Access Door on a UDS?

[travcoman45]

Anybody ever cut an access door in yer UDS? Just wondered ifin it would make reloadin the basket easier? Just thinkin, usually gets me in trouble though!

 

[danbury]

If you make a charcoal basket with a handle on it, it's easy to access. Cutting an access door would cause air leak issues and it would be hard to control the heat unless you could seal those door seams. The whole point for a UDS is to cook low and slow and control your heat. Too much air uncontrolled turns it into a grill instead of a smoker.

 

[waysideranch]

Trav, its my understanding these things will cook for 12-20 hours with coal to burn. Not sure how they put additional wood chunks in though. Great question.

 

[bbq bubba]

8 lbs of charcoal and 3 fist sized chunks will go 16 hrs!
No need for a door.

I have a basket that will hold more but never have needed it yet, drum also seems to cook faster!

 

[travcoman45]

Okie dokie, like I said, was just thinkin. Ifin it goes 16 hours that should cover most everthin. Thanks yall.

 

[walking dude]

tip.........maybe smokebuzz will be along..........he put one in his last uds

 

[johnnyreb]

i got a 12 hour cook and a 7 hour cook out of one bag of the buy one get one free kingsford bags that are 15 lbs!!!