My UDS Build version 1.0
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 2:52 pm
Thought I would share my first UDS build. Through all my research and much influence from others creations this is what I came up with. Everything besides the barrel (craigslist), thermometer (local bbq shot) and pizza pans (Wal-Mart) was found at Home Depot.
Started with a new barrel, 55 gal, no liner. I first picked up a lined Canola oil barrel and after seeing others trial and tribulations with lined barrels I started looking for an unlined barrel. Found one on Craigslist.
Drilled the holes and Stripped the paint, started with a cordless drill and quickly found out that didn't work well. Battery doesn't last long. Picked up a corded drill from Harbor Freight.
Painted with Rustoleum high temp grill paint, flat black.
Built charcoal basket, weldless. Used a deep dish pizza pan
Test Fit
Installed mounting hardware. 3x 1-1/4"x1" flanges 2 with 1" ball valves and 3" pipe to direct air flow. Eye lid bolts to hold up grates and temp probe pass through for thermometer. Thermometer is a Maverick ET-733
Today - Time to start it up and see how it runs
Sprayed down with Pam vegetable oil
Lit the coals - BTW Home Depot and Lowes are selling 2x 20lb bags Kingsford charcoal for 10 bucks. Sale ends today 9/1. I picked up 5 of them, 200lbs for $50
Used a precut pizza pan as a heat diffuser just to see how it does
Put one probe and surface thermo in the middle, the other probe on the outside just to see how it performs
And its smoking, I still need to make a more permanent mount for the thermometer
And after 20 minutes we are up to temp.
Its been about 3 hours now and the temps are very steady at 253F middle probe and 257F outside edge probe, pizza pan diffuser seams to be keeping the temps from the middle to the outside pretty close. I also have a small 2 pound pre-marinated pork loin to throw on after a little bit to see how it does. So far pretty happy with it.
Started with a new barrel, 55 gal, no liner. I first picked up a lined Canola oil barrel and after seeing others trial and tribulations with lined barrels I started looking for an unlined barrel. Found one on Craigslist.
Drilled the holes and Stripped the paint, started with a cordless drill and quickly found out that didn't work well. Battery doesn't last long. Picked up a corded drill from Harbor Freight.
Painted with Rustoleum high temp grill paint, flat black.
Built charcoal basket, weldless. Used a deep dish pizza pan
Test Fit
Installed mounting hardware. 3x 1-1/4"x1" flanges 2 with 1" ball valves and 3" pipe to direct air flow. Eye lid bolts to hold up grates and temp probe pass through for thermometer. Thermometer is a Maverick ET-733
Today - Time to start it up and see how it runs
Sprayed down with Pam vegetable oil
Lit the coals - BTW Home Depot and Lowes are selling 2x 20lb bags Kingsford charcoal for 10 bucks. Sale ends today 9/1. I picked up 5 of them, 200lbs for $50
Used a precut pizza pan as a heat diffuser just to see how it does
Put one probe and surface thermo in the middle, the other probe on the outside just to see how it performs
And its smoking, I still need to make a more permanent mount for the thermometer
And after 20 minutes we are up to temp.
Its been about 3 hours now and the temps are very steady at 253F middle probe and 257F outside edge probe, pizza pan diffuser seams to be keeping the temps from the middle to the outside pretty close. I also have a small 2 pound pre-marinated pork loin to throw on after a little bit to see how it does. So far pretty happy with it.
