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towtruck wrote: ↑

September 8th, 2020, 8:49 am

Very nice. That should give you years of tasty food! What did you use, if anything, for a baffle above the fire box?

Thanks, and I didn't do anything for a baffle yet

Thanks for the compliments!!
Can't wait to build another.

Dirtytires wrote: ↑

September 4th, 2020, 8:44 pm

Nice—-when are you going to fire it up?

I fired it up on Friday to season it..
On Saturday I smoked a whole chicken, ribs,and sausage..
It held temperatures good, a everything works like it should.

Every thing is painted and put back together.
Pleased with the turn out!!

Pretty much done with everything, and getting ready for paint..
Ran out of flat bar so I made a temporary basket out of some old smoker grates, the basket is probably a little too big , but it'll do..

Made a hanger from some round bar

Rolled 2 more pc for the grills.

I rolled a pc of 1 1/2 flat bar and welded it to the top edge to stiffen it up more..

richy20 wrote: ↑

August 17th, 2020, 1:39 pm

Very cool build. What are the dimensions of that tank? The grease drain is a very good idea. It will save so much clean up time.

The tank is 48" tall 24" wide

Bent some 2in. tube for the intake

Made a hinge and handle for the lid, and added some handles on the side of tank..

The tank had a spot where it rusted, so I patched that up

Been working out of town, but finally back in the shop..

Cut the old feet and studs off and welded a pc. Of plate to cover the hole,..
And welded a 1in.T to it, to use it to drain grease if I have too..

Typically 2 so you have options on a windy day. http://smokerbuilder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=110707#p110707 We always recommend two for an offset build but just one should be fine for a uds. The air is pulled down to the bottom thru an intake tube so no real affect of the wind blowing directly i...

Ok, I started a build thread for this..

Started building a UDS type smoker last week from a pressure tank I had laying around.. This is what I started with. 20200713_145354.jpg 1st thing I did was cut the top off ,so I could flip it and work on the bottom part.. I wanted to get a wider stance so I made some new feet from some 2x4 channel ...

hogaboomer wrote: ↑

July 18th, 2020, 11:04 pm

Howdy from Groves in SE Tx. My neighbor calls this the Silver Bullet:

The Silver bullet looks great.. I hope to build something similar very soon..

mp4 wrote: ↑

July 18th, 2020, 8:40 pm

Typically 2 so you have options on a windy day.

I'm looking at your tank and it looks like it might make a good meat missile.

viewtopic.php?p=110707#p110707

Thanks, I think that's what I'm gonna do..

Thanks and any ideas or criticism is welcome..
This is how it sits now and plan on working on it on my next days off.. Have a question about intake, do y'all think I could get away with one 2in. Or do y'all recommend 2?
Thanks for any help

Here's a before and after of the bottom,

I do plan on making my own grates and using the top of the tank for a lid , probably on a hinge

Hello, my name is Dwayne, new guy here.. Just found the site this week when I was looking for ideas for a smoker I started building and found alot of useful info.. I don't consider myself a welder but I do enjoy building and fabing all kinds of things from hunting equipment, bumpers, furniture and n...