A couple of new Additions (Pics)

Shayne873 · Last edited by Shayne873 on Mar 21 2007; edited 1 time in total

I have finally had some time to work on my smoker again, and I have added a folding table for the front, some door latches and a new exhaust
stack on the end.

More pictures to follow.
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"special ed" · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Springfield, IL

Nice job there. I like the quality of your cooker. Ed.

3970010 · Posted: Mar 21 2007 Post subject:

Thats very cool. What was that before it became a smoker????

Shayne873 · Posted: Mar 21 2007 Post subject: Cooker

It was a fuel oil tank that was sitting around in a junk pile for years
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Keep on Smokin
(cuz pigs weren't born tasting this good)
If they were they would be extinct by now..

3970010 · Posted: Mar 21 2007 Post subject:

Oh, ok. That must be a snow and ice thing huh? We dont get that round here. I like your pit though. Making a pit out of something that was intended for else is pretty cool.

Shayne873 · Posted: Mar 22 2007 Post subject: Cooker

This project has been alot of fun for me. I have spent most of my spare time
on it
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Keep on Smokin
(cuz pigs weren't born tasting this good)
If they were they would be extinct by now..

vtbbq · Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Vermont

Is it safe to use an old oil tank to cook on? There's no baddies left soaked into the metal that will get into the food? I recently converted my house from oil heat to natural gas, so I have a big old oil barrel like that unused right now. I was just gonna haul it off to the dump, but maybe I should hang onto it Idea

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Shayne873 · Posted: Mar 23 2007 Post subject: Cooker

Vtbbq,

It is my opinion that those old oil barrels can be used for a cooker, but not to be taken lightly. A person would need do do alot to ensure that you cleaned it out well, especially one that was recently in use.
The one I used was empty for a long time before I got it. I cant say that there is no possible contaminants that comes from them, but I have seen alot of them around. Even on the Competition Circuit. The reserve champion at the KCBS at nelsonville, OH last year was using one.
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Keep on Smokin
(cuz pigs weren't born tasting this good)
If they were they would be extinct by now..

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Mar 24 2007 Post subject:

another outlet for that oil tank if you choose not to use it. instead of paying a recycling center to accept it,......

Find a biodiesel producers forum, we use these tanks alot. I got 2-275 gallon indoor kept fuel oil tanks with no rust on them.

I collect used fryer oil from restaurants and fill one tank with that slop until I need it to make the actual fuel form it. and keep my finished product in the other one ready for use.

I just hate to see a perfect tank get trashed because it is not fit for cooking.
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3970010 · Posted: Mar 24 2007 Post subject: