UDS fire basket???

[StanDaMan79]

Forgive me, I"m sure this question has been asked and answered many times...

Been slowly getting my UDS together. Burned out the barrel, but just completed my fire basket. Do I need to burn that out as well? I'm thinking there must be some kind of coating on it, but I don't know?

 

[peeps]

 

[borzwazie]

sometimes the expanded steel is coated in a layer of oil to keep from rusting.

 

[StanDaMan79]

Thank you, what did I do wrong? I deleted the rest of the post, as no pics showed up. I took a quick look through the stickies to see what I did wrong? I thought I read something about this when I registered, but I'm not finding it. I use PB, but realize some software requires uploading direct? Sorry for screwing this up

 

[nucornhusker]

I didn't burn off my expanded steel, but I also did a seasoning run with no food and oiled the inside of the drum before I used it.

 

[peeps]

PB has links out to the right of an image. You want the IMG code one. You can just copy/paste that into the post form.

 

[StanDaMan79]

Thanks all!
Peeps, I just vapor locked on the pic thing, thanks for clearing that up. I was using the IMG tag, but also the little pic icon.

 

[spinningwheel]

I burn it in when I season the barrel. If it's expanded metal that you got at a big box store it's simple cold rolled steel without any coating other than a fine oil misting from the manufacturer. We buy ours at Home Depot, it's made by Crown Bolt and the packaging even recommends using it for BBQ grates.:thumb: