The Texas BBQ Forum

Alright!!!!! I found a source foe open top drums for 30 bucks each. I hope I can get one this weekend. We have a weed burner here at work so I am going to use that. Do yall recommend burning it out after using the weed burner? Also I want to put vertical intakes on it. What kinda pipe can I use for them and what diameter pipe should I use? Also should I use ball valves on all 3 of the intakes?

Justin, I just finished mine and I used 3/4” black pipe with ball valves. I did a burn in it yesterday and it tested great. I hope to do a brisket this weekend. And depending on what was in the drum before you got it depends on your burn. Mine had coconut oil and was a food grade drum I burned the inside with a weed burner and had the outside sandblasted just because I had a buddy who owed me a favor. I’ve got a supply list of fittings, bolts and pipe that I can send you if you want. Just send me an email to.
Rgalindo@Keystonesynergy.com

Man i am in such a pickle!!!!! I got my materials list put together today and figured up how much it will cost me to build it the way I want to build it. I also put together a materials list on a cinder block BBQ pit. Within 100 dollars of each other....... I can't decide which one I want..... My wife and I are in this house for the next 30 years AND I have a covered lean to off of my barn which is right in my back yard. If I go the cinder block route I will have a permanent, out of the way cooker. If I go ugly drum I will have 1 more grill on my back porch. Not saying that's a bad thing though. I think im leaning towards the cinder block pit. What do you all think?

If were up to me, hands down I'd have a cinder block pit as fast as I could get it done. I'm kinda in the same spot as far as being here for the long term. That said my wife WILL have a pool so positioning it is up in the air. But a good size pit is in the future.

GTR wrote:If were up to me, hands down I'd have a cinder block pit as fast as I could get it done. I'm kinda in the same spot as far as being here for the long term. That said my wife WILL have a pool so positioning it is up in the air. But a good size pit is in the future.

I feel ya. I wish our back yard was big enough for a pool.

My $0.02 would be that the UDS is "totally" relocatable and can always be put under the lean to if necessary, however, the cinder block pit is where you build it "period" Also, if it is raining the UDS could be located to where you didn't have to make the wet trip to attend to the meat.

OldUsedParts wrote:My $0.02 would be that the UDS is "totally" relocatable and can always be put under the lean to if necessary, however, the cinder block pit is where you build it "period" Also, if it is raining the UDS could be located to where you didn't have to make the wet trip to attend to the meat.

You have a good point oup....

Plus the UDS can easily be transported to other events, like camping, tailgating, cookout at reunions. Hard decision.

So what yall are saying is i need to build both???!!!!

JustinCouch wrote:So what yall are saying is i need to build both???!!!!

Absolutely

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No such thing as too much Fun.

Mule rider wrote:No such thing as too much Fun.

Not unless you talk to my wife