**Latest Drum build and Mod to the BPS**

[swamprb]

Latest REDRUM for the arsenal. Kind of a hybrid Hunsaker/Gateway/BPS/IronManCan/

Its got the Hunsaker Smokers Vortex Firebasket, heat shield, Free floating hinge/Lid Exhaust and spring handle. The vents are Smokerbuilder 1.5" ID bolt on tear drop vents.

Had an extra lid that I added a Hunsaker exhaust and Weber handle to the BPS

The BPS has a BBQ Guru Universal adapter and Hunsaker Vortex Firebasket, and I have a BBQ Guru Bulkhead adapter that slides into a teardrop vent on the new can. They don't need it but I have that option when I want it.

Enjoy!

 

[jimsbarbecue]

nice we use the guru on the drum too at times. still use the vent and have the guru do the final temp adjustment

 

[Big Poppa]

the only problem I see is that where the thermometer is nowhere near the food. other wise great mash up!

 

[scooter]

Why do you want to know what the temp is where the smoke leaves the cooker and not at grate level?

 

[swamprb]

Thanks Sterling. On the Hunsaker clone can I built, I had used an oven thermometer on the cook grate and the temp readings were very close exhaust thermo readings.

 

[swamprb]

Why do you want to know what the temp is where the smoke leaves the cooker and not at grate level?

I suppose you could ask Mark Hunsaker why he designed it that way? When I first saw these cans I was skeptical, but a few users assured me their grate temps were in line with the vent thermo.

So, I tried a BBQ Guru controlled cook with a CAB brisket-point & flat separated and wrapped in butcher paper. 3/4 full basket of KBB, 5.5 hour total cook time and the grate temp and stack gauge were locked in at 300* the whole time. We shut the power off to the fan when we handled the meats, and there was only a 12* spike when the fan was turned back on and lid back on. About 7 minutes to stabilize back to the target temp.