My first UDS
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No official plans that I've seen. Simple a food grade barrel ( I used new, unlined, open headed barrels). The simple rules seem to be: Intakes at the bottom. Exhaust in the lid. Cooking grate at least 24" above coals.
A charcoal basket raised a few inches off of the bottom of the barrel is a nice feature. Will try to update some pics of my UDSs later this weekend and post them.
Here is a link to my first UDS. The second has a few design changes, but very similar to this one.
http://www.bennett-family.com/pics/pits/james/uds/
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A charcoal basket raised a few inches off of the bottom of the barrel is a nice feature. Will try to update some pics of my UDSs later this weekend and post them.
Here is a link to my first UDS. The second has a few design changes, but very similar to this one.
http://www.bennett-family.com/pics/pits/james/uds/
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Hey Sandman, the first link you provided has a wealth of UDS information for sure (be sure to have a six pack at hand, it's a long read). That site also has a ton of UDS information via the search function there. Although, I've been cooking on an old Ugly barrel for years, that thread is the one that convinced me to try out a UDS for myself.
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Thanks everyone for the compliments.
James is right. I got most of my info at the Brethren thread. Be ready for a long read, at this point the thread is 58 pages long. After reading it you should have no problem building one.
R&R that's the first thing I have to do is make some kind of ash catcher.
I don't think turning the drum over after every cook will be much fun after the first time.
The intake nipples on the bottom are 3/4 in.x 4 in.The top of the drum had 2 plugged holes in it. I'm using the bigger hole. It's 2 in.
For the charcaol basket I used expanded metal that I braised together to form a round cicle. Then I braised it to an old 18 in. charcaol grate.
James is right. I got most of my info at the Brethren thread. Be ready for a long read, at this point the thread is 58 pages long. After reading it you should have no problem building one.
R&R that's the first thing I have to do is make some kind of ash catcher.
I don't think turning the drum over after every cook will be much fun after the first time.
The intake nipples on the bottom are 3/4 in.x 4 in.The top of the drum had 2 plugged holes in it. I'm using the bigger hole. It's 2 in.
For the charcaol basket I used expanded metal that I braised together to form a round cicle. Then I braised it to an old 18 in. charcaol grate.
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BTW: Just for reference, I used 2 1" holes on the bottom for air intakes w/ball valves and 4 1" holes in the lid for an exhaust.
In the link I posted above, that was my UDS ver 1.0, I removed the upright pipe due to some intake issues. Those pics on my site also do not show the other two exhaust holds in the lid. Ver 2.0 looks very similar to the pics with the exception that I did not mount the thermometer directly over one of the intakes.
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In the link I posted above, that was my UDS ver 1.0, I removed the upright pipe due to some intake issues. Those pics on my site also do not show the other two exhaust holds in the lid. Ver 2.0 looks very similar to the pics with the exception that I did not mount the thermometer directly over one of the intakes.
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JamesB wrote:Hey Puff, keep up posted on what you decide to to for an ash catcher. I'm trying to come up with something as well. I did put handles on the side of my UDS to make it easier to dump the ashes out, but I'm sure there is a better way.
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Will do.
A guy on another site used I believe what was a WSM water pan underneath the basket. I would think the water pan would restrict airflow to the fuel though. Looks like more reading to do
The problem I think I might come across with the "chrome exhaust" is when it comes time for snuffing out the fire.
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