Recent content by mattyj1907

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    I finally finished my not so UDS

    Its just pine. I torched it before a couple coats of polycrylic. She cooks great!!  The only thing I still want to do is hinge the lid somehow.
  2. I finally finished my not so UDS

    I finally finished my not so UDS

  3. mattyj1907

    I finally finished my not so UDS

    Start of the project. Enlisted the wife to help with the fun part, eventually had it sandblasted. The fire basket I thought I was done in 2012, but then I tried to customize it and it fell into disrepair as seen in the far corner of the next picture. Finally got tired of looking at...
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    Smokin John's UDS Build

    Very cool, wish I would have used a drum with a cut off lid.  It makes the webber dome fit so much better.
  12. Chief's 30 and 55 gal UDS builds

    Chief's 30 and 55 gal UDS builds

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    Chief's 30 and 55 gal UDS builds

    Looing good, I've built two fire baskets using the expanded steel fromt the big box stores.  I was able to wrap it around a propane tank to get the general shape.  Once I got em close I bolted the ends togther until I welded it to a 18.5" weber charcoal grate.  You could just leave the bolts in...
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    Has anyone ever used a Fluke DMM as a meat thermometer?

    Thank you very much Sigmo, very thorough response. I do have the felixible thermo couple, but was thinking I would possibly but the metal probe accessory.  I just thought it might be kinda cool to use it for bbqing since it seems to be very accurate and fast. :( I guess it just makes more...
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