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Quote from: Eggtastico;2559521Hi, This is my Work in Progress (WIP) for my UDS.[/size][/font]
Struggle to find parts in the UK, and kind of on stop until I can find a basket :-
anyway, here are some Pics :-


I managed to pick up an unlined drum off ebay for about £25 delivered.
its an open drum with the lid, the plan is to weld the black dome to the original lid for a snug fit. The dome Lid, is from a Kettle BBQ that Tesco sells.
Its actually bottom part of the BBQ, but a better fit than the actual lid that came with it. BBQ Charcoal Grates are £15 here, so I figured paying £35 for a kettle BBQ will give me quite a few other parts I can also use.
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The Airvent on drum is kind of neat, should help me control smoke exit - the top part slides off as well, giving me about a 4" opening. Hope its enough exit venting.
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A shot of the interior & the unlined drum. Really struggled to find the right nipples & threads, here in the UK for a decent price. Ended up getting 1" bushes with a 3/4" opening & some screw in bolts to control air flow.
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Another shot of the inside, Ive only really put the charcoal grate in so far.
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Quote from: Eggtastico;2567353Lid is back from the welder.
I need to cut out the centre now.
Ive drilled a few holes - looks like Im going to have to find someone with a plasma cutter though. I cant cut it
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Fire basket made - I would have done things differently with this if I had the metal over again!
When its empty, I plan on some leftover mesh on the bottom as the steel grates are to far apart.
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Basket inside the drum - not found anything suitable to use as an ash collector yet. Ive used stainless steel threaded rods,
So will be easy to attach a tray when I find one.
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got my beef
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got my rub - taken from Pitt Cue Co cookbook (its a London Restraunt)
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got my beef rubbed
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Also got some pork to get ready & some lamb shanks.

Quote from: Eggtastico;2568395Just done my 1st cook - My rub was to salty for my taste, so obviously I need to do some work there. Food came out really nice. I have ordered a Maverick Thermo, but it did not arrive in time, so I had to use a cheap thermometer.  I think the Thermo wasnt giving an accurate reading as the beef came out a little dry, but still really tender & melt in your mouth.


During the cook
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Pork Sliced Open
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Beef Sliced open
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shredded pork
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Sliced Beef
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on my plate
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Very nice egg.

I recently cooked myself lots racks of ribs on my barbecue, 4 hour cooking time. Came out superb, don't have a proper thermometer yet but the Weber kettle is pretty good at temp control.

Did the pork come out well?

Quote from: Adrock on July 28, 2013, 18:50:02 PM
Very nice egg.

I recently cooked myself lots racks of ribs on my barbecue, 4 hour cooking time. Came out superb, don't have a proper thermometer yet but the Weber kettle is pretty good at temp control.

Did the pork come out well?

Yea, the pork was superb - Beef a little on the dry side, but thats because it was quite lean. Ive ordered a Maverick Thermo thing that has a transmitter & receiver.
Im not sure how accurate that cheap thermo is - its not hard to cook Pork, I thought the Beef was ready 2 hours before I took it out
This was a 6 hour cook

Next time do a brisket. Those are full of wonderful fat, perfect for the smoker. Lends itself very well to smoking and slow cooking.

Quote from: Adrock on July 28, 2013, 19:22:58 PM
Next time do a brisket. Those are full of wonderful fat, perfect for the smoker. Lends itself very well to smoking and slow cooking.

I had the plumber around the house doing work, so sent the other half out for a brisket & ribs.
came back with topside, lamb cuttlets & me being £60 poorer after paying for both plumber & meat.

Brisket is the one you want, and beef especially it doesn't matter if its a bit on the rare side as long as you rest and it gets up to temp, otherwise looks damn good to me 

Today's effort - beef rib roast smoking (Sainsbury's had no brisket), chicken thighs and some bacon!

Ran out and bought a pop up Gazebo for £35 from Argos to keep the rain off. Money well spent!

Quote from: Rivkid on July 31, 2013, 13:57:50 PM
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Today's effort - beef rib roast smoking (Sainsbury's had no brisket), chicken thighs and some bacon!

Ran out and bought a pop up Gazebo for £35 from Argos to keep the rain off. Money well spent!

What is this and where can I buy one?

Quote from: addictweb on July 31, 2013, 14:13:31 PM


What is this and where can I buy one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005NYUE0E



looks good - my thermapen & maverick arrived this week. Also got some engine paint to start painting

Nah actually its the cheaper one I think :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frontier-3-1-BBQ-Smoker/dp/B004CS2BQC/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1375287860&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=frontier+smoler


The wife bought it for my birthday with a f*ck ton of extras! Love it.

I need a wireless thermo as well - looking at a Maverick or an iGrill. Let me know how you find the maverick.

Cheers

R

Quote from: Rivkid on July 31, 2013, 17:25:55 PM

I need a wireless thermo as well - looking at a Maverick or an iGrill. Let me know how you find the maverick.

Cheers

R

will do  - i opted for the maverick because its cheaper, the range is better & it wont tie up my phone!
Not planning on doing another cook until next weekend or the week after.
Ordered some paint today. so will be spraying it soon.

Quote from: Eggtastico on July 31, 2013, 17:52:17 PM

will do  - i opted for the maverick because its cheaper, the range is better & it wont tie up my phone!
Not planning on doing another cook until next weekend or the week after.
Ordered some paint today. so will be spraying it soon.

Quote from: Eggtastico on July 31, 2013, 17:52:17 PM

will do  - i opted for the maverick because its cheaper, the range is better & it wont tie up my phone!
Not planning on doing another cook until next weekend or the week after.
Ordered some paint today. so will be spraying it soon.

Ta. I can't figure out why they made the iGrill Bluetooth thus limiting you to staying in range, instead of making it wifi so you could hook it to your router and access it from anywhere in the world! I can't actually find a wifi one - is it a heat issue or something does anyone know?

Yesterdays meat-a-thon was awesome! The beef rib roast was superb, chicken a little dry, but the home smoked bacon was the true triumph!

This is definitely the sort of thing where fatty meats are the order of the day, I'd imagine its very hard to keep chicken moist in one of these.

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on August 01, 2013, 10:21:12 AM
This is definitely the sort of thing where fatty meats are the order of the day, I'd imagine its very hard to keep chicken moist in one of these.

People have adapted the drum to fit a rotisserie. Also, I cook indirect, so put a tray of water over the basket - always lots of condensation & a little water at the bottom.

I ordered paint last night, so hopefully thats next weekends project

Quote from: Eggtastico on August 01, 2013, 13:32:00 PM

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on August 01, 2013, 10:21:12 AM
This is definitely the sort of thing where fatty meats are the order of the day, I'd imagine its very hard to keep chicken moist in one of these.

People have adapted the drum to fit a rotisserie. Also, I cook indirect, so put a tray of water over the basket - always lots of condensation & a little water at the bottom.

I ordered paint last night, so hopefully thats next weekends project

Cooking over a water pit here too - I just cooked the chicken too long and they were only breasts. I've got a full chicken adapter thingy but haven't tried it yet.