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My original flat lid started leaking pretty badly, the thing warped and was letting the smoke out. I finally got around to adapting a lid from a weber grill to my shorty uds smoker - but I did it a bit differently than I have seen others. I took the original flat lid and cut the rim off...
One basket (which holds about 2 lbs of charcoal) will last about 5 hours at 220. At $0.35 per lb, that is only 70 cents worth of charcoal I am burning up. It does consume a little more than what my Weber kettle smoker bbq, but is still far less than a typical offset side smoker or conventional...
My previous modified weber charcoal bbq was more like a mini smoker, it was only an 18" diameter cooking grid and I just didn't have the room to cook enough meat. I was going to make a full size UDS, but realized that I could store the charcoal bucket underneath if I made a short UDS. Plus I...
With a nickname of Shorty, you just knew I had to make a Shorty UDS smoker. :)
I have more pictures of my build here: http://www.shortypen.com/projects/bbqsmoker/uds/index.htm
Did a bunch of reading last night, lots of confusing and contradictory stuff, but I think I understand a bit more now. Since there are so many different types of air flow configurations, for this smoker I am building right now, I am going to make the intake and exhaust from multiple pieces...
So the thing is:
- the little kettle grill I am using has no chimney at all, it just has a slotted vent in the lid.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forum/thread/89115/simple-as-it-gets-modified-my-small-kingsford-grill#post_443041
- I have seen the tall chimneys which I would think would...
Question --
How important is the length of the chimney ?
How long (tall) should it be?
I was looking at the cow boy hot tub heater things:
http://www.cowboyhottubs.com/
They are a small box and have a really tall chimney, and the draft effect of the heat rising seems to suck the air...
That is some really great data. I have heard over and over how the UDS keeps the temp rock solid all day without any fidgeting, but until your post, I have not seen any real data to support that.
Looks like the temp rises and drops, and you do have to fidget with the valves and stuff like...
Just started smoking meat, was going to build a UDS and while hunting for parts, found this kingsford grill at Home Depot for $40 complete. I did my first smoke by piling all the coals against one side and putting the meat on the opposite side so it wasn't directly over the coals.
First...