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Maximusbeardius 03-27-2018 11:47 PM

All of the parts we ordered from udsparts. It took about 1 week to reach California. Did The first seasoning today. Sits nicely at 280 with 1/4 open on each pipe. Will post first food pics this weekend.

OferL 03-28-2018 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximusbeardius (Post 3972129)
Took about a week to read this whole topic . Just wanted to thank everyone for all the information. New to smoking. Started on a pellet, then to a pitbarrel and now just made UDS with my father. Figure i would post it here.

Yes. Not ugly. Wrong thread.
Seriously looks very nice. Some good food in your future.:clap2:

Maximusbeardius 03-31-2018 08:18 PM

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First cook. 3 1/2 hrs, fall off the bone tender, I prefer a little bite but the ms had other plans. Tomorrow 2 tritip, 2 chickens and pork butt. More to come.

bschoen 04-01-2018 09:39 AM

Finally got it finished. Want to let it set a couple of days for the paint to cure a bit before the first fire.

Maximusbeardius 04-01-2018 12:12 PM

Good looking uds

Blythewood BBQ'er 04-01-2018 12:22 PM

Nice! Got my pipes yesterday gonna paint them at least today. If my dad can find his hole saws I hopefully can get them on today.

Maximusbeardius 04-01-2018 03:09 PM

Can’t wait to see how it looks. We used a step drill for the holes. Made it super easy.

Blythewood BBQ'er 04-01-2018 05:03 PM

Got them painted but will try and install them later. Nothing fancy about the paint , just doing flat black high temp on this drum. Gonna make 2 more this year for competing and will probably make them pretty! Looking at the VHT line of paint. Like that anodized look!

OferL 04-06-2018 02:53 AM

UDS overhaul
 
My UDS needed some work. I built it about a year ago and made some beginner mistakes.
Since I don't have any welding skills I tried to keep it as simple as possible. So my lid handle was too small. Even for my small hands. Especially with gloves on.

https://i.imgur.com/iZwkRd8m.jpg

I found this thing in my shed under "things I should have thrown out but I thought they might be useful some day and what do you know I found a use for it". Anyone care to guess what that used to be?

https://i.imgur.com/irv9aDAl.jpg

Then I added some probe holes. I recently bought a six probe thermometer. Six holes now. Covered with magnets.

https://i.imgur.com/hnPArR3l.jpg

You might notice I had some rust. I didn't cover the barrel until mid winter. By then it was wet for weeks. So my not perfect paint job didn't hold.

https://i.imgur.com/ckK7f6Nl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/wB8n4Ecl.jpg

I bought this rust removal thing for my angle grinder.

http://i.imgur.com/SJYmZ0ll.jpg

And I started to work.

https://i.imgur.com/QnFhKCbl.jpg

OferL 04-06-2018 03:00 AM

I didn't realize the barrel was... Barrel shaped. Round with curves. This was not easy. Two hours later I was exhausted but I got all the rust I could see.
Next was the paint.

https://i.imgur.com/3fefOdul.jpg

And the next day it's ready to cook.

https://i.imgur.com/0EmPz8Vl.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/Ty56wnLl.jpg

But did you guess the handle's origin?:twisted:

mstewart39 04-06-2018 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by OferL (Post 3976577)

But did you guess the handle's origin?:twisted:

TP Holder.
I'm trying so hard to make a Beavis & Butthead reference to the barrel's bung hole, but it's early and I haven't had my full cup of coffee yet.

el luchador 04-06-2018 08:28 AM

@oferL

congratulations on the build.

you just built a great inexpensive cooker for great inexpensive meats.

way to go

dadsr4 04-06-2018 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mstewart39 (Post 3976621)
TP Holder.
I'm trying so hard to make a Beavis & Butthead reference to the barrel's bung hole, but it's early and I haven't had my full cup of coffee yet.

The interesting thing, to me, is that barrels had them first. Guess I'm old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunghole
The metal thing looks like a paper towel holder to me.

OferL 04-07-2018 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mstewart39 (Post 3976621)
TP Holder.
I'm trying so hard to make a Beavis & Butthead reference to the barrel's bung hole, but it's early and I haven't had my full cup of coffee yet.

Correct!

el luchador 04-11-2018 10:15 AM

on a quest to find the easiest simplest charcoal box for a UDS

CLAY BASKET FOR UDS
prep time :2-3 minutes
work involved: drill a few holes
level of effort: 1/10
cost $15
source: lowes
size :15" diameter x 6" height
burn time: unknown. guessing 10-12 hours if loaded, maybe more.

pros. good burn profile. heat stayed stable
cons: cracked on first use.but I have a feeling that was a one time thing and will be fine going forward.burn pic is after 4 hours at 275 degreeshttps://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/a...1&d=1523416482

https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/a...1&d=1523416482


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