Pit Barrel Cooker - Page 10

BBQchef33 · 02-04-2013, 09:09 PM

I light the top coals with the burner and wait 10-20 minutes.. They start burning downwards, like a minion method.

why would u want it to burn sideways? PBC/UDS still uses radiant heat.... I would want even heat coming from the basket.

Carbon · 02-04-2013, 09:12 PM

I would also think that the uneven radiant heat would be even more apparent, the wider the drum, as in the 55 gal drum.

landarc · 02-04-2013, 10:41 PM

My UDS will burn out in 2-3 hours if I light the middle. If I light one side, it burns across the basket. Only way it will work. ��

BBQchef33 · 02-04-2013, 10:52 PM

i dont have a uds, so unsure.. but in the pbc, if only one side is lit, i dont think you would be able to use the unlit side, or if you do it will take longer to cook than the lit side.. its pretty significantly smaller than a 50 gallon drum.

your technique is similar to the one we used in the bandera with the firebasket.. we burned horizontally instead of vertically.

gettinbasted · 02-04-2013, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BBQchef33

i dont have a uds, so unsure.. but in the pbc, if only one side is lit, i dont think you would be able to use the unlit side, or if you do it will take longer to cook than the lit side.. its pretty significantly smaller than a 50 gallon drum.

your technique is similar to the one we used in the bandera with the firebasket.. we burned horizontally instead of vertically.

My pbc experience matches this. An even burning fire seems to work best.

landarc · 02-04-2013, 11:03 PM

For reasons unknown to me, I have been considering a second fire basket, that would be taller and narrower than the one I currently have. Maybe this is why.

02-04-2013, 09:09 PM	#136
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	I light the top coals with the burner and wait 10-20 minutes.. They start burning downwards, like a minion method. why would u want it to burn sideways? PBC/UDS still uses radiant heat.... I would want even heat coming from the basket. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

02-04-2013, 09:12 PM	#137
Carbon is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-24-08 Location: Los Angeles Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I would also think that the uneven radiant heat would be even more apparent, the wider the drum, as in the 55 gal drum. __________________ ....UDS....Mini-WSM....Midi-WSM....Mod-ECB....22.5-OTG....34"wood fired pizza oven....

02-04-2013, 10:41 PM	#138
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My UDS will burn out in 2-3 hours if I light the middle. If I light one side, it burns across the basket. Only way it will work. �� __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

02-04-2013, 10:52 PM	#139
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	i dont have a uds, so unsure.. but in the pbc, if only one side is lit, i dont think you would be able to use the unlit side, or if you do it will take longer to cook than the lit side.. its pretty significantly smaller than a 50 gallon drum. your technique is similar to the one we used in the bandera with the firebasket.. we burned horizontally instead of vertically. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

02-04-2013, 11:03 PM	#141
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For reasons unknown to me, I have been considering a second fire basket, that would be taller and narrower than the one I currently have. Maybe this is why. __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que