bmarley5780
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2007
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Main question is: Does he have a 55 gal drum you can have? You know it works by the people on here that have posted the results...So what is the concern...
About the walls being to thin to hold heat & lasting for any period of time. Anyone ever used this thermo sensor or turbine fine?So what is the concern...
Ribs are done. Man, the smell is amazing. Mista, I bet you drive your neighbors crazy when cooking on yours.
This thing holds temps like a dream. 220-240 all day so far on one load of charcoal, about 1/2 bag of royal oak with about 10 briquets of Kingsford to get things going.
The butts are at 150.
Hey. I posted the need for a 55 Gal Steel Drum on CraigsList and here is a response I got: I'm looking for some replys to his concerns. What about the metal being too thin? & What about this "thermo sensor" & "turbine fan"?
Sounds like he knows alot about enginering & not much about smoking, but are his arguments valid?
I sent him to this site and BigMista's site to do more research.
Thanks! I'm new so I don't know much about all this stuff.
Ray,
Tell the guy to kiss your butt and go ahead and build your smoker!
I used one of mine last night to grill some steaks. It is one that I have the fan control installed. I set the fan to run continuously.
Thing was like a blacksmith's forge! Cooked the meat FAST and then I had to choke everything down before it got red hot. Temp gauge went to 500 !!!!
Worked good but it made my outside paint smell a little.
Drums Rule!
I cut the holes to 13/16 and mine thread in pretty tightly. I still thread on conduit nuts and firm the up on the outside. If you need to you could put them on the inside as well.