are done. Oh yeah, I also brought some brats, O.K. got the mini back going. Oh yeah, I also brought some shrimp, can you smoke those too? Yeah. Oh yeah when that's done can you smoke some salmon fillets too? So the mini and one drum had a good workout. This was my last cook on my mini as it is going to another good home that needs a grill/smoker. I will build another mini ..says my wife! Anyways I wanted a way to try this hanging meat deal so many are excited about. I have seen some other photos of Brethren's set ups in their UDS's for this, but I had other ideas I wanted to try. I welded on some 1/4 nut over some 1/4 holes I drilled at 3 locations to hold the hanger grate at 1 inch down. I also added 3 at 4 inches down for when using only one cooking grate, just because. Hopefully I can screw the bolts in/out as required after they get gunked up. I used some 1/8 X 3/8 X 6ft CRS from HD and 1 piece of bent sheet metal angle. I still have to make some hooks for hanging. But at least I got this done in between all the other smoking. Thanks for looking. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/3moVlV.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...901/OdNwGl.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/NB7TSk.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/KvVGBb.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/3qWpTS.jpg |
I don't know if anybody posted this yet, but it looks to be a pretty fool-proof, no-weld method. I'm learning lots of best practices from this thread, but will use the following as my basic plans.
http://www.fix.com/blog/building-an-ugly-drum-smoker/ |
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Ha, over 4 million views!
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This thread is fantastic..... Is it better to have a round 7" tall OR a 16"x16" square box 5" tall for Charcoal?
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Did anyone else have a hard time finding Stainless steel nuts, bolts, and washers for the charcoal basket? I have been to Home Depot, Lowes, and Ace and all they have zinc plated.
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You can soak the hardware in vinegar to remove the zinc plating.
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I am amazed you're having issues. Ace especially should have a whole Stainless section, but I've found them at lowes and HD too. You usually have to find them in the drawers, bolt by bolt and nut by nut... Did you ask anyone?
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My HD has good supply of stainless.
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