92hatchattack
Senior Cook
Hello everyone!
Well construction has begun. This is going to be my very first smoker. In fact ive never really smoked anything before in my life. So im getting ready to learn an awful lot, and im going to be asking YOU lots of questions.
So, here we go.
Yesterday morning this is what i had to start with. My ugly little drum. Has a good deal of dings in her but all in all not bad for the $20 i paid for it.
Got the top cut off with a sawzall ang getting rid of those edges with the ol angle grinder.
Here we go burning her out real good near the river. I live in an apartment so i cant have a smoker at home. But lucky for me we have these little run down cabins right by the riverside. What can be better than smoking on the river?
Today i got to work and started mocking up all my hardware. Here i have just finished bolting on the BGE draft door that i will be using to regulate air flow.
Here i have my $29 lid from biglots on and have fitted most of my SS hardware. Ive got some $5 wally world thermos mounted through bolts and running right under each grate. I will also be adding a Maverick et73 as well.With 3 thermos monitoring the internal temps there is just no way they all go bad at once. This makes me feel safe.
Got my 2 weber grates installed, as well as some nice handles and a few tool hooks. Reaplced all the stock hardware with SS.
And thats as far as ive gotten this weekend. Im going to order the ET73 tonight, as well as a beer bottle opener to attach. Once i have that all mounted and fid a way to safely run the probes inside the cooker she will be ready to strip back down and get a coat of paint!
Thanks for looking at this newbies first UDS build!
---Joe
Well construction has begun. This is going to be my very first smoker. In fact ive never really smoked anything before in my life. So im getting ready to learn an awful lot, and im going to be asking YOU lots of questions.
So, here we go.
Yesterday morning this is what i had to start with. My ugly little drum. Has a good deal of dings in her but all in all not bad for the $20 i paid for it.
Got the top cut off with a sawzall ang getting rid of those edges with the ol angle grinder.
Here we go burning her out real good near the river. I live in an apartment so i cant have a smoker at home. But lucky for me we have these little run down cabins right by the riverside. What can be better than smoking on the river?
Today i got to work and started mocking up all my hardware. Here i have just finished bolting on the BGE draft door that i will be using to regulate air flow.
Here i have my $29 lid from biglots on and have fitted most of my SS hardware. Ive got some $5 wally world thermos mounted through bolts and running right under each grate. I will also be adding a Maverick et73 as well.With 3 thermos monitoring the internal temps there is just no way they all go bad at once. This makes me feel safe.
Got my 2 weber grates installed, as well as some nice handles and a few tool hooks. Reaplced all the stock hardware with SS.
And thats as far as ive gotten this weekend. Im going to order the ET73 tonight, as well as a beer bottle opener to attach. Once i have that all mounted and fid a way to safely run the probes inside the cooker she will be ready to strip back down and get a coat of paint!
Thanks for looking at this newbies first UDS build!
---Joe
