I am new to the Smokers, but I think it's the only way to cook outdoors, I need to buy the Right one. Please help
Weber VS. 55 Gal. drum ?
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remmy700p
Meat Mopper
Q: What's your budget?
Q: Do you have access to free/cheap cooking wood like oak, apple, hickory, pecan, citrus, etc?
Q: How actively do you want to manage your pit, i.e. monitoring fuel, pit temps, etc -- or do you want a "set-it-and-forget-it" type unit?
Q: How much room do you have to park it/store it?
Q: Do you have access to free/cheap cooking wood like oak, apple, hickory, pecan, citrus, etc?
Q: How actively do you want to manage your pit, i.e. monitoring fuel, pit temps, etc -- or do you want a "set-it-and-forget-it" type unit?
Q: How much room do you have to park it/store it?
kc5tpy
Master of the Pit
Hello. Welcome. I see this is your first post. Please take some time and swing over to Roll Call and introduce yourself so that we may give you a proper "Hello". All info you can provide us with such as smoker type, location and so on will help us answer any questions you may have, and pictures help a bunch. As for your question The answer is YES. Meaning I don't think you can go wrong with either. Do you want the fun of building or just buy it and get going? Now my opinion! I welded almost 20 years. I have built all sort of smokers/pits. Trailer mounted and back yard cookers. Never a UDS, my oil drum smokers were horizontal. I have bought cheap knock off smokers for years. They fell apart or rusted apart. Webers have that enamel coating. I finally bought 2. IF you are going to build a smoker from 1/4" steel then I would say go for it. IF the choice is a drum or the Weber then it's a no brainer in my opinion. The UDS is a fantastic smoker but shelf life is limited That enamel coating sells the Weber to me every time. Took me years but I have learned. Others may have different advice. Just my opinion.. Keep Smokin!
Danny
Danny
I made my choice to go with a "UDS", and will do a burn out on the drum this week, then drill, paint, install, etc.
MY real concern now is ( How much charcoal to use and how much wood chunks to use for a 5 hour total time) ?
Many more questions to come , Thanks.
MY real concern now is ( How much charcoal to use and how much wood chunks to use for a 5 hour total time) ?
Many more questions to come , Thanks.
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