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looking for parts to build a barrel smoker

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building new smoker

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AZ SAUCE MAN

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does anyone out there have a good price on clean 55 gallon barrels and a good fire door  ;D
#1 - January 22, 2009, 03:55:19 pm
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toys4dlr

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If you are looking for a new clean barrel there is a http://www.sunwestcontainer.com .  The prices have gone up and I think an open top drum runs around 80 bucks or so.

Check Craigslist if you want to save a few buck, there is a guy on there selling used drums for 15-60 bucks.  Some he has burned out, but I don't know how well.

I built a UDS (Ugly drum smoker) and they work really well.  It is an upright and no door is needed.  Do a serch on UDS and you will find a thread of 200 pluss pages showing you all kinds of drum smokers.  It is on the brethern site. 

#2 - January 22, 2009, 04:04:11 pm
Toys 4 BBQ'N
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AZ SAUCE MAN

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Thanks for the info was talking to that guy in craigs list already wait for reply on the food barrels. the smoker i was planning to build is a double barrel stacked on top of each other
#3 - January 22, 2009, 09:10:39 pm
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toys4dlr

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Those Doubles look cool, but have you considered building a uds first.  Cheap, easy and they cook really well.  Heck, you could build both kinds.  What are you using right now???
#4 - January 22, 2009, 11:05:22 pm
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AZ SAUCE MAN

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 I have been using a brinkman smoker the one that looks like r2d2. I like because off the water pan every thing i have been cooking comes out so moist and tasty, but now that i'm cooking bigger amounts it's just to small. I figure i would probably be in the build about 300.00 bucks by the time i was done
#5 - January 23, 2009, 08:25:20 am
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toys4dlr

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There is a kit for the double barrel, horizontal type drum cooker.  It has all of the risers, doors, hinges, etc.  Check it out here http://bbq.netrelief.com/pits/metalpit/bigbaby/build_big_baby_metal_bbq_pit.shtml

It would make it pretty professional looking and would have more capicity than the UDS.  I like the uds, as I take mine to comps.
#6 - January 23, 2009, 08:47:54 am
Toys 4 BBQ'N
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bearbonez

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I agree with building a ugly drum smoker. If you are really wanting an offset, without breaking the bank for backyard shin digs, than look at the chargriller, or  a slightly heavier one is bar-b-chef at barbeques galore
#7 - January 23, 2009, 08:49:37 am
David "Bear" Nunley

toys4dlr

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From the link I gave, the person said it took them about 12 hours to build it.  12 hours into the UDS build, I had already pulled a couple racks of ribs and chicken off the cooker.  I think I had a total of 1 hours in the build.

Now I have seen some cooler ones, like Patrick's (Tex a Que) welded on a dolly with an attachment that accepted a stoker.

Jim of McFrankenboo also adapted a stoker too. 

However, the double barrel would allow space for a Whole Hog, which would be cool.

#8 - January 23, 2009, 09:01:07 am
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Toys 4 BBQ'N
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jim

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I understand that the WSM 22" is selling for 399.00 why would someone not spend a lttle more and get the coolest thing out there at this time? I have built and I have bought --- my time saved was used in PRACTICE --
jim
#9 - January 23, 2009, 09:43:59 am

toys4dlr

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You know waht they say.... Practice makes perfect.  :)
#10 - January 23, 2009, 09:49:42 am
Toys 4 BBQ'N
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jim

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I will continue to look for --- "They" -- the  word alway's comes from them and they are hard to pin down --
jim
#11 - January 23, 2009, 09:58:16 am

toys4dlr

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They refers to ones that are always walking at comps.
#12 - January 23, 2009, 10:12:15 am
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AZ SAUCE MAN

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The big baby is what i'm building but i,m putting dual water pans in it
#13 - January 23, 2009, 10:14:42 am
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Mike Allison

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How'd the big baby turn out?  Getting ready to take on this one myself.
#14 - June 01, 2009, 06:56:18 pm
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force

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good luck.......
#15 - June 01, 2009, 10:41:49 pm
Huge Fan of Mike (AZBarbeque)... He's My Hero..

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