Making a baby!

BBQ Joe · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 24 Location: SE PA

Don't know if being bored is the right term, maybe just nothing better to do is the right one. Following someone else's idea, a successful delivery was made.
Started with a Smokey Joe Grill

Made a charcoal basket

Found a 15 gallon drum

and wala a baby UDS!

Got an 8# butt just waiting to hop in tomorrow.
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Jarhead · Posted: May 31 2010 Post subject:

Looks good to me, you may have probs on long cooks though. Refuel during the cook.
Fire that bad boy up and show up some pics.
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BBQ Joe · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 24 Location: SE PA

Got up at 3 AM, injected the butt with apple juice and Bad Byron's Butt Rub, slathered the outside with yellow mustard and a good coating of BBBR and put it on the smoker. Filled the basket with about 10# of charcoal and hickory chunks and added 10-12 lit coals. Was going to check it in 30 minutes for temp but fell asleep for about 3 hours. Checked and it was running at 180. Made a couple of adjustments and it crusied at 225-250 for the next 10 hours. Pull at 195 after 13.5 hours. I was curious to see how much charcoal I used so I pulled the basket and doused the coals. I was surprised to see I only used about half of the charcoal. Real efficient to use when only cooking one butt. Made some dagon tongues but they vanished into thin air.

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Jarhead · Posted: Jun 01 2010 Post subject:

Inner10 · Posted: Jun 01 2010 Post subject:

That is cute! Love it.

Is the drum sitting ontop of the Smokey Joe? Hard to tell from the pic.

whitey · Posted: Jun 01 2010 Post subject:

A Mini WSM..
Super cool.
That is real nice.
Good build..
Whitey.
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BluzQue · Posted: Jun 01 2010 Post subject:

Great Lil Build BBQ Joe!
Sounds like its real efficient too.
Nice job on the PP Wink

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BBQ Joe · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 24 Location: SE PA

Simply took a Smokey Joe Grill, took out the original charcoal grate and replaced it with a 10.5" diameter by 9" high basket. Used the cooking grate for inside the drum. The drum just sets on top of the bottom part of the grill. Can convert back to a charcoal grill in about 20 seconds and vise versa.
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Inner10 · Posted: Jun 01 2010 Post subject:

Where did you get your hands on that little drum?

BBQ Joe · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 24 Location: SE PA

Was laying around in the garage for the last 35 years. I belive it used to be a solvent drum.
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mafman · Joined: 03 Jun 2010 Posts: 2 Location: NE Pa.

I had some of that DELICIOUS PORK for lunch Tuesday that was smoked to perfection and tasted excellent!! That smoker also looks and works excellent!!! Thanks for Lunch BBQ Joe !! Very Happy

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BBQ Joe · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 24 Location: SE PA

Mafman, thanks for the complements. It wouldn't have tasted as good if you didn't introduce me to Bad Byron's Butt Rub. Definately will be adding it to my arsenal. Thanks again.
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k.a.m. · Posted: Jun 03 2010 Post subject:

BBQ Joe, awesome job on your mini cooker it looks great. Very Happy

And from the looks of that Butt all pulled you have her dialed in just right. Nicely done my man. Very Happy

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patruns · Posted: Jun 03 2010 Post subject:

What a really cool lil build and nice work on the meat!
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gbque · Posted: Jun 04 2010 Post subject:

I modified an old smokey joe I had laying around too. Currently I have parts being welded to convert a 22-1/2 weber kettle into the same thing. I went about things a bit differently than what you did but same principle. Once I get the pieces, should be tomorrow, I'll post some pics. I have a feeling this thing is going to be awesome.
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kblankenberger_22 · Posted: Jun 04 2010 Post subject:

that is awesome. i gotta have one. perfect for small cooks
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BBQ Joe · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 24 Location: SE PA

A word of caution when building. I only cut out the bottom of the drum and not the crimp ring. When you set the drum on the Smokey Joe base its not the best fit. I entertained cutting off the crimp ring but decided not to for the first burn. Good decission. The intake vents on the base get covered real quickly with ashes and the less than perfect fit between the drum and base acts as the air intake. I used the adjustment in the lid to control temp. Tthe less than perfect fit allows the drum to wooble a little in the base but nothing overly concerning.
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cityevader · Posted: Jun 09 2010 Post subject:

Just curious if you have had or solved problem with ash blocking the lower inlets? Dropping bits of coals tend to clog it.

Yours looks an awful lot like mine!

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pat_13 · Posted: Jun 10 2010 Post subject:

Very cool, I just can't find a 35G drum anywhere. There are only two of us so this would be great size. I will have to keep an eye out for one.

What's dagon tongues? I could not find them with a search.

DreChar · Posted: Jun 10 2010 Post subject: