Metal 55 gallon drums

[Matt G]

Originally Posted by outcast

I got my drum from a place in prairieville. They sell brand new drums and containers. I think i paid $40 for a brand new unlined open top drum

Looks good. How does she cook? Hard to keep it at temp?

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by Matt G

Looks good. How does she cook? Hard to keep it at temp?

I have built 4 or 5 of these and eventually gave away as gifts or traded for something. They are great smokers and I never had much problem holding tips during warm weather but it can be a chore to hold temp in the winter.

Take your time, do it right and you will enjoy it. I mounted the ones I built on casters.

And if you can get two barrels and add and extra ring to give it a little more room is the ultimate. Gives you a lot of extra room on the top rack for big pieces of meat to cook without it being so close to the lid, or the lid possibly touching it.

And you can usually find the lids on eBay.

[Hydro]

Might check with an environmental cleanup company, they tend to have allot of these on hand... Not sure if they are "food grade" or not, but worth a call...

Hydro

[eman]

Originally Posted by Bluechip

I have built 4 or 5 of these and eventually gave away as gifts or traded for something. They are great smokers and I never had much problem holding tips during warm weather but it can be a chore to hold temp in the winter.

Take your time, do it right and you will enjoy it. I mounted the ones I built on casters.

And if you can get two barrels and add and extra ring to give it a little more room is the ultimate. Gives you a lot of extra room on the top rack for big pieces of meat to cook without it being so close to the lid, or the lid possibly touching it.

And you can usually find the lids on eBay.

Here's a lil trick for smoking w/ UDS in cold weather.Get you a small banjo burner and place in the bottom of the UDS. Hard pipe it to outside of drum . Quick gas connector on end of hard pipe. If you need extra heat you can fire up the burner. You will need a needle valve regulator for fine heat control .

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by eman

Here's a lil trick for smoking w/ UDS in cold weather.Get you a small banjo burner and place in the bottom of the UDS. Hard pipe it to outside of drum . Quick gas connector on end of hard pipe. If you need extra heat you can fire up the burner. You will need a needle valve regulator for fine heat control .

I agree but never wanted to put that much effort in one when I have a MES 40...