Anyone here ever build a 55-gallon drum smoker? My friend who has had a lot of experience cooking on all kinds of smokers sold me on them and I built one of my own. Compared to my horizontal offset, it requires very little fuel and almost no maintenance to hold temperature.
6 lbs of coals and a couple logs and this thing will hold steady for 16 hours to cook a butt or a brisket.
It cooks things a little faster than other smokers due to some direct heat but I haven't noticed any difference in how tender and juicy meat comes out on it.
There are a lot of threads on them on different bbq sites if you search. Here is a 500 pg one.
6 lbs of coals and a couple logs and this thing will hold steady for 16 hours to cook a butt or a brisket.
It cooks things a little faster than other smokers due to some direct heat but I haven't noticed any difference in how tender and juicy meat comes out on it.
There are a lot of threads on them on different bbq sites if you search. Here is a 500 pg one.
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