First off, thank you to all of you who contributed to the hundreds of not thousands of threads I have read on this forum. Because of you, I got the courage to start smoking. After two years of success smoking on my weber kettle (and two tries on an ECB), I decided that the next step for me was a UDS.
Yesterday, my wife flagged down the local scrappers to get rid of some junk we were cleaning out. While helping them load, I inquired about a drum. Within the hour a barrel with lid was on my driveway. I am getting ready for the burnout but before I drill the intake holes, I need to make a few decisions. I decided to do a super simple UDS controlled with magnets with the idea that I can upgrade later to a BGE style slider.
For those of you that have the sliders, what size whole do you have? I Is it homemade, BGE, or the one from Big Poppa? I am thinking of doing a single 1 ½ inch hole for now but I am worried that a factory made slider would be too narrow to cover up later. I have also though about three to four 3/4 inch holes in a line with about a quarter inch in between but I don't want to make it too long to cover up later.
Thank you for your help.
Yesterday, my wife flagged down the local scrappers to get rid of some junk we were cleaning out. While helping them load, I inquired about a drum. Within the hour a barrel with lid was on my driveway. I am getting ready for the burnout but before I drill the intake holes, I need to make a few decisions. I decided to do a super simple UDS controlled with magnets with the idea that I can upgrade later to a BGE style slider.
For those of you that have the sliders, what size whole do you have? I Is it homemade, BGE, or the one from Big Poppa? I am thinking of doing a single 1 ½ inch hole for now but I am worried that a factory made slider would be too narrow to cover up later. I have also though about three to four 3/4 inch holes in a line with about a quarter inch in between but I don't want to make it too long to cover up later.
Thank you for your help.