Build Your Own Upright Drum Smoker

Browser · Posted: Fri Oct 17 08 9:45 pm Post subject:

Some folks use weed burners, some use a chimney and about 16 briqs or pieces of lump. Some place an empty coffee can in the mddle of their charcoal basket, fill around it, remove it and add lit coals. What you are after is a nice slow burn, how you achieve it is up to you, so go and experiment Very Happy

. As long as it works for your drum that's all that matters.
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turftiger · Posted: Fri Oct 17 08 11:42 pm Post subject:

Old-CTM,

I light a chimney full of lump, let them get nice and hot and dump them into the center of the basket. I leave enough room in the center for the coals from the chimney.

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git r done on a uds · Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 10 Location: albemarle,n.c.

bare with me ,im new at this

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romex2121 · Posted: Sun Nov 30 08 11:08 pm Post subject:

this is a silly question, but how do you get the ash out ?
and if you have to add more fuel do you have to take
out both grates and dump or is there a trick to this ???
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SoEzzy · Posted: Mon Dec 01 08 2:04 am Post subject:

From talking with UDS and BDS users, unless you are cooking longer than a brisket, then using the minion method, you wont need to refuel or to remove ash on most cooks.

Because the drums are pretty airtight, closing off the vents top and bottom, will shut it down so starting off with more charcoal for the cook isn't a problem, so fill up the ring and fire it up.

If your charcoal ring clogs up with the ash, and it may on a long cook, take out the grates and give the charcoal basket a shake to clear the ash, the put the grates back, it helps to have either an extra set of hands or a table nearby.
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dwbfan · Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

how do you season one of these and what with

SoEzzy · Posted: Thu Dec 11 08 8:27 am Post subject: Re: seasoning

dwbfan · Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

ok thank you for the info. one more thing is it better for the fire box to be under the meat or to the side in a seperate contaner

SoEzzy · Posted: Fri Dec 12 08 8:35 am Post subject:

As central as possible under the meat, in the most central part of the base.
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snyder66 · Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

I know someone mentioned craigslist for the drum source and I've had no luck. Are there any type of businesses to look for that would use these type of drums? I would love to score a cheap food grade drum, but i don't know where to look. Also, Can theses be constructed without welding? Thanks

dwbfan · Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

i found mine on craigslist for only 5 bucks but i live in tn tri putting 55 gallon drum in the search on craiglist. it depends on what all you want to do to your smoker that depends on welding or not i done some welding on mine for the smoke exhaust and the charcoal ring

dwbfan · Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

In new to this can some one tell me how to get my pics of my smoker to this web page

SoEzzy · Posted: Thu Dec 25 08 4:38 am Post subject:

JasonM · Newbie Joined: 01 Jan 2009 Posts: 37

I have been wanting to try my hand at making one of these for some time now!

Only two problems...

Can't find a drum, and couldn't buy it any ways... being a college student with a family that consists of 2 daughters a wife, 2 cats, and a golden retarded takes a toll on the extra green stuff that isn't eaten. I will continue to use my ECB and live vicariously through all of you who have one of these!

Jason

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Mr.Prickly · Posted: Fri Jan 09 09 8:05 pm Post subject:

I just took a quick scan on ebay for drums..... here's just one example of many..... it's an option if you don't have a supplier anywhere close , though I didn't check the shipping cost....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Steel-Barrel-Used-55-Gallon-Drum-Open-Top-LL-Biodiesel_W0QQitemZ120359486647QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item120359486647&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1199%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
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Toga · Posted: Fri Jan 23 09 4:49 am Post subject:

Jason I found mine through a guy on craigslist. I have also bought them to use for burn barrels and such in the past from local home brew beer supply stores. They get bulk malt in them.
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BandCollector · Joined: 29 Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Mt. Lebanon, PA

Some great ideas here.......Can't wait to get started on mine!
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Radical Rick · Posted: Tue Feb 03 09 2:41 pm Post subject:

add this as a low cost addition to your UDS

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=42596-42600-CBC835L&lpage=none
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