I could not longer sit back and enjoy the fruits of the Brethren labor. A UDS project was in the near future. My goal in this buils was somewhat different than others. I trusted my Breethren, and did not question the fact these units cook well, so I began gathering components to build a full feature UDS for longevity and function.
I first search auction sites and was fortunate to win the bid ($60.00) on a Weber Platinum that was new but scratch & dent, out of box, and some missing hardware. (Taddwholesale often has these). Perfect for my UDS build, this gave me a cart, 2 grates, lid, side tables and some misc. hardware. I traded a local UDS builder some unwanted parts from the Platinum purchase for an unlined food service drum and were off!
We spent a couple of hours at a local fab shop extending the wheel base of the Weber cart and welding the Platinum side tables to the drum. I aslo welded the 3 intake air pipes to the drum, along with a clean out in the bottom. We used the existing Weber SS charcoal grate, raised it 3" with SS bolts and added 12" tall x 15" diameter SS expanded metal to complete the charcoal basket. We placed the top rack 2" from top of drum, the second rack 9" from top of drum and a 3rd rack at 17" from top of drum (water pan or diff plate) I found an igrill on Ebay for $47.00 including the second probe, so I used this in Lieu of standard guages. This also allows me to monitor both cooking grates remotely (if it works properly???). I attached this to the drum with a hands free cell phone holder and it works great. I installed a watertight quad electrical box under the left work table. The left side of the drum is designated for the ique 110, ET 723 and rotis if wanted. There is also a probe bung located here. The right side table will be reserved for the wet "stuff". Once all was test built she got a propoer burning, cleaning, a shiny coat of hi-temp black paint and re-constructed. Tonight is the test cook and if all goes well Q for 25 goes on tomorrow night.
Sorry for the crappy pr0n!!
I first search auction sites and was fortunate to win the bid ($60.00) on a Weber Platinum that was new but scratch & dent, out of box, and some missing hardware. (Taddwholesale often has these). Perfect for my UDS build, this gave me a cart, 2 grates, lid, side tables and some misc. hardware. I traded a local UDS builder some unwanted parts from the Platinum purchase for an unlined food service drum and were off!
We spent a couple of hours at a local fab shop extending the wheel base of the Weber cart and welding the Platinum side tables to the drum. I aslo welded the 3 intake air pipes to the drum, along with a clean out in the bottom. We used the existing Weber SS charcoal grate, raised it 3" with SS bolts and added 12" tall x 15" diameter SS expanded metal to complete the charcoal basket. We placed the top rack 2" from top of drum, the second rack 9" from top of drum and a 3rd rack at 17" from top of drum (water pan or diff plate) I found an igrill on Ebay for $47.00 including the second probe, so I used this in Lieu of standard guages. This also allows me to monitor both cooking grates remotely (if it works properly???). I attached this to the drum with a hands free cell phone holder and it works great. I installed a watertight quad electrical box under the left work table. The left side of the drum is designated for the ique 110, ET 723 and rotis if wanted. There is also a probe bung located here. The right side table will be reserved for the wet "stuff". Once all was test built she got a propoer burning, cleaning, a shiny coat of hi-temp black paint and re-constructed. Tonight is the test cook and if all goes well Q for 25 goes on tomorrow night.
Sorry for the crappy pr0n!!
