Been a long time..

[PitBossMikey]

It's been a long time since I've been on here. I built my first UDS probably seven years ago from instructions I found on here. I was on here pretty regular until my wife got sick with crohn's disease and her care took up a lot of our time. Glad to say she is now in remission, 7 years and 30 operations later . Anyway... She is my right hand when it comes to prepping all of this stuff for "Q" ing. I'm in the process building a new back porch and outdoor BBQ station complete with a brick offset vertical smoker and a bar. I am in the process of drawing my plans right now...There is not a lot of help on the internet with a project like this, I found a couple with some pictures, and I use feldons pit calculator to calculate the opening between the firebox and smoke chamber. Keeping my fingers crossed... I have a brick mason who's going to give me an estimate soon

 

[SmokinAl]

Glad to have you back!
Happy to hear your wife is doing well!
Sounds like a great project you have going!
Al

 

[JC in GB]

Welcome back. Happy smoking!

 

[smokerjim]

glad to hear your wife doing better, sounds like quite a build, maybe you could post pics of the build process

 

[PitBossMikey]

So I've got all my drawings done finally and emailed them to my builder. I know an Amish guy who runs a Fab shop who is going to build the doors and racks. I work in a steel service center so I can get any steel I need for it at cost I was wondering have any of you ever use that rope gasket that you can use on wood stoves to help seal the doors?