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Smokers, Grills, Pitts & More => BDS & UDS Smokers => Topic started by: dieselfuel on March 25, 2011, 10:03:58 pm

Title: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on March 25, 2011, 10:03:58 pm

Picked these guys up today, retired pear concentrate barrels. Here in the next week we'll be building atleast two Drum smokers. Like I said in my dad's UDS thread, once I saw his I had to have one. Found these for $20/ea on craigslist locally, the guy gets more drums in all the time so if you guys are up in vegas, PM me and I'll give you the phone number.

(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/7e603e29.jpg)

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on April 20, 2011, 01:53:29 am

Damn. I forgot about this thread.

Went to my dad's house last week and finally burned out my drums. This week I'll bring them home to my place and install the racks and maybe build the fire boxes.

(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/59568548.jpg)

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: ThunderDome on April 20, 2011, 08:57:32 am

Lookin good so far. How long did you burn those out for?

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on April 20, 2011, 02:52:11 pm

3-4hrs. The pic was taken at the beginning.

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on April 28, 2011, 01:09:31 pm

got the grates and handles mounted last night.  gonna do another burn on them today, the upper half on one of them and both lids needs a little more burn time.  hopefully this weekend i'll get thermometers and fire baskets made. pics later.

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on April 28, 2011, 03:21:49 pm

Burning them out in my driveway. Hmm, this is the first burn out of this type to be done in my driveway haha!

(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/2366860a.jpg)

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on June 24, 2011, 10:31:06 am

this just might be the slowest UDS build thread in history. lol!

i got the hardware for the inlets
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/da4ef60c.jpg)

and some cheapo thermometers from Lowe's
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/15a3ad50.jpg)

and finally got my brother to make me some fire baskets.
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/959fc03b.jpg)

and now, they're cooking
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/4dcdb79e.jpg)

mmmmm...  cooking pork, brisket, ribs and chicken today for a bunch of friends.
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/carnagephotography/2c1f7efe.jpg)

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on June 25, 2011, 05:28:55 pm

damn these things cook well, that drum fluctuated a whole 20* throughout the day.  my little propane smoker i have in my backyard fluctuates like 80* at times! 

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on June 27, 2011, 10:10:40 pm

I can't wait to cook in these things again. I took leftovers in to the guys at work today, they were all pretty happy to see it considering most of them had planned on eating jack in the box for lunch.

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: Crash on June 28, 2011, 12:05:12 am

Just need to pretty it up with some high temp paint.  Nice work.

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: KidCurry on June 28, 2011, 10:16:25 am

Yep, the UDS is one awesome cooker!

Title: Re: More UDS builds.
Post by: dieselfuel on November 17, 2011, 12:17:15 pm

there will be no prettying up. i lke that rat rod look theyve got going on, haha!