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Old 01-13-2007, 09:10 AM   #1
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I recently scored a free food grade 55 gallon drum. I bought a weber replacement grill and some misc. hardware. I need to go buy a handle and some hardware to make an access door.

Any advice on air flow hole placement. Size of hole? I was thinkin about getting some roofing caps to use as closures for the holes in the lid.

With my minimal metal working skills, this is not going to be pretty, but hopefully it will be effective.
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Old 01-13-2007, 09:15 AM   #2
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Talk to Big Mista You dont need the door The fire will last 16 hours if built right
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Old 01-13-2007, 09:38 AM   #3
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Thanks , the simpler the better for me.
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I'd really love to see you post pics through the process of building this bad boy. I'd love to do one someday and a photo primer would be a great help.

Where did you get the barrel? What makes it "food grade?"
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There is a local food processor down the way from our office and we bought them to get rid of some contaminated dirt. Turns out the oil that was contaminating the dirt was biodegradeable and did not have to be removed.

The barrel has apple juice labels on it.

I dont think the barrel has to be food grade, you just got to make sure there was nothing hazardous to your health put in it. Therefore, it is safer to go with barrels that stored food products.
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Old 01-13-2007, 10:49 AM   #6
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The door really isn't necessary. I found that out later. I only open it when I really need to crank up the heat quickly and most of the time Ihave to prop somethign against it to make sure it stays closed tight. I've learned a lot and my next one will be better.

I currently have six holes around the bottom and 4 holes around the top. I leave the holes at the top open during a cook and usually two holes at the bottom are open to give me steady 225-230 temps. I plug them with aluminum foil since the guy that made it just burned the holes in instead of drilling them and making them circular.
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Mista, how large are the holes?
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I could poke my index finge in to about the second knuckle. I'm guessing somewher between 1/2" to 3/4" in diameter.
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1 more question, how high up from the bottom of the barrel?
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About an inch or so. You can see the pics here:

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I recently scored a free food grade 55 gallon drum. I bought a weber replacement grill and some misc. hardware. I need to go buy a handle and some hardware to make an access door.

Any advice on air flow hole placement. Size of hole? I was thinkin about getting some roofing caps to use as closures for the holes in the lid.

With my minimal metal working skills, this is not going to be pretty, but hopefully it will be effective.
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Well, I think this going down as a failure. As I said, the drum was used to hold apple juice concentrate. Whatever they used to coat the inside of the drum is putting off a funky smell.

Not gonna que in that.
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Well, I think this going down as a failure. As I said, the drum was used to hold apple juice concentrate. Whatever they used to coat the inside of the drum is putting off a funky smell.

Not gonna que in that.
Maybe a couple of good burn-ins will take care of that smell. It just needs to burn off.
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a buddy of mine owns a scrap metal business, he is keeping his eyes out for a 55 gallon drum that has lids and is in decent shape, when i go pick it up, i will dig through his yard and see if there is a charcoal ring just laying around ready to be made
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