oldsmobubble
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
So last Saturday (4/12/2014) I finally finished my UDS (see pics below) and so far with only seasoning and playing with the temps a little bit I have to say this thing is AMAZING. I looked over the awesome thread on this site and checked out a few others for additional ideas.
On the bottom there are 4 2" metal castors
4 3/4" intakes, 3 straight through and 1 full port valve
Inside has 4 shelving tracks so I can make the cooking racks and water pan all adjustable if needed.
When I seasoned it I used the charcoal basket (17" diameter & 12" tall) another 17" charcoal grate to hold the water pan and 2 22.5 weber kettle grates.
So I filled the charcoal basket up halfway (because that was all the charcoal I had on hand) and opened up all the intakes and got the thing upto about 500 degrees or so and let it go for about 2-3 hours. Then I decided to lower the temp to about 225 & I would say that for the next 16 hours it held an average of 200 degrees. Like I said before this thing is freaking AWESOME! My only regret is that I did not kame one sooner.
Now I am just looking for a cover, so I have checked out the furum and will consider a 55 gallon contractor grade trash bag which I already have so I will be trying that out tonight.
First cook will be tomorrow doing beef short ribs before my big cook of our 20 pould ham for Easter (which has been bringing for about 10 days or so).
On the bottom there are 4 2" metal castors
4 3/4" intakes, 3 straight through and 1 full port valve
Inside has 4 shelving tracks so I can make the cooking racks and water pan all adjustable if needed.
When I seasoned it I used the charcoal basket (17" diameter & 12" tall) another 17" charcoal grate to hold the water pan and 2 22.5 weber kettle grates.
So I filled the charcoal basket up halfway (because that was all the charcoal I had on hand) and opened up all the intakes and got the thing upto about 500 degrees or so and let it go for about 2-3 hours. Then I decided to lower the temp to about 225 & I would say that for the next 16 hours it held an average of 200 degrees. Like I said before this thing is freaking AWESOME! My only regret is that I did not kame one sooner.
Now I am just looking for a cover, so I have checked out the furum and will consider a 55 gallon contractor grade trash bag which I already have so I will be trying that out tonight.
First cook will be tomorrow doing beef short ribs before my big cook of our 20 pould ham for Easter (which has been bringing for about 10 days or so).
