On Jan 19, 3:38*pm, piedmont > wrote:

> There were several cookers on the site, are you referring to the
> Cyclops? Yep it's a big'un and absolutely it and most side box cookers
> are made for burning logs. Keeping the grill down low inside the cooking
> chamber so the majority of the smoke and creosote bypass the meat.

I was actually looking at the "Big Baby". The pit with the over and
under 55 gallon drums. It has been around for a long time, but I have
only seen a couple of pictures of it built.

There are some really interesting pits here, although how practical
some are might be point of debate.

http://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/08/...st-bbq-grills/

The boys over at

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com

are really fond of their UDS pits (Ugly Drum Smoker) and they turn out
some hellacious looking meat on them. If you join you can search for
lots of info there.

They work like a giant WSM, but they hold 3X as much.

Here's another version

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...ht=redneck+uds

That is popular as well. Note that the welding can easily be replaced
by fittings that have nuts on both sides.

If it were just more than me and and the missus with occasional
company, I would build one of them. I have seen a lot of variations
on this type of smoker, but there are plenty of successful plans
available for free. Some have lifting handles, some roll around, some
have access doors, some have multiple thermos, you name it.

These are so popular there are guys on some of the sites that build
them for money!

Robert