The brotherhood of the UDS

[grizz18]

They have it at HD, or you can buy a piece, and they'll cut it to length and thread it right there. And yes, you could put a conduit nut on the inside- I think. I'm pretty sure that the black pipe thread is the same as conduit. And yes, the nipples are 3/4", but the hole will need to be about 15/16 to get it to thread in. Really, you only need one coming up. I keep the caps off of the other two for only about 2 minutes, if that. It heats up QUICK when you put the fire basket in, and I've only needed to control the air from the one valve. The other two nipples just stay capped the whole time.

I'm picking up what your putting down. I'm still planning on going with the 2 up rights just because I'm a little OCD on symmetry.

Side note. If you want some cooking ideas, info go to "man cave meals" on youtube.

[aunt betty]

I lost focus when the thread got to the part about two nipples. Huh?
Where do you get these nipples? Are they pink and perky?

[Redbeard]

Just finished picking up the last of my materials for now. Grate, heavy duty handles, hardware and black high temp glossy paint

[grizz18]

Just finished picking up the last of my materials for now. Grate, heavy duty handles, hardware and black high temp glossy paint

Nice! Can't wait to see it.

I went to walmart today and they had some cheap $10 portable grills. Looked like you could swipe the grate (small one) off that one and use it for the bottom of the charcoal basket. Might be able to use some handles as well.

[grizz18]

Been watching a bunch of guys on youtube use the UDS's. Lot of them are adding another rack about the charcoal as a "difuser" rack. Basically putting a preferated pizza pan on that rack to defer the heat from being direct heat on the meat... thoughts?

[assateague]

Unnecessary, IMO. There isn't that much heat to diffuse. I am thinking about getting another cooking rack for the top, so I can cook some ribs and chicken at the same time.

[rebelp74]

Grizz hurry make another post, your post # is freaking me out!

[grizz18]

Grizz hurry make another post, your post # is freaking me out!

[rebelp74]

[Redbeard]

Just finished picking up the last of my materials for now. Grate, heavy duty handles, hardware and black high temp glossy paint

Nice! Can't wait to see it.

I went to walmart today and they had some cheap $10 portable grills. Looked like you could swipe the grate (small one) off that one and use it for the bottom of the charcoal basket. Might be able to use some handles as well.

go to the BBQ section of a hardware store and they sell replacement grates and grills so you don't have to buy a whole BBQ

[Redbeard]

Unnecessary, IMO. There isn't that much heat to diffuse. I am thinking about getting another cooking rack for the top, so I can cook some ribs and chicken at the same time.

hell of an idea.

How low from the top lip of the barrel did you install you rack?

[assateague]

7" down from the top is where I put the 3 bolts. I'm thinking if I add another 3 1/2" up from that, I should be able to put ribs on top and chicken halves on the bottom. Don't want chicken grease dripping on my ribs. I was figuring I could get two racks of ribs and 1 chicken on what I have now, which is good for us, but if I'm ever having anyone over, the extra rack would be nice to have as an option. Then I could cook three racks, and 3 chickens.

[assateague]

And I put the thermometer 1" below the rack.

[flight control]

I always cut my ribs in half and put them one on top of the other. It keeps them juicy and with two cooking racks, I could fit 10-12 racks of ribs in there.

[Redbeard]

Got er done. Shoulda painted her first but oh well. I'll just tape her off

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[assateague]

That's the shit. I painted mine afterwards, too. Took me two cans of paint, right on the money. You're using gloss, so might want to get three.

How are you gonna top off that smoke stack?

And on a side note, I would've only used three bolts for the rack. 3 of anything will always balance, 4 will almost guarantee that it "rocks" a bit, like a bad table at McDonalds. I hate that rock. If I ever make a chair, it's gonna have three legs.

[Redbeard]

That's the shit. I painted mine afterwards, too. Took me two cans of paint, right on the money. You're using gloss, so might want to get three.

How are you gonna top off that smoke stack?

And on a side note, I would've only used three bolts for the rack. 3 of anything will always balance, 4 will almost guarantee that it "rocks" a bit, like a bad table at McDonalds. I hate that rock. If I ever make a chair, it's gonna have three legs.

way ahead of you with the three cans. And I lucked out and found a replacement thermometer in the BBQ section at my hardware store

[Willie]

7" down from the top is where I put the 3 bolts. I'm thinking if I add another 3 1/2" up from that, I should be able to put ribs on top and chicken halves on the bottom. Don't want chicken grease dripping on my ribs. I was figuring I could get two racks of ribs and 1 chicken on what I have now, which is good for us, but if I'm ever having anyone over, the extra rack would be nice to have as an option. Then I could cook three racks, and 3 chickens.

Yeah, now we're talking. Quantity and quality.

[Willie]

Got er done. Shoulda painted her first but oh well. I'll just tape her off

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Looks great!

[Olly]

That's awesome Red, what threading did you get them to cut that pipe so it fit? What kind of piping did you use?

[Willie]

I always cut my ribs in half and put them one on top of the other. It keeps them juicy and with two cooking racks, I could fit 10-12 racks of ribs in there.

10-12 racks...that's what I like to hear.

[Redbeard]

For $6!

[Redbeard]

That's awesome Red, what threading did you get them to cut that pipe so it fit? What kind of piping did you use?

you talking bout my smoke stack. The last owner of my house left a buncha shit in the garage and I found that 2" pipe. Already threaded

[Redbeard]

How are you gonna top off that smoke stack?

Still thinking on that. Any ideas? Figured I'd just set the cap on top and leave a gap until I decided what to do

[Flightstopper]

That's awesome Red, what threading did you get them to cut that pipe so it fit? What kind of piping did you use?

It's all just pipe thread, NPT.

[assateague]

How are you gonna top off that smoke stack?

Still thinking on that. Any ideas? Figured I'd just set the cap on top and leave a gap until I decided what to do

That'd work fine. I don't ever have to mess with mine- leave it about a third open the whole time after it reaches temp, and just adjust the temp with the valve. This is pretty hillbillied up, but if you cut the bottom off a can, and put it on there, the drinking hole in the top would probably be just about right. Just an idea until you figure something out, because sure as shit, if you just set something on it, a person or dog will bump it and knock it off, just after you checked the temp, and when you come back later that thing will be rolling about 275 with the smokestack wide open. With dried up burned black ribs.

[Redbeard]

How are you gonna top off that smoke stack?

Still thinking on that. Any ideas? Figured I'd just set the cap on top and leave a gap until I decided what to do

That'd work fine. I don't ever have to mess with mine- leave it about a third open the whole time after it reaches temp, and just adjust the temp with the valve. This is pretty hillbillied up, but if you cut the bottom off a can, and put it on there, the drinking hole in the top would probably be just about right. Just an idea until you figure something out, because sure as shit, if you just set something on it, a person or dog will bump it and knock it off, just after you checked the temp, and when you come back later that thing will be rolling about 275 with the smokestack wide open. With dried up burned black ribs.

yea I thought it gettin knocked off. The can idea could work. I'll figure it out

[3legged_lab]

And on a side note, I would've only used three bolts for the rack. 3 of anything will always balance, 4 will almost guarantee that it "rocks" a bit, like a bad table at McDonalds. I hate that rock. If I ever make a chair, it's gonna have three legs.

I don't know jim, a couple seasons ago I was hunting with my buddy and his female choc lab tessa, turns out tessa was just coming into heat. Tug noticed this fact first, and spent the entire morning "trying" to knock a chunk off. We didn't shoot many duck that day on account of us laughing our asses off. Turns out a 3 legged dog isn't all that stable once his hips start going into overdrive. He'd get up there and start goin for broke and fall over on the ground still air humping. This went on all morning. Poor guy never did get his carrot wet.

[Redbeard]

JR's got a valid point. Who'd know better than him

[jarbo03]

Looks good Red, I think a beer can on top would be sone fine finishing touches.

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