Source for metal drink troughs?

MooniesBBQ · Posted: Feb 16 2011 Post subject: Source for metal drink troughs?

I'm usually the google master, but for the life of me I can't find anything that matches the picture. I'm looking for a metal drink trough like the one in the picture. I've found a couple small ones online, but nothing even close this this size. I'm considering the Texas Icer, but would like something closer to the picture. Does anyone know where Rudy's BBQ in Texas gets these for their restaurants?

ckone · Posted: Feb 16 2011 Post subject:

I don't know where they get them, but I have a equipment rep who helped them with a lot of their set up. I will ask him for you.
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Harry Nutczak · Posted: Feb 16 2011 Post subject:

any bar supply or stainless supply house should be able to get those, or make them for you. You may want to be seated when you get the price quote though. I am betting those cost upwards of $20.00/linear foot.
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ckone · Posted: Feb 16 2011 Post subject:

My guy said he was pretty sure they are custom fabbed so like Harry said, be sitting down when they tell you the price.

What about using water troughs? If they were on a wood frame with some sort of plastic liner that fed to a drain, you should be able to deal with condensation. Just a thought.
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Texas BBC · Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Posts: 20 Location: Texas

custom as mentioned. they also make them out of HD plastic. being from texas and owning a bar at one time we used these to ice down our cold drinks...

http://www.gototanks.com/water-troughs.aspx

googled these...

http://www.barequipmentworld.com/krowne-royalbeerbins.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stainless-Steel-Beer-Trough-/250722246816?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a6035e0a0

this one is not as big but is very nice.

http://www.kegworks.com/product.php?productid=21389

MooniesBBQ · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

I was hoping they weren't custom. Anyone got a Tig welder I can borrow Smile

I've looked at the horse troughs from tractor supply, and those might work. I was looking for something a little more professional, but I keep reminding myself that I'm "going" for old fashioned. I'd need to build a base and some sort of drainage system but I can handle that.

Texas BBC, thanks for the links. I hadn't hit up the bay yet, and that one that you linked to would be perfect except it's in OH.

MooniesBBQ · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

Here is one that could work. I like the fact it's only 12 inches high. I don't want people having to dig through 6 inches of ice to get their drink, a layer of ice and drinks piled on top should do the trick.

http://www.enasco.com/product/Z30379N

Texas BBC · Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Posts: 20 Location: Texas

yvw hoochie. if i was going for an old fashion look i'd go with the galvanized troughs. you could also age the exterior with an acid wash to give them an older appearance.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/livestock/livestock-equipment/stock-tanks-accessories/stock-tanks/american-farmland-tank-3-x-2-x-8-ft-round-2177285

Geronimo · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

You might also consider galvanized with some sort of liner to protect from the galvanized.

You could also make out of other material that you could "fashion" to look great and be "one of a kind". Soon people would be asking YOU... "where did you get those???"

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MooniesBBQ · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

Texas BBC · Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Posts: 20 Location: Texas

hoochie it would be worth checking with the HD for sure to be safe. i do know that i see drinks iced down in them all the time in bars, dance halls, and clubs around here and have for years.

Geronimo · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

ALL feed stores sell (and therefore livestock owners use) galvanized feeders and water trough's and we still eat the livestock Shocked

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Harry Nutczak · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

Horse troughs look cool, but you are going to go through ice very rapidly unless they are insulated.

Galvanized is only an issue when there is direct food contact, and/or at temperatures high enough to vaporize the metal.
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Geronimo · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

Anything not insulated would for sure go through the ice unless you only used the troughs in peak times but even then at the end of the month, your ice bill would be sky high, just not outer space high.

But once the you have the outer shell, it should not be too much trouble to figure out a way to insulate it and then put in a liner of some kind to hide/protect the insulation.
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Deep South · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

I've seen the galvanized ones with a plywood exterior frame and insulated with swell foam.
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daddywoofdawg · Posted: Feb 17 2011 Post subject:

get two troughs one the next size down place the smaller one inside the bigger one and use spray foam in between the two and then a nice wood top to hide the foam.
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