One of the first drum cookers

[HOG FAN]

I sold my non asbestos model.

Is that a pressure tank from a well?

 

[dadsr4]

I just realized that the link I posted lacked the comments. Here is the whole thread, with comments, including Norcoredneck's.
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34395

 

[Freddy j]

great find.

 

[SmittyJonz]

Is that a pressure tank from a well?

I think - I bought it off CL for $25 , painted it, added a Thermo, tinkered with it, cooked on it 1/2 dozen times then sold it for $160. :biggrin1:

 

[Decoy205]

Cool! Love seeing the 50's adds and stuff. If you put a little asbestos in your rub it may stop the sugars from burning! :grin:

 

[retired trucker]

I should have saved some of the asbestos shingles that we had on our house when I was growing up. Lived in that house until I was 18, and left to go into the Navy. The house is still standing, and still has the asbestos siding on it to this day. It came in sheets about 3/8 in thick and about 14 X 24 inches in size. You had a device that punched nail holes in it to be able to nail it up without breaking the sheets. Made great toy's to throw small chunks sideways and watch them sail away into the air. I guess I was lucky and never had any side efffff......,,,

Omar

 

[SmokerKing]

I saw that article a year or two after I built my first BUFORD.

My BUFORD firebox design is a similar, modernized version without the asbestos.:becky:

 

[tortaboy]

I thought prehistoric man created the first drum smoker?

 

[MMartin]

Classic!!!

Love the asbestos liner.

 

[dadsr4]

I have a old magazine full of helpful hints, from the 30"s or 40's, I think. It suggests using a slice of asbestos to fill up the empty slot of your toaster to insure even toasting.

 

[Seefyre]

That oil drum smoker must have been the inspiration for the Trader Vic's "chinese bbq" oven!