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Title: ugly drum smoker
Post by: Barney on January 09, 2010, 09:06:00 PM

Anyone make one? Looks pretty easy, a friend made one I'm going to check out tomorrow.

Title: Re: ugly drum smoker
Post by: blazelefty7 on April 13, 2010, 05:00:00 PM

ttt

Title: Re: ugly drum smoker
Post by: John3 on May 26, 2010, 03:55:00 PM

Piece of cake... I had to build "homemade" in order to make deer summer sausage.  My fancy smoker I just could not get "cool" enough.. I needed 160* so I made my own..  NO cost what so ever.. I had all the parts or pulled them out of a dumpster at work.

Fancy is fine for roasts, ect. but just too hot..
  (http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m123/JDS3_2006/Home-%20Range/100_2230.jpg)


For Sausage I made my own..  Heat source is a single burner 1# propane stove.. Burns over 9 hours on a single 16oz bottle...
  (http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m123/JDS3_2006/Home-%20Range/100_2228.jpg)

  (http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m123/JDS3_2006/Home-%20Range/100_2226.jpg)

Inside pic.. I used XX75's to hold the rack just because.. I will hang the sausage fromt them when making a run this fall..

 (http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m123/JDS3_2006/Home-%20Range/100_2228.jpg)

Title: Re: ugly drum smoker
Post by: Bobby Urban on May 26, 2010, 04:13:00 PM

John - is that galvanized?  Be careful with that if it is.  Does not take much heat for galvanized to give off toxic fumes.  Other than that - sweet setup!

Bob Urban

Title: Re: ugly drum smoker
Post by: John3 on May 26, 2010, 04:40:00 PM

Bobby I worried about that a bit as well.. But this will never get more than 180* at the most.. Too cool a temp to worry about.  I could have built this out of a big cardboard box or even a plastic trash can..


John III

Title: Re: ugly drum smoker
Post by: WRV on August 30, 2010, 11:55:00 AM

Nice looking set up you have....Randy

Title: Re: ugly drum smoker
Post by: swampdrummer on September 21, 2010, 03:41:00 PM

I just finished a UDS this past week and cooked like a mad man all weekend long. I'm very impressed! This thing holds temps rock solid and burns very little charcoal. I did a 6 hour test burn and smoked a 4# boston butt and a 5# rack of spare ribs and burnt less than 10 # of charcoal.About 24 hours of actual burn time.

  (http://cdn-2-service.phanfare.com/images/external/2655273_4832412_110496599_Web_4/0_0_ebbd60c255b788588cacf4785bf9d3fc_1)

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Next weekend I plan on smoking up a couple of wild hog shoulders. I have high hopes after this weekend.