Stupid (no such thing as a stupid) question of the day

[joshgrillinlawn]

Sorry, but I have to ask this.
I'm living with my in-laws, yeah not so fun, but anywho they complain about the smoke getting into the house. My father in law has suggested that I grill inside their tarp garage delio. Am I the only one who thinks bad idea?

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• joshgrillinlawn
• Aug 9, 2015

 

[lemans]

That bad boy is going to fill with smoke unless you vent the exhaust

 

[joshgrillinlawn]

That's what I was figuring, not to mention carbon monoxide.

 

[pops6927]

Just grill or smoke further from the house.

 

[jcbigler]

How close to the house is your smoker?

Maybe move it to a different side of the house where the airflow is a bit different?

 

[jaxrmrjmr]

That's what I was figuring, not to mention carbon monoxide.

That might be the reason he suggested it!

 

[joshgrillinlawn]

That might be the reason he suggested it! :icon_twisted:

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about, ha-ha. I'll figure out the perfect spot, ha-ha.

 

[b-one]

That's what I was figuring, not to mention carbon monoxide.

That might be the reason he suggested it! :icon_twisted:

Ouch! Good luck getting out of there alive!

 

[floridasteve]

Does your father-in-law call you meathead?

 

[jaxrmrjmr]

Does your father-in-law call you meathead?

My mother still has an "Archie Bunker for President" magnet on her fridge.  It's been there a while.

Come to think of it, she has "You've come a long way baby" magnet as well.  I think that was Virginia Slims cigs promo back years ago.

 

[siege]

Once you get him hooked on smoked meat, he will worry less about the smoke. In fact, he may encourage you to fire up the smoker more often !
Start with something that has a short duration in the pit.....try something like chicken, work up to longer smoke times. Vgood luck !

 

[chef jimmyj]

If you smoke in that tent...IT...will smell like smoke! Will he be unhappy with that too? At my apartment, I had to rig a box fan to blow the emoke away from the building. The neighbors didn't like the smell either. What the heck is wrong with some people?...JJ

 

[joshgrillinlawn]

Yeah I hear ya. Idk grilling in a tent just sounds bad. The funny thing is, I ain't even smoking yet, just simple grilling of steaks, ha-ha.
I think the first thing in gunna try to smoke is a fatty, those things look awesome.

 

[jcollins]

Yeah I hear ya. Idk grilling in a tent just sounds bad. The funny thing is, I ain't even smoking yet, just simple grilling of steaks, ha-ha.
I think the first thing in gunna try to smoke is a fatty, those things look awesome.

oh man your just grilling steaks and such....i bet they really wont like having the smoke rolling for 10+ hour for a butt or brisket... What kind of smoker you have?

 

[joshgrillinlawn]

Just a knock off weber kettle at the moment. Id like to get a WSM as a starter, but for now I'm just gonna set up my kettle until I can afford one.

 

[jcollins]

A WSM is a great smoker i love mine the only downfall is its short on space and i cant afford a 400 dollar 22.5 so in the next couple of months when i have time im going to start building a UDS which IMO is just a home made 22.5 WSM and it can be done with less than half the cost of that WSM. As long as you can use a drill tape measure and a wrench you can make a uds

 

[joshgrillinlawn]

What does UDS stand for?

 

[pit of despair]

Josh,

UDS=Ugly Drum Smoker.  Usually a homemade 55 gal. drum smoker. Type UDS in the search block

and you'll get a ton of info on how to build one, cook on one and recipes for one.

Teddy

 

[jcollins]

 
Josh,

UDS=Ugly Drum Smoker.  Usually a homemade 55 gal. drum smoker. Type UDS in the search block

and you'll get a ton of info on how to build one, cook on one and recipes for one.

Teddy

Yeah ^^^ what he said