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As mentioned, just fabricate them out of strips of metal.
Using bolts to hold the grates and the bowl would accomplish the same thing.

Gottcha, will give it a try....on the bottom...how did you configure your conversion to charcoal, what equipment did you use?????

Sorry, I don't understand the question. As far as tools used or ...

fxpose, thanks for the response, im alittle confused, if you could have gone with the 1.5 in hole on the bottom why did you put more holes in it (the drilled holes) and then increased the size of it?. ...

2nd: I was reading the posts earlier about the guy (who has the red ECB) he extended the hole to a 3 inch diameter (you stated that it gave 7 sq inch??)/......

I'm that guy with the red Gou ...

Weber Smokey Joe lid and grates should fit.

I'm also planning on making a 16 gal UDS in the near future. I already have the parts from an old Smokey Joe which I can use.

I would design the smoker around a heavy duty cargo trailer. Most usually have the hitch point at the rear axle level rather than at the seat post.

Absolute great job on that UDS!!

Nice tutorial and very nice end product!
Most of what's illustrated can also be applied to those who don't weld. The basic idea is laid out for easy following.

Another option is to turn the drum over and cut open that end. Your dome lid should fit on that end.

I used a weed burner on mine. Hotter flame, I cleaned out the drum in under 1 hour.

I went to Costco this afternoon and got some beef ribs and an 18" pizza pan. The ribs are in the UDS right now with the pizza pan placed midway up the drum, and about an hour into the cook the t ...

Thanks FXPOSE good catch I will be practicing this weekend will a couple 8 lb butts. I kinda like the temps at the top seeing as though that is were the meat is sitting and hot air is supposed to rise ...

I have the same thermo installed 1" below the main grate.
Just so you know, a short stemmed thermo installed on the side of the drum will read approx 50F less than the middle of the grate. A ...

How about using a single 1.5" diameter extension and ball valve? The valve will cost a bit more but I like the idea of a single large vent verses 3 or 4 little ones and not having to deal with c ...

I only got half the burn time and not as hot using Stubb's natural briquettes as compared to Kingsford blue charcoal in my UDS. Has anyone else found this to be the case?

I kinda like the drill thru the bolt idea as my temp probe is skinnier than the ID of the electrical nut/bolt nipple set, although that is also a very nice set up.

Since a UDS is usually made with minimal cost used components found on CL or curbside would be most ideal.... Smile

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I just completed my first UDS build. I think the hardest part of this project was finding the drum and I found a refurbished closed top drum last week. I'll season it tomorrow and get it really dirt ...

Hmm....that's interesting about smoke making its way out. I think what might be happening is that the pipe warms up and creates an updraft, just like a chimney. Perhaps just shortening it down shoul ...

Man, that's a perfect match! I wished mine did that.
I'm just starting my UDS build as well and had to grind down the drum for the lid to fit.