Nice But

Have had a fun morning making loads of noise and dust.... always loved getting mucky. Two drums cleaned assembled and painted ready for the grills etc which will be next week.

On 6/14/2019 at 11:13 AM, Icefever said:

no time to spare I'm afraid....so I know how you're feeling matey. 

 

Ice.

Time is the issue always Ice but had a couple of days this week so have cracked on....

On 6/14/2019 at 10:04 AM, Justin said:

Interested. Like that you are starting from new approach and learning.  That is a long wait to get started, you have your plans drawn up ?

I work at sea Justin hence the delay. It has taken a while to plan it, changed my mind several times.... do I just buy or build was the main one, went for the build option. Steel sourced and basket is formed just need to weld it, grill racks are formed again got to weld them... mate is giving me some mig lessons on thursday so we should be good for a rib fest on Saturday once they are seasoned.... Friday night when I'm back from sea..

After picking the drums up in February I have finally got round to making a start on building them. Bought some wheels and a top vent fron Colin Turner for one then just going basic on the other.

Welding lessons next week from a mate to glue the basket and grills together.... got to get the drums burned out at the weekend...

A few more slabs and a bit of a wall..... rain and works stopped play...... having a digger delivered soon so will be able to get the right hand side of the shack built... home for the Q and UDS

32 minutes ago, sotv said:

Look forward to it, post some links when set up please

Ditto, on the list for purchase

18 minutes ago, sotv said:

Projects like that always make me look on enviously, with something like that, DIY isn't my forte. Got to put some picture hooks up tomorrow, expecting to bring half the wall down with me in doing so. 😀

It's not rocket science @sotv

If you look closely the joints are shall we say...... rustic. It withstood several Devon gales over winter so robust as well.

Have a go the fun is in the learning.... I'm going to have a go at welding again when I build my UDS..... not welded for 30 years so should be a laugh...🤣🤣

Mine so far..... added the base for a cob oven since this photo. 85% reclaimed so far.....

28 minutes ago, sotv said:

 I have cooked pork shoulder for 16-18 hours before it reaches 195F. it has all been part of the learning curve for me.

Did a 6kg hand a few weeks back..... that went to 18hrs, stalled for 3, it was worth the wait though..... Pulled pork sliders were lush. It'll be worth it @Wilf

Rather than hijack another thread as I've been asked a couple of times how I built my outdoor cooking area from mainly recycled materials, so here goes. I'll add some photos at the end.

The frame is the only bit that I had to buy, I was going to use telegraph poles, but they leach tar/creosote and are notoriously hard to find so i bit the bullet and went for 3m 4"x4" fence post uprights, th rafters are 6"x2" tanalised construction timber. Its  about 2.5m wide at one end and 2.0m at the other with a dog leg in the middle due to the Devon bank behind it. The frame was braced with 45° noggins screwed I to place as in photo, cost of framework was about £100. The roof is reclaimed wriggly tin from a farmer up the road, right place right time.... free. The pallets were from a local roofing company who were glad to get rid of them.... free, I broke them up with a pry bar and recycled all the nails. A pallet is about 1.2m long so I put in some 3x3" uprights mid span to fix the pallet planks too, had to do a bit of jigging about because of the bank behind.... they are protected so we cant touch them.....much. I put a concrete pad in the corner as I am building a cob oven this summer. Ok all the slabs are reclaimed and we got them from Facebook marketplace.... just had to collect from a couple of places.... 60+ slabs....... free.

So that's the story so far, it is being extended to the right hand side by a further 1.5m which is where the UDS's and Webber will sit, but not yet as we need to get a digger into the garden for some more landscaping. The left hand side will be blocked in to half height and I will make some shutters for when the wind blows.... we are almost at the high point of our village so it gets windy, the right hand side will have a roll up canvas for an entrance....  Any questions ask away.... loving my cooking over fire journey.

@Raptor72 tagged you.

Thanks @Icefever

5 minutes ago, Smokin Monkey said:

Hi Nice But, start a new New Thread

Will do, how do I post multiple photos @Smokin Monkey

28 minutes ago, Raptor72 said:

I want to know what and how you built your bbq shelter as needing to do a small one here 

Shall I post up a thread in the right section Raptor so l don't hijack Wilf's thread?

2 hours ago, Wilf said:

I was thinking of starting with a chicken and a small pork shoulder joint from the local tesco's just for a play.. and from reading on here i take it you bring up to temp before dropping on the meat.. ill let you know how it goes... good or bad

Shove a beer can up its chuff.... did one the other week with some beer left in kept it moist. The two will cook at different timings... go one or the other or take sotv's advice..... I got a couple of books on kindle to help when I bought my Weber mastertouch.... you can drool away the hours and loads of info on set ups etc.... happy cooking

4 minutes ago, Wilf said:

Fantastic thank you.. Can't see the link though 

try this one.... code below link @Wilf

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076QBJVWX?fbclid=IwAR0ddGMhJiZJs3QwmVD2yhTWWkUISfxldQ8S5qXFmRPAnopnyWSbyVsb6cw

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10% discount on Inkbird from Amazon ATM @Wilf click the link below to go to their site.... if you can see it on your phone, not there on my laptop...🙄

It's an addiction you know..... welcome and enjoy 😀

2 minutes ago, Smokin Monkey said:

She also post them on her, under @Inkbird.

Sorry SM didn't know she was on here too.

12 hours ago, Smokin Monkey said:

Some thing like Inkbird

4 probe ones are good. Wait for a discount code to be posted @Inkbird post offers up frequently.

Have a look on the Counrty wood smoke faceache selling page as Amy Qi does the discounts. As Smokin Monkey says 4 probe is great and with discount £35 ish.... love mine.

Nom Nom my ale of choice, or Old Peculiar, for a beef pie...

21 hours ago, Smokin Monkey said:

Can do them in a colour of your choice

Excellent will have another look and get a couple ordered 👍👍

Old thread I know but are these still available and in what colours? White is a colour that does not go with Q 🤣🤣🤣

2 hours ago, jockaneezer said:

He only had one of those blue plastic "industrial" barrels to ferment it in and to be honest, it wasn't the best scrumpy I had tasted, might have been the apple varieties we used ?

I wouldn't mind another go at it, especially if I could get a smaller barrel to ferment it in as there was quite a bit of airspace in the one he used.

 

Our barrel is 45 gallon grey plastic, we stick a bubbler in the top a d leave it for at least 12 months before we bottle it, an air gap will kill it.

We mash up the apples with an old converted diesel cement mixer, press the apples on the back of a David Brown tray for of unknown age, the press is an old hydraulic ram from a JCB that cost a tenner and we feed the pulp to the local pigs.... it's like Steptoes yard when we make it and of course drinking last years cider when we do....🍺😳🍺😳

Will put some piccys up when in use at the weekend Ice.

7 hours ago, James Hocking said:

I was hoping smoking may cut out the drying process, as a dehydrator is just 1 more bit of kit added to the never ending list of smoking gadgets haha! 

Do you think they would need to be dried if we were to use them for infusing? 

It will dry them to a point and I know what you mean about kit🤣🤣

I don't think they would do any harm when infusing as long as they were fully submerged.