Home made smokers.

[motoeric]

(04-25-2010 06:25 AM)rkalem Wrote:  I want to make a home made smoker this summer and I am wondering If anyone can give me some of there feedback on what they use.I usually smoke meat in a weber but I want to try real slow smoking.

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It's pretty easy to make an excellent smoker at your own home without a lot of tools or expense.

The smokers in question are called a UDS, which is short for an Ugly Drum Smoker. It's a 55" drum that is converted into a smoker and uses cooking grates from the 22" Weber kettle or Smokey Mountain. You can get the grates at Home Depot or Lowes for about 14 bucks each and the rest of the hardware you need at the same place or a local Ace Hardware.

The drums can commonly be found on craigslist. Just make sure that you get one that is food grade and preferably had stored apple juice concentrate or vegetable oil.

I'm not sure what the rules are here about posting links to other sites, so I'll just suggest that you google 'Ugly Drum Smoker'. Lots of pictorials will pop up. Your total cost will be about $60.00 and a few hours of your time and they are used by many award winning pitmasters.

Good luck!

Eric