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  1. sksmoker

    Sound off fellow canucks

    Regina, SK here!
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    Christmas Ribs....thanks to all

    Small world, Dysart smoker! Regina here! Did 6 butts for the families this xmas as part of their gift. Your ribs look delicious!
  3. sksmoker

    To flip or not to flip...

    I used between 20-25 in my chimney for my smoker. Seems to work well. I tried the full chimney, ONCE, and almost had to call the fire dept. 400F! :P
  4. sksmoker

    Ugly Drum Smokers

    For those of you making one of these, make sure it is as air tight as possible. Air leaks will kill you on these things. I fought with mine while trying to addressing the air leak problems with my lid. The tighter you can make it, the better.
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    Ugly Drum Smokers

    The charcoal basket is sitting on a charcoal grate from a weber 22.5" kettle <about 17"D>. That sits on top of 1 1/2" steel square tubing.
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    My New Smoker

    For these drums, you really need to get the draw going properly or else you'll have nothing but problems. I fought with my drum for over a month regarding temps and air flow. I didn't have enough holes in my lid to get a proper draw, and you want to regulate the air flow using the bottom valve...
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    Ugly Drum Smokers

    The standard is 13"D x 6"H. Many make various sizes, some even make smaller rings that fit into the big ring for shorter cooks. I made mine 15"D x 9" tall, because I only had to cut the sheet of expanded metal once I think I may have made it too big, but I did fill it up once. It will hold...
  8. sksmoker

    Ugly Drum Smokers

    So here is what I used: 3/4" full flow ball valve 7/8" OD copper pipe M-F union with one threaded end 3/4" electrial washer F-M union with one threaded end So as you can see in the pics, the ball valve gets a copper pipe extension, as far as you want it, that goes into the union with the...
  9. sksmoker

    Ugly Drum Smokers

    Ask and ye shall receive! I did a no weld build due to lack of access of a welder at the time
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    Ugly Drum Smokers

    A few things - You either can have just holes drilled in the sides, about 1-2" above the bottom, you can use ball valves, galvanized pipe with caps, etc. Almost anything that lets air in that you can regulate, you can use. I use two 3/4" full flow ball valves on my drum. As for clean drums, you...
  11. sksmoker

    smoker pics

    Sorry for the misunderstanding. The way I read it, it appeared differently and as we all know, forum communication is not the best, at the best of times! I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. Please accept my apologies. -sksmoker
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    smoker pics

    Sure do! 1 - 55 Gallon drum 1 - 22.5" Weber hinged cooking grate 1 - 22.5" Weber charcoal grate (17" in diameter, it fits the 22.5" weber kettle) 1 - 15.5"Dx9"H expanded metal charcoal ring (about 49" in length will give you the 15-15.5" diamter" 2 - 1" O.D. copper plumbing pipe pieces about...
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    smoker pics

    I just finished mine on Saturday. What do you need to know? This is mine:
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