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02-16-2018, 02:26 PM | #13126 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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02-16-2018, 04:14 PM | #13127 |
Wandering around with a bag of matchlight, looking for a match.
Join Date: 02-14-18
Location: Las Vegas
Name/Nickname : David
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Las Vegas 55 gallon drums
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02-16-2018, 04:29 PM | #13128 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 06-24-17
Location: Monroe, GA
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Had to check the melting point. I guess I never hit 650F in my WSM with the Hunsaker basket. I just don’t like expanded metal sides for a basket because it will project heat out in all direction.
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02-16-2018, 05:39 PM | #13129 |
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Join Date: 08-18-13
Location: Texas
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Untold tons of bbq cooked in UDS with "leaky" expando baskets.
Pretty sure the solid steel sides would radiate a little heat outwards too but w/e.
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02-16-2018, 05:52 PM | #13130 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Location: South East Victoria Australia
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Is the uds usually 44 gallon or 55?
I havecaccess to 44
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02-16-2018, 06:17 PM | #13131 |
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Join Date: 11-15-17
Location: LILBURN
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Wouldn't allowing the basket to let heat radiate out towards the wall of the drum and then up help increase the out edge of your grates temp. And having a diffuser over the top of the basket cool the middle kinda evening out the inner and outer of your top grate? sounds legit in my head hahaha
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02-16-2018, 09:39 PM | #13132 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 06-24-17
Location: Monroe, GA
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Ugly Drum Smoker
UDS sizes are mostly 55 since it’s the same diameter for a 22” grate (24"). If your 44 has a 24” diameter but just shorter then that is fine too.
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02-16-2018, 11:27 PM | #13133 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 11-17-12
Location: South East Victoria Australia
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Never heard of 55 gallon here,
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02-17-2018, 04:23 AM | #13134 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 08-23-13
Location: Detroit Mi
Name/Nickname : tom
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The drums I have bought/used were all 22 3/4" I.D. to 23" I.D.
Weber grates are 21.5" Some cheap copy grates are only 21" Drums I have bought are pretty close to 35" tall. Shorter drums are not a problem. At 24" tall you still have plenty of room for 2 cooking grates and a diffuser/drip pan grate. 3" tall legs for the coal basket with 6" high sides. Example I would not recommend aluminum flashing for a coal basket sides if you are going to do high temp cooking. Aluminum flashing is very weak/flimsy across the flat surface. Probably won't hold up with a handle attached for lifting said basket full of coal/wood. And yes you get more even heat around the drum using expanded metal. My experience. But there is no problem using aluminum flashing for intakes/exhausts. All of mine have seen 700-800* multiple times/years. A couple examples, this was when new. Cooking at 600* A few years later, still working just fine. One on my vertical cabinet. But it does not see high temp Flat lid drum Even on my Acorn for an intake. This was when new. Smoke Ninja still using it today. Many nuclear cooks. No problem. Last edited by ebijack; 02-17-2018 at 04:38 AM.. |
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02-17-2018, 05:53 AM | #13135 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 08-18-13
Location: Texas
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44 gallon drum vs 55 gallon
Titch said:
Never heard of 55 gallon here,[/QUOTE] Yes you have- y'all just call it a 44. You guys use imperial gallons (tad larger than US gallons. Both your 44 and our 55 hold right at 200 liters. There are minor differences in the actual dimensions of our 55 drums depending on mfg- I would expect the same in your neck of the woods. Most common steel drum in the world plus the grates of the most common sized charcoal grill - it's no wonder why that is the "normal" uds config.
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02-17-2018, 08:40 AM | #13136 |
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Join Date: 11-15-17
Location: LILBURN
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Yes you have- y'all just call it a 44. You guys use imperial gallons (tad larger than US gallons. Both your 44 and our 55 hold right at 200 liters. There are minor differences in the actual dimensions of our 55 drums depending on mfg- I would expect the same in your neck of the woods.
Most common steel drum in the world plus the grates of the most common sized charcoal grill - it's no wonder why that is the "normal" uds config.[/QUOTE] wow didnt' even look where he was from. Good catch.. Thats why a 44 gal drum seemed so foreign to me....b/c it is hahaha. anyone else want to weigh in on the benefits of putting my diffuser right over the coal basket instead of on teh lower great about 8 inches above? |
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02-17-2018, 09:12 AM | #13137 | |
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Location: Monroe, GA
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The Hunsaker basket has the deflector right on top because why waste vertical cooking space? If you’re not hanging then it’s no big deal. Doesn’t make much difference where it starts, from my experience.
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02-17-2018, 09:12 AM | #13138 | |
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Join Date: 08-23-13
Location: Detroit Mi
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Keeping the diffuser above the basket a bit will have better airflow than sitting on top of a full/mostly full basket. IMHO |
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02-24-2018, 04:04 PM | #13139 |
Got rid of the matchlight.
Join Date: 08-04-17
Location: Alpena mi
Name/Nickname : Dustin
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I’m a new member/new to smoking. I built a homemade UDS and tested it this weekend. I have to say I’m quite pleased. I have a bit of learning to do as I figure out exactly where my intake should be set to get my target temps. I used a homemade slider instead of ball valves. Has anyone else done something similar? If so what are your thought. I did it this way because it was much cheaper. I may change that down the road as the slider is a bit stiff. Also need to make a mount for my meat probe. Would post photos but I don’t know how. Lol.
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02-24-2018, 04:23 PM | #13140 |
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Join Date: 09-02-12
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