T shaped uds

[Will work for bbq]

Great looking build and sweet 69 C10. :thumb:

 

[AussieMatt]

Very good build Kaptain!

 

[fire&smoke]

Kaptain,
I like the pullout grates in your design. I made a hanger for my flat grate when in rotisserie mode. The grate hangs off the back if the table. Maybe you can hang your top grates off the back of the barrels when cooking tall meats like pork shoulders. Just a thought. Very nice build!

 

[SmittyJonz]

I've been wanting a T shaped UDS - except made from pipe. :mrgreen:

 

[Kaptain Kadian]

Kaptain,
I like the pullout grates in your design. I made a hanger for my flat grate when in rotisserie mode. The grate hangs off the back if the table. Maybe you can hang your top grates off the back of the barrels when cooking tall meats like pork shoulders. Just a thought. Very nice build!

thanks. The pull out grates are really nice for basting ribs and such. I put them on my big baby smoker and really liked them. Always fun to have future mod ideas.

 

[Royalslover]

That
looks awesome but how will you get the doors to seal up tight?

 

[Kaptain Kadian]

The doors have a 2 inch over hang on them and they are sealed with rope gasket. The toggle clamps also really snug them down tight.

 

[Kaptain Kadian]

2nd cook on the t shaped uds

Pics from the 2nd cook

 

[SmittyJonz]

:heh:

 

[SmittyJonz]

Well any more cooks to report? I like this thing. Holds steady Temps easily?

I'd like a single exhaust stack centered, and deflector plate.

 

[SmittyJonz]

Ya I've decided to build one of these to replace my UDS (sorry Frank) It'll be after the Holidays tho........$.
I like the Grate Space and the Easy Access. Pulling a rack of meat out to get to meat underneath is getting old in Reg UDS.

 

[SmittyJonz]

I just put Ole Frank on the CL........ Almost brought a tear to me eye, but his sale will finance the T shaped one.

https://post.craigslist.org/k/oI73gTGG5BGrfjB_sf-0Vg?s=preview

 

[Kaptain Kadian]

My cousin has cooked on it a few times now, and he really likes how it cooks. He said it doesn't use as much charcoal and wood as I thought it might. I made the charcoal basket enormous, but he said he has only filled it up 3/4 full and had a bunch left over after an all day cook. I had saved some of a barrel to make a heat deflector, but he said it doesn't need it. He said the bottom of the meat doesn't get crispy like it did in the uds. If you have any questions, I will try and answer them. He did say he had all of this on there on his last cook,
"At one time yesterday, this was on my smoker: 3 racks of St Louis style ribs, 2 whole chickens, 3 smoked sausages, 7 very large baking potatoes, and a pan full of my baked beans. Not bad......."

 

[Displaced Texan]

I love the idea, but I don't know that I would call it a UDS... this is a different animal altogether... I believe it needs a new name.

 

[SmittyJonz]

Thanks for the update, Kaptain. I'm set on building one much like that one but with different exhaust. I really like the slide out grates you made but I may just go with 2.

 

[Kaptain Kadian]

Thanks for the update, Kaptain. I'm set on building one much like that one but with different exhaust. I really like the slide out grates you made but I may just go with 2.

The exhaust was done that way for 2 reasons. First, I think it helps even out the heat and smoke by pulling it from the middle to both sides. I might just crazy on that theory. Second, is that it is way easier to mount them to the side than on the top of the barrel. When you mount them On the top, you have to figure out how tilt them back where you can still open the lid. Plus, cutting a circle out of a circle makes it a little tougher to get the size right. It also changes the material you have to use for the pipes if you are going to weld them to the barrel. I used galvanized duct work that gets jacked up if you weld it.

 

[SmittyJonz]

Ya I figure angled exhaust stack that the lid would test against when open or straight up from back of smoker. To use center exhaust I will have a deflector plate under the grate that leaves a 3-4" gap at each end - copying the Johnson T Pits.

http://www.johnsonsmokers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90&Itemid=107

 

[SmittyJonz]

 

[SmittyJonz]

What dimension did the cook chamber door hole come out to?

 

[Kaptain Kadian]

What dimension did the cook chamber door hole come out to?

I took 1/4 the circumference of the circle. I think it was around 18 inches.