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Hi Krf,
Building the UDS may be easier if you can get hold of a 55 (or 45 imperial) gallon drum. These drums are conveniently just the right diameter to fit a 57cm kettle lid and grill racks.
I don't know how easy it would be to get hold of 50cm grill racks.

Hi, I've found that using a brick as a heat baffle has helped with the long slow cooks on my OTP.

Most of my cooks were running too fast. The brick seems to help stop radiated heat getting to the meat and has made it easier to regulate the temperature (that's my theory and I'm sticking to it).
The ...

Thank you.
Keeping it in a cool box would remove a couple of extra steps from the preparation process and make things easier.

How do you guys hold meat that is ready well before time?

I cook on the Weber kettle most weekends, and having 2 young children, there is a hard cut off time when the meat needs to be ready. I can't turn round to a four year old and say the meat will be read when it's ready. Then give them dinner ...

Hello all,

I'm fairly new to this BBQ fun and have been lurking for a short while. Thanks to the good advice from the posts of other members here I've had smoking wood from Paul and Heatbeads from SaySausages.

I'm still experimenting with low and slow on the OTP and thought it was about time to ...