Question to all.
Some people season it with the barrel having no paint on the inside, and some people paint it also on the inside with the heat standing paint.
If you have the paint inside, do you also season it, does it have any benefits ?
No paint on inside (high heat paint for outside only) The seasoning is basically veg. oil or bacon grease rubbed on the inside and heated that will catch the somke particles and form a nice brown sticky residue on the inside of the drum and protect it from rusting...
Hey all do not use RTV sealant on a cooker. If you read the directions it says it will form formaldehyde at temps over 350 degrees
Hey all do not use RTV sealant on a cooker. If you read the directions it says it will form formaldehyde at temps over 350 degrees
just repeating what it says what you do well it's up to you. Oh yeah why did you lick a frog?
IMHO I'd just go for a thorough good washing a couple of times and give it a good scrub with hot soapy water, then a good rinse out and then season well and save the paint job intact, if you do decide to do a burn and repaint with Rustoleum give it a low temp heat up within the first 12 hours to cure it properly with a small charcoal fire in it for an hour or two after spraying, you can cure it properly that way and not have to leave it a week which isn't the correct way to cold cure these enamel coatings. Just make sure you wear some breathing/eye protection if you spray it. Your never going to reach anywere near high enough temperatures to damage your existing paint job anyway so if I were you I'd just wash it out and save yourself some unnecessary $,time and effort. Also, Plenty of us use standard spray paints anyway and that's fine too and cheaper High temp enamel paints for BBQ/Engines gives a nice finish but not essential on a low n slow UDS.Hey all,
I have read this entire thread over the past 10 days.:crazy:
I have gotten a barrel with no liner. The place I got it from said it had food grade mineral oil in they used for making veterinary meds. There is an oil residue in the barrel. Do you think all I need to do is scrub it down with a good soap or is a barrel burning needed? I hate to ruin the existing paint as it is in perfect shape.
If I do have to burn and repaint this barrel, what is the consenses on paint? I have read most use heat rated paint. I have never used this. Do you have to wait a week to let it cure? Is regular rustoleum good enough for temps under 500F?
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Probably too much info?
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Hey all,
I have read this entire thread over the past 10 days.:crazy:
There is an oil residue in the barrel. Do you think all I need to do is scrub it down with a good soap or is a barrel burning needed?
I havent tried lump yet but I will on the next smoke to get a feel for it (and because i have 4 bags of royal oak). Using the trader joes hardwood, natural binding briquettes, I have it dialed in to +-5 degrees (usually a +-2 degree) variation with one 1" hole half blocked with a flat magnet and fine tuning with the ball valve. I was going to ask for a auber industries temp controller for Christmas, but after using the drum a few times I cant justify it.
I fired it up for chickens yesterday and reaching temp is not an issue. I brought it up to 410 just to see if it could and I have no doubts that it could get hotter than that to make some pizzas. This thing is great and the only complaint is that the center of the grate is substantially warmer than the edges.