My UDS! - Let me know what you think!

[altenmuenster]

Inspired by the meat pr0n here I became obsessed with getting into the smoking game. I highly recommend the UDS - easy as pie to build, I did some BBQ chicken to start off and am planning pulled pork and a whole chicken this week.

 

[Hugh_Jass]

Looking good. Youre gonna love it. I bought a kit from dataz, and am really happy with it. A couple of eels ago, I smoked 22# of pork butt for our home brew party. It wa a hit. Enjoy!

 

[IrregularPulse]

Beautiful and simple! Cheers!

 

[dfess1]

looks really nice! Now lets see some food pr0n!

 

[viking73]

Beautiful! Now use the bloody thing!

 

[passedpawn]

Aw man get that thing DIRTY! Bring on the meat!

(Looks great, I'm jealous, I've been putting off building one of those forever; I need to find a drum first; where'd you get yours?)

 

[altenmuenster]

I was shopping craigslist and found one with a liner for ten bucks, but that would have been a hell of a drive to pick it up.

I did some research and found a Barrel place in Pittsburgh - Penn Barrel (been there since 1908 or something like that) - They sold me a reconditioned unlined drum for $30, worth the extra money for the reduced hassle. It was a little odd walking into the warehouse with my three year old and nearly two year old (I'm a teacher so it's daddy day care in the summer) The guys working there got a kick out of it, and my girls were amazed at the thousands of barrels they had stacked up.

 

[CHefJohnboyardee]

Aw man get that thing DIRTY! Bring on the meat!

(Looks great, I'm jealous, I've been putting off building one of those forever; I need to find a drum first; where'd you get yours?)

I wasted time and found one on Craiglist. I drove back into town past the scrap yard and saw a whole bunch sitting out back...

I'm cussing at a liner on both

Ohwell. Should hopefully have it finished soon.

 

[FoundersBrew]

Did you paint the inside of the drum?

 

[altenmuenster]

No, it was an unlined, reconditioned drum. I burned it out to ease my mind since I don't really know what was in it before. Then I coated the whole inside with grilling pam and seasoned the inside. It has a nice coating of grease and smoke inside giving it that black look.

 

[toddrod]

here is mine. I love it esp now that I have an IQ 110 hooked up to it.

 

[FoundersBrew]

here is mine. I love it esp now that I have an IQ 110 hooked up to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD1aJoKmk2I

Thats really cool! Tell us more about the 110. how do you clean yours out? I thought about building another one and using the top as the bottom to make clean out easy. Here is mine

 

[toddrod]

I clean mine out using a childs hoe from Lowes. When it gets really dirty I just flip it over and wash it out with water.

The IQ 110 works great on a UDS. You just have to remember that the probe should not be over direct heat. I place mine on the edge of the grill with a little aluminum foil covering the grate under the probe.

 

[BulldogBrewer]

I clean mine out using a childs hoe from Lowes. When it gets really dirty I just flip it over and wash it out with water.

The IQ 110 works great on a UDS. You just have to remember that the probe should not be over direct heat. I place mine on the edge of the grill with a little aluminum foil covering the grate under the probe.

That's awesome, I'm really thinking an IQ 110 is next up for my UDS. I really love how well the thing performs, but the IQ would do wonders for the small temp tweaks over 14 hours or so.

 

[altenmuenster]

Nice, Thanks for sharing the video and pics - man i wish I could weld or knew someone with a welder.

I'm on the lookout to pick up a weber 22.5" grill that I can sacrifice to the BBQ gods to expand the capacity of this thing if we entertain. Double decker grills and a raised roof!

I picked up a cheap pizza pan at walmart and I set the basket on top (very simliar to toddrod's design except I used a square design. I plan on drilling through the pan and attaching it to the the bolts, but am lazy. . .

Dummy question . . . the IQ 110 is your thermometer?