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 Posted - 08/17/2006 : 16:49:20
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guys, please bear with me. This is my first post and I am looking to make my own grill from a 55 gallon drum. I saw a design on a website somewhere which used an upright drum with two or three shelves inside for fire etc with a mesh on top for cooking but i can't find the website again. can anyone point me in the right direction or supply a drawing? many thanks
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Posted - 08/17/2006 : 17:08:52
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Drew, Welcome to the forum. We are glad ya joined us.
Here is a link to one that is made. Ya might get some ideas from their design. Thanks, doc
http://www.bigdrumsmokers.com/
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budque
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Posted - 08/17/2006 : 19:44:04
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Originally posted by drewadamson
guys, please bear with me. This is my first post and I am looking to make my own grill from a 55 gallon drum. I saw a design on a website somewhere which used an upright drum with two or three shelves inside for fire etc with a mesh on top for cooking but i can't find the website again. can anyone point me in the right direction or supply a drawing? many thanks
Drew
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budque
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Posted - 08/17/2006 : 19:44:41
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Originally posted by drewadamson
guys, please bear with me. This is my first post and I am looking to make my own grill from a 55 gallon drum. I saw a design on a website somewhere which used an upright drum with two or three shelves inside for fire etc with a mesh on top for cooking but i can't find the website again. can anyone point me in the right direction or supply a drawing? many thanks
Drew
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budque
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Posted - 08/17/2006 : 19:46:53
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[Cleglu, you are the man!!!!, Just what I needed. I will be able to take some other ideas from the other postings, many thanks one and all
 
]Originally posted by drewadamson
guys, please bear with me. This is my first post and I am looking to make my own grill from a 55 gallon drum. I saw a design on a website somewhere which used an upright drum with two or three shelves inside for fire etc with a mesh on top for cooking but i can't find the website again. can anyone point me in the right direction or supply a drawing? many thanks
Drew
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Posted - 08/18/2006 : 05:20:32
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Keep us posted on your progress and then when you get it fired up share your experiences and results.
Good luck.
Suggestions are always welcomed!
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Posted - 08/18/2006 : 05:58:18
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Welcome from your brothers in Q from this side of the pond. Good luck with fabrication and keep us up to date with your progress.
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Posted - 08/18/2006 : 11:04:17
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Welcome aboard Drew. Here are a few pics of a drum grill/smoker that I use. This one takes about an hour to make. You can also use a "open head drum" and not have to cut any openings at all. Just drill five or six .5 inch(about 12 or 13mm)for air intake and the same in the top for vents. With just a handfull of bolts, nuts and a hand drill you can have a cooker that works great. The rack for a Webber 22in. kettle will fit in a standard drum. I use bricks to hold up the fire grate. The drums will only last a couple of years depending on how well you keep it out of the weather and keep ash cleaned out. Its so easy to replace the drum that I don't worry about looking after them very well. The most expensive item is the Webber grate at about $15.00. You could add racks for a water pan, but I don't use them myself.
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Posted - 08/18/2006 : 12:15:38
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Blindshooter,
You could used your expanded metal for the food grate also. You don't have to buy the weber grate. That is a pretty good simple smoker with a great price.
Suggestions are always welcomed!
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Posted - 08/18/2006 : 14:50:24
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Sorry folks, this is a little off topic but relates to one of the sites linked above. I have had plans for a cooker running around in my head for several months involving 2 propane tanks - one large and one smaller. The plans available on this site: http://www.compuvices.com/plans.shtml are like the guy read my mind (or perhaps I, his). Anyway, I downloaded them and then had some questions. I sent an e-mail to the address at site at about 9 last night. I had a response(not automated)well before lunch time today. That's service. And everything is free.
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Posted - 08/18/2006 : 18:20:37
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cleglue, yeah the expanded metal works for both, what I had in mind was a way for a person with nothing but a hand drill to make a grill.
These upright drums work well. If you tend the fire well, you can make good BBQ. I let the grease drip in the coals and burn/steam up. It is more work than a real smoker but you can get the job done for almost no money. |
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Posted - 08/18/2006 : 19:29:43
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Purple Shadow,
Here is Porkenstein's smoker (a member on this forum) made of two tanks (I believe compressor tanks). He did a great job. It is a great looking smoker.
http://www.porkenstein.com/smoker.htm
Porkenstein I hope you don't mind that I share you URL here.
Suggestions are always welcomed!
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