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[Oregon smoker]

I have been scouring CL for 6 months now looking for a drum.
Finally found one, for free.






The inside. It looks to be soybean oil that was stored inside it.

The lid has the seal in the groove still, do i need to remove that?
Also do i need to burn the inside paint out?

The biggest thing i need to see is some charcoal baskets. I have expanded metal and a buddy who is a union welder. I want to make the basket super nice and big enough to get those 12 hour burns. So post your pics, Thanks!

[Hell Fire Grill]

You dont need the gasket.
You need to burn the paint out, after the burn ban is lifted.

http://thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27604

[erniesshop]

8" deep
20"x20"
6" legs

[bomb'n bbq]

mine required zero welding but isn't nearly as pretty as most. it does however hold at least 10 pounds of charcoal.



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Smokey Joe

Mama turns the leftovers into hash, i'm doin alright for country trash - johnny cash

[bud-wie-ser]

Mine is made from a 17-1/2" weber charcoal grate. The sides are 7" high.



With a 3" dia center tube with vent holes and 2 1/4" plate baffles.


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[Oregon smoker]

[k.a.m.]

I built this one for Necron99, it does not have legs as it was for his upright.


Here is Mrs.K.A.M.'s sitting on its Dolley.


Here is a pic of my son-in-law's VEAZEY.

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Hybrid Cooker

[Hell Fire Grill]

[Oregon smoker]

[12TH AV SMOKERS]

I can send the file to anyone who wants the CAD design for the bottom of my basket. It can easily be turned into a cutting program for a torch/plasma/waterjet/laser cutting machine...lemme know if yoU want it.

peace
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[Smokin' Hoglegs]

That's a sweet base 12th AV! At first I thought it was one of those $90 cast iron kettle grates I want so bad! How hard would id be to adjust your cad design to cut a grate for the kettle?

Oh yeah, I almost forgot OS, what the hell are you waiting for!? Burn the thing out ("What burn ban officer?" or "Ok, I'll put the fire out when you arrest the meth dealers down the street"), put it together, and get to cooking! 3(?)year olds and not quite 1(?) year olds are great helpers!

We used to have meth dealers directly across the street. I have a few friends in the sheriff dept. who said they were well aware of what was going on over there. they were "building a case!"
Finally they got forclosed on and it only took six months after that to get them out! That was three years ago. Finally last week we saw that one of the people got arrested

Good luck with your battle...
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Fugly drum smoker x3
smokey joe
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[Oregon smoker]

[Smokin' Hoglegs]

I sure hope they build a case quicker in Oregon, than they do here !

My three year old loves to help, but REALLY doesn't like noise, so it gets a little tricky...
She doesn't even like chucky cheese 'cause it's to loud!

Funny girl
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weber performer
Fugly drum smoker x3
smokey joe
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[daddywoofdawg]

If they say anything about you burning out the barrel just say "Now those meth heads are burning $#!T in my yard!"
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Weber kettle

[Oregon smoker]

[Smokin' Hoglegs]

I put mine together with no welding experience. For my charcoal basket I got a drop of expanded metal for $4 from a machine shop, welded two cooking grates from an old cheap no good water smoker together(perpindicular), 3 3" bolts down to an old pizza pan that collects the ash. She ain't pretty, but works! Just wish I would have put a handle on it, all my shirts have a black grease smiley face over the belly
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22.5" weber kettle x3
weber performer
Fugly drum smoker x3
smokey joe
CI

[Smokin' Hoglegs]

Like I said, she aint purty!


Couple things I learned...Don't try to weld stainless to your drum, looks like crap. This is a real good system for a thermo, this turkey frying one works great (Thanks K.A.M.!)







Also, don't try to weld brass to your drum, looks like crap and doesn't hold. If you are not using magnets or some other system, I have one of these



and three of these



I moslty cook with only the ball valve, but on bigger cooks or chicken, I can take off a cap or two also.
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22.5" weber kettle x3
weber performer
Fugly drum smoker x3
smokey joe
CI

[Oregon smoker]

Ok.
I burned the thing out Thursday night.
Actually had coals still burning 24 hours later.
It looks like the liner is still in it. Only burned off in few spots. I dont have the money for it to be blasted.
I really dont want to have to go the wire brush route. So does anyone have some bright ideas to get the damn liner out?
I used a whole chit load of maple for the fire. You couldnt within 10' of the barrel while it was burning it was so damn hot.

[Hell Fire Grill]

Did you burn the lid too? That will help hold more heat in the barrel.

[Oregon smoker]