Barrel sources

markalbob · Newbie Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 26

Hi,

I've been snooping around here for a couple weeks, and you guys seem to know your stuff. I'm looking to build a first smoker or 2, and I've seen several mentions of getting steel drums from juice places and bekeries. I'm assuming these are 55-gallon drums; anybody have a place to pick up larger drums on the cheap, or is 55 the standard?

Thanks for the help!!!!

Mark

Travis_Creek · Posted: Mar 27 2007 Post subject:

Don't hold me to it, but I think 55's and 30's are the standard size.
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Hell Fire Grill · Posted: Mar 28 2007 Post subject:

Take a look at materials in the cookers forum.

markalbob · Newbie Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 26

I have; that's why I asked. If there's a post mentioning bigger barrels by size and where they got them, I haven't seen it.

Mark

KC_Bobby · Posted: Mar 28 2007 Post subject:

Try posting an ad on craigslist.org - it's free. That place can be a gold mine if you live near any metro area (or not looking for anything in particular). I live in KC and I thought about making a barrel smoker, so I placed a wanted ad for food quality barrels and I received a few responses willing to sell for $8-10 a piece.

bob-a-que · Newbie Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 25 Location: Chit-Town

55 seems to be a good size. it all depends on what you use out of them. and how you try to stack them. im a newbie too but this might help you a little bit. i dont know though

http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u69/dero82/

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crgowo · Newbie Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 56