Ugly Drum Smoker

[OferL]

Impressive space station looking basket! Wow

[Czarbecue]

Anybody try a wok lid in place of a Weber kettle lid?

http://wokshop.stores.yahoo.net/flatlid.html

[el luchador]

Originally Posted by Czarbecue

Anybody try a wok lid in place of a Weber kettle lid?

http://wokshop.stores.yahoo.net/flatlid.html

i dont see why it wouldnt work, except that for standard sizes buying a used kettle might be cheaper, and then you have a free grill as well.

[ebijack]

Originally Posted by Czarbecue

Anybody try a wok lid in place of a Weber kettle lid?

http://wokshop.stores.yahoo.net/flatlid.html

If you look at the actual sizes. A 24" is actually a 22"
26" is actually 24"
Not the right measurements to fit most drums.
You can get a knock off kettle for around $40 new. Cheaper when on sale. And you get a cooking grate and coal grate. And the bottom of the kettle can be modified to use as a lid. If a used one can not be found cheap.

[Czarbecue]

Originally Posted by ebijack

If you look at the actual sizes. A 24" is actually a 22"

26" is actually 24"

Not the right measurements to fit most drums.

You can get a knock off kettle for around $40 new. Cheaper when on sale. And you get a cooking grate and coal grate. And the bottom of the kettle can be modified to use as a lid. If a used one can not be found cheap.

I’m building a 30” UDS so I don’t have the luxury of using kettle lids.

[Nuco59]

Czar
If money is no object, I'm sure someone could fab a big dome for your Mega UDS. If your drum has a removable flat lid already, I'd stick with that. Your grate will be very large (26.5"?)- are you wanting a dome lid so you can add a 2nd grate level? If so- that will add a lot of cooking area to your cooker for sure. I'm not talking you out of that- but I don't run 2 grates on my 55 gallon UDS because handling hot, full grates of meat sucks - a royal PITA. Now make the grates 40% (?) bigger and do the swapping... I'd just a soon not.

Can't wait to see how your project turns out.

[Czarbecue]

Grates will actually be 29” and fabbed by one of the Shirley boys

And yeah, sticking with the flat lid for now. Top rack will just be the rib rack and sit 3” below the lid.

[dadsr4]

Originally Posted by ebijack

If you look at the actual sizes. A 24" is actually a 22"
26" is actually 24"
Not the right measurements to fit most drums.
You can get a knock off kettle for around $40 new. Cheaper when on sale. And you get a cooking grate and coal grate. And the bottom of the kettle can be modified to use as a lid. If a used one can not be found cheap.

There is a lip around the outside.

I wonder if the "26 inch", actually 24 would work because of the lip? Or a strip of metal around the outside?

[Nuco59]

"Grates will actually be 29”" plus "fabbed by one of the Shirley boys" = Those gonna be pretty heavy. If you are going with the top being solely for ribs, you won't have to do much juggling/rotating racks- that's a good thing.

[Czarbecue]

Just picked up the 29” round gates Tyler Shirley made for me. It’s top notch in looks and build quality. It’s not heavy at all. About the weight of a pizza pan.

[el luchador]

Holy cow. That thing has almost 2x the surface area of a 22.

Winning

[10miler]

Originally Posted by Czarbecue

Just picked up the 29” round gates Tyler Shirley made for me. It’s top notch in looks and build quality. It’s not heavy at all. About the weight of a pizza pan.

He even threw in some juice with the deal? Nice!

[Czarbecue]

I would have been able to cook my Xmas spread on one grate rather than 3 on my WSM. And would have gotten more sleep before my 17 hour drive across the South. I’m ready to retire the WSM.

[10miler]

Originally Posted by Czarbecue

I would have been able to cook my Xmas spread on one grate rather than 3 on my WSM. And would have gotten more sleep before my 17 hour drive across the South. I’m ready to retire the WSM.

Retire it to Florida! I’ll take it!

[el luchador]

if I ever find a 110 gallon barrel come up on my local craigslist Im building one of these bad boys.