Just purchased a drum with red interior?

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 26th, 2016, 7:06 pm

Hey guys I just purchased a 55 gallon metal drum that I plan on turning into a uds. The drum is in perfect condition , the guy said it used to hold apple juice. 25$ seemed like a good deal to me so I snatched her up. Now I'm looking at the inside of the drum and it's red, not a stain but maybe some coating or something I'm not sure.. Can I just burn it out or is this not a good one to smoke with? Thanks in advance for the help

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 26th, 2016, 7:20 pm

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 26th, 2016, 8:50 pm

The general consensus on that site was the liner was safe to leave in, wondering how you guys feel about that

P.I.T. · Post by **P.I.T.** » November 26th, 2016, 9:03 pm

I would be in the sandblast/beadblast camp but paranoia is my only supporting evidence.

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 26th, 2016, 9:06 pm

Here are a couple pics I found of different style smokers wondering which one you fine fellows prefer

I think I'm leaning more towards the vertical uds style

Post by **Tom_Heath** » November 26th, 2016, 11:27 pm

Burn it and clean it. Your good after that.

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The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » November 26th, 2016, 11:45 pm

Yeah that^^^

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Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 26th, 2016, 11:49 pm

Ok I thought so I just had to hear it from the masters ... As far as which smoker is more efficient what do you think?

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 26th, 2016, 11:50 pm

Thank you guys btw

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » November 27th, 2016, 12:10 am

The drum is IMO

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Post by **Pete Mazz** » November 27th, 2016, 6:41 am

If it's got an epoxy interior it'll be a pain to remove. Try the burn test first.

I'd go UDS all day. Proven design and readily gotten parts.

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 27th, 2016, 12:39 pm

I looked at smoker plans but couldn't find any Uds style plans maybe I searched the wrong term?

Post by **Big T** » November 27th, 2016, 9:44 pm

I'm not sure about plans for a UDS but they're about as simple as it gets. There's plenty of builds in the UDS section with pictures and tons of videos on the internet. Here's a link to all of the parts that you'll need to build one http://bbqsmokersupply.com/uds-parts.html

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » November 28th, 2016, 8:33 pm

Yeah that ^^^^

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Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » November 29th, 2016, 12:34 pm

I ran across some one inch pipe for free this morning . Will that be ok instead of 3/4?

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » November 29th, 2016, 6:32 pm

For intake yes

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Post by **Big T** » November 29th, 2016, 8:05 pm

You can use whatever you have available. I've used 4- 3/4'' intakes and I've used 2- 1 1/2'' intakes. You can always close off what you don't need and you won't need much once it's up to temp. I like to have intakes on different sides so that the wind doesn't blow directly into them.

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » December 5th, 2016, 12:24 pm

Ok guys here's a couple pics of the burnout this weekend

Post by **Tom_Heath** » December 5th, 2016, 8:40 pm

Fire!!!! Fire is hot!

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Post by **Pete Mazz** » December 6th, 2016, 6:02 am

Looks like that got it!

Squiggle · Post by **Squiggle** » December 6th, 2016, 8:31 am

Looks like an effective burn.

forty_creek · Post by **forty_creek** » December 6th, 2016, 10:30 am

Fire! Fire! Heheee

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Post by **Rodcrafter** » December 7th, 2016, 11:03 am

Nice

Making memories!

temurf · Post by **temurf** » December 7th, 2016, 6:17 pm

Mississippi smokin · Post by **Mississippi smokin** » December 8th, 2016, 2:08 pm

Ok my friends here are some pics after wire brushing the outside

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