Man this is awesome! Great work Mudkat !
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Major Progress, an' a whole lotta elbow grease, brother!
I'm leanin' t'wards ya' deserve an Adult Beverage, mebbe several, at this point!
Many thanks fer th' clear, concise, illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on this cooker!
Who knows, down th' road??!!
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If I decide to do this route, (prob'ly will ), I'll find a food grade one, sans liner, methinks!
I know lots of folks in Food Service, so barrels are almost too easy to get...
Yer makin' it awfully difficult to resist th' Siren Song!!!
Enjoy yer well-earned repast, Brother!
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Looking forward to your story brother! One word of caution with food containers. I read that red liners are a biotch to remove if you can remove them at all. Get a tan one like mine. A burn, a tool or three, and some labor and your down to metal. And resting easy...
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Got to do some more work on the ugly drum today. Ran a line to hang the air intakes and exhaust stack for spray painting. I masked the threads on the stack and the drum top so the stack will still fit into the top correctly.
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The temp went above 50 degrees today so I was able to get two coats of primer on the intakes, exhaust, and lid.
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I also got a coat of Rust Oleum engine enamel black gloss on the drum. To recap, I burned out and removed the liner (you don't want to cook in that) and burned out and removed the outside non-high temp paint. You don't have to remove the outside paint but you may smell it burning while your cooking. Who wants to smell that?
The inside will be seasoned but the outside got painted with two coats of high temp primer and will have two coats of high temp engine enamel. Here's the first coat of engine paint on the drum.
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More progress on MUDS. Here's a few pics.
Air intakes hanging for their final paint job.
Almost there. Here's the drum and air intakes assembled. I still have more to go but it's getting closer and closer.
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very nice color I particularly like the copper paint ( I THINK) on the air intakes and the keep up the great work brother because I am excited and this homemade smoker -
You got it! It is copper! Hope to put some fire in it this weekend brother. Georgia rookie 903
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By the way. I decided I wanted a wider circumference charcoal basket to even the heat throughout the drum when smoking. So I cut three inches off the top of the expanded metal with a jig saw and bi-metal blade. I then cut those into 6" - 7"" pieces and added to the length of the 12" expanded metal pieces. This increase the diameter from approximately 13" inches to 16" inches.
I also added an 8" stainless Eye Bolt to the center of the basket so I can raise and lower the basket with my fire pit rake.
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I'll use a 15" Brinkman water bowl if needed. Here's a shot of the inside of the drum. I have the Gateway Rib Hanger for the top grate but haven't taken a pic of it yet. More to follow as more parts come in.
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I don't know how I have been missing this since my first comment a while back, but I'm glad I found it again. You have done a great job on this and I'm lookin' forward to photos of the first cook.Comment
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Muds is one dapper lookin fella. Agree with DW, can’t wait.Comment
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Great Progress! Keep on!Comment
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