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Leaks - by sealing the door openings with silcone and weather stripping. Temp - proper air flow Pull out racks - some sort of internal frame of channel and expanded metal. |
I would not worry about the zinc conduit nuts. The whole drum serves as a heat sink - it just does not get that hot. Honestly if the paint is not pealing, would zinc melt (the only time we get it hot enough to peal paint is in a very deliberate burn out)?
--- As for the extra barrel on top. I stuff sausage occasionally (which included 4-6 hours of smoking). I have considered putting a wooden smoker on top of my drum for just such a special occasion. For me the advantage would be I could make it square - which would be a lot easier for hanging sausage (traditionally you load the sausage on a rod, and put the rods in the smokehouse). A 2x2x2 box on top could easily accommodate over 100lbs of sausage (probably about 150 - and that is still leaving a LOT of convection room). I have also considered just making smoker drawers. I would make a base, lid and drawers. Put the base down, then drawer 1, and top with the lid. When it is time to put on drawer two - lift the lid, drop in the drawer, and put the lid on top. If necessarily the stack could go up several more layers. |
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Well, i made some modifications to my UDS. I added the cheap-o BigLots kettle to my UDS. At this time i'm only using the top cover as it will be enough for my needs, i still have the bottom half of the kettle to be used on my 2nd UDS (whenever i build it).
The kettle lid sits flush enough on my drum, if there is any big issues with the lid, i'm planning to use those large binder clips to seal it - i don't really forsee any issues there. THe lip of the kettle lid was flattened then hammered while sitting on the drum to make it fit. I may need some more work on it to make it a better fit (as you will see on my pictures) The other mod i did is, i added 'feet' to my grates and removed the bolts where my top shelf used to seat on my drum. So, at this point i'm only using the bolts that i originally put 25in from the bottom of the drum. This mod allows me to easily extract the grates loaded with food without having to tilt and sit them on the floor or table and, if needed, change the placement of the grates in the drum. mod maiden smoke will be tonight - we'll see how it handles See pictures here, http://www.flickr.com/photos/5451002...7625037423797/ thanks for looking, brunski |
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you can also use magnets to put over the holes reuseable and neater |
Great idea adding the legs on your grates!!! Nice photos!!:thumb:
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brunski, I see in your pics that you only used 3 legs per rack. Any issues with tipping or balancing meat?
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First of all, THANKS to all who have given advice on this thread. Without your advice, I would not have learned about the UDS and attempted to build one. Here is my finished UDS completed with the bottle opener, lid and the charcoal basket I made.
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Nice looking drum.
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Safety of this drum?
Finally got some pics of my drum. I got it from a reconditioning business that said it was unlined, but it looks like some red liner survived their 1000 degree burnout process. I've already drilled holes in this so I'd like to move ahead with my build. Any thoughts?
I'm thinking of burning it a couple of times and then having it sandblasted. Sorry for the links but I've been trying to post pics according the procedures with no luck. http://flic.kr/p/8Keofm http://flic.kr/p/8KbkfT |
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Hard to tell from pic's, but looks like rust. If thats the case, you are good to go. It won't hurt to do a burn, but if you get it sandblasted you are wasting time burning it out. |
Looks like rust to me too.
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