Custom BBQ Smokers

[dblutfan]

I'm wanting to have a custom BBQ smoker built for home use and I'm looking for ideas. Anyone have any pictures or ideas you would like to share? This is what I have in mind so far.

 

[dc2842002]

Google UDS (ugly drum smoker). They made from a 55 galling drum. Many of them are not so ugly. Just finished mine. Trying it out for the first time tomorrow.

 

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[ajvol01]

Pics?

Here is a horizontal one someone built

UDS: How I Built Mine: Horizontal w/Pic

Smoker Firebox Photo by silverwolf636 | Photobucket

 

[MSME Vol]

Just make sure to use at least quarter inch steel all the way around and fully weld each joint. Horizon makes a good horizontal offset if you want a point of reference.

 

[vol_in_ar]

I'm wanting to have a custom BBQ smoker built for home use and I'm looking for ideas. Anyone have any pictures or ideas you would like to share? This is what I have in mind so far.

buy a big green egg or similar komodo style cooker and enjoy

 

[dc2842002]

Pics?

It is upside down in this pic because I was painting it(and the pic loaded sideways). I will try to get a good pic in operation today.

 

[dc2842002]

It's lit and warming up now

 

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[dc2842002]

Yes it is sitting on a few pieces of 4X4. The fire is contained in a charcoal basket in the bottom of the drum

 

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[dc2842002]

I did a test run to season the drum. The worst that could happen is the drum tip over and make a mess. The cord is a thermocouple plugged into my multimeter. I have a nice wireless thermometer on order but couldn't wait.

It is also only running 225 degrees. The coals are obviously hotter than that but overall we are talking about relatively low temperatures

 

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[dc2842002]

Do you buy these built or as a kit? I built a 55 gallon vertical from raw materials

I built it from a 55 gallon drum and parts from lowes

 

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[dc2842002]

Only pic I can find right now. Got better one's. Gotta locate them

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Nice. Mine is a work in progress. Hopefully it will be to that level one day

 

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[CountVolcula]

I have one made out of brick

Its frickin sweet

 

[865dude]

How much different/harder is it to use a smoker compared to a grill?

 

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[MSME Vol]

How much different/harder is it to use a smoker compared to a grill?

Different cuts of meat require different approaches to cooking. Things like pork shoulders and beef briskets have lots of interconnective fat and tissue that melt down and deliver amazing flavor when cooked slowly. Smoking accomplishes this by indirectly supplying heat and using different types of wood to add flavor. It requires careful control of temperature and patience to be great. Grilling is usually direct over heat source cooking with much higher temperatures. I would say that experience, finesse, and the quality of the source meat are the biggest factors to grilling.