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Hi All, I have an Old Country Wrangler and currently insulate the firebox with firebrick but I am wanting to increase the insulation (for temp stability reasons) with cartable refractory cement. Have any of you tried using cement or what other ways have you insulated your firebox?

Hey guys, I have recently been put in charge of a club I belong to's commissary, i.e. I have to cook for 25-50 people every weekend during the summer, and we have a small wooded property where I have been introducing the common folk to the wonders of smoking, an art I have only been practicing...

Instead of spending $1,000’s of dollars on a Santa Maria grill I decided I’d build my own custom grill. I’d like to thank everyone on bbq brethren who posted pictures of their Santa Maria style grills, which inspired and helped me to build mine. The bbq is 48x24 with a depth of 24 (before I...

So almost 6 years ago I started working on turning a 275 gallon heating oil tank into a pit. Here's the original thread: https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154533 Then, I hit a couple of setbacks and had to stop working on it. A year and a half later, I was able to start...

I've been cooking on a UDS for years, and I don't get many complaints, so either people are scared of me or the food is passable. I've been planning on building a reverse flow offset pit out of a large propane tank for a while, and as an experiment, borrowed a friend's for a large cook I did a...

https://youtu.be/-86LatRCyBs Mini WSM Build From Weber Smokey Joe ( COMPLETE BUILD ) I found a Weber Smokey Joe on Facebook for only $3. I didn't really need it but I couldn't not buy it. Sooooo..... when I got it home I was like, what am I going to do with this thing? After some googling I...

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen! Decided to go ahead and start this thread! I have a buddy that's building a vertical off set smoker for me! It's going to be a 24x24x36 cook chamber, with a 20x20x20 firebox! I thought I would go ahead and start this thread tonight! Picked up 2 3/16" sheet...

So my wife and I sat down last night and decided what our summer is going to look like this year. We both teach so our summers are ours. We decided we will be hitting Palo Duro Canyon State Park every week for some hiking and biking and camping. We will be going to Silverthorne, Colorado and we...

New build out of my garage... Long project with 1/4 inch plate using only a MIG welder and angle grinder. I'm giving this to a family member as a gift. Do you guys recommend I season it before I give it to him or let him do it? Also, any tips on how to transport this bad boy? It's about...

Hey everyone I have a question for those that have built a few UDSs. Between keeping the original drum lid and using the kettle lid which would you recommend and why. And to keep things easier let's assume the kettle lid fits snug on the UDS. I'm thinking the kettle lid would be better just...

Back from the deadddddd!!!! It's the ZOMBIE PITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!! thread. The original thread is here if you want to catch up. It's been a hell of a journey. Life's been crappy the past 18 months, but despite everything i managed to get the electric service to my house upgraded: new breaker...

I have an old 1950's fridge that I want to make a GFS out of. Does anyone know of a site that has a tool calculator to help with fire box dimensions, exaust, air inlet dimensions, etc?or is it just whatever looks right?

I'd really love to build a gravity feed out of an old 1950's fridge I've come across. Now, is this do-able, and if so, should the fire box still be 1/3 the area of the fridge? I was also wondering about the exhaust. Am I better off cutting a hole in the back or sticking a pipe down through the...

Hi guys, I just joined the Brethren and am hoping to get some help with building a kick a** smoker from a standard 200 gallon oil tank. I'm trying to increase capacity to be able to entertain large crowds. So I've brought the oil tank. I attached two pictures. The form is in good shape but the...

I was finally able to get a hold of a 275 gallon fuel oil tank for my next build: $90 delivered to my house from a guy who lives 45 minutes away... sounded like a great deal to me! For the past week or so I have been thinking/planning how I'm going to build this- at first I was thinking about...

First off, big thanks to all the guys who chimed in with great ideas and advice for how to do this. Amazing! I had a blast doing it and I can't wait to fire it up (probably next weekend). I guess I'll coat the inside with PAM, light it up and maybe toss a naked fatty on there. Here's some...

1. As far as expanded metal goes for my charcoal basket Home Depot doesn't carry it (near me). I called numerous metal work shops. The best price I can find is $80. This is for a whole 4 ft by 8 ft sheet of expanded steel. The guy said he'd cut it down to whatever I'd need. From my rough...

So, I was driving back home from my uncle's house earlier today and I passed by the same 2 heating oil tanks I've been seeing outside this auto repair shop for the past 4 years. I decided to finally call the shop and see if they were for sale or not. Well, that got me to thinking- what if...

Well after drooling over many different smokers including a few BWS Fatboys, Stumps, some clone builds and many more I decided to bite the bullet and try to build one myself. A lot of the inspiration comes from Winemaster and his clone, another BWS build I found at a different site as well as...

Hello All Here is my Web Flamed UDS build thread. First I want to thank everyone on this site I could not have done or even know about a UDS without the Mother of all UDS threads. I spent a week reading the entire thread and planning the build before I started anything. I truly believe a good...