Craig O'riley
Banned
Several months ago I was planing to build a UDS and researching different ideas.While looking at charcoal basket designs I got an idea. on a UDS the air enters from the side then up through the coal basket. On the kettle it enters from below in the center and up through the coals. The intake air on both are controlled with a valve, the major difference is where the air enters. So If I where to make a coal basket like the one in the uds I should get similar results,only things would need reversed, because of how the air enters and the distance between the fire and the food.
so I cut a strip of expanded metal 4" X 48", I brought the ends together overlapping 2" and bolted them together with screws, washers, and nuts.
By placing the coals a mix of RO lump And Sams Choice and hickory chunks, around the O/S it allows for an indirect cook. to Start the fire I put 8 briquettes and 2 like sized pieces of lump in the chimney and lit it up.once it ashed over I put them at the end of the coal string at the end above the handle in the picture. I lit the fire at 8 Am with all vents w/o. by 8:15 it was over 200º I closed down the intake to <1/4 & >1/8 .By 8:30 it settled out at 250.
I had this 9# Butt to cook and I was going to put it on my off set,I hate to waste a good fire so...
8:45 Butt went on kettle at 245º 1:30 Pm first peek
Compare the position of the fire to the first pix. Looking good.
I checked the temp about every 2 hrs it stayed between 245-250. 8:15 pm Butt hit 203º I was at the end of the coals temp still at 248º. Heres the Butt ready to get foiled and take a nap in the Igloo.
I actually thought that this Butt was better than the ones that I cook on the offset. I didn't touch a thing all day,I love my Weber and you know I still haven't built that UDS.
so I cut a strip of expanded metal 4" X 48", I brought the ends together overlapping 2" and bolted them together with screws, washers, and nuts.
![Pictures001.jpg](http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae164/Bludawg51/Pictures001.jpg)
By placing the coals a mix of RO lump And Sams Choice and hickory chunks, around the O/S it allows for an indirect cook. to Start the fire I put 8 briquettes and 2 like sized pieces of lump in the chimney and lit it up.once it ashed over I put them at the end of the coal string at the end above the handle in the picture. I lit the fire at 8 Am with all vents w/o. by 8:15 it was over 200º I closed down the intake to <1/4 & >1/8 .By 8:30 it settled out at 250.
![Pictures005.jpg](http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae164/Bludawg51/Pictures005.jpg)
I had this 9# Butt to cook and I was going to put it on my off set,I hate to waste a good fire so...
![Pictures002.jpg](http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae164/Bludawg51/Pictures002.jpg)
8:45 Butt went on kettle at 245º 1:30 Pm first peek
![Pictures006.jpg](http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae164/Bludawg51/Pictures006.jpg)
Compare the position of the fire to the first pix. Looking good.
![Pictures007.jpg](http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae164/Bludawg51/Pictures007.jpg)
I checked the temp about every 2 hrs it stayed between 245-250. 8:15 pm Butt hit 203º I was at the end of the coals temp still at 248º. Heres the Butt ready to get foiled and take a nap in the Igloo.
![Pictures009.jpg](http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae164/Bludawg51/Pictures009.jpg)
I actually thought that this Butt was better than the ones that I cook on the offset. I didn't touch a thing all day,I love my Weber and you know I still haven't built that UDS.