My Barrel BBQ
 

Well i'm keen to try these ribs of American daves, but i was not happy to just use a oven to cook them, true americal style ribs an slow cooked for 3 to 4 hrs ........So here is my smoker.
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I got two barrels off Joe (Ballsac) and got them sand blasted. (auto blast myaree)

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Cut the end off one barrel

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Cut the corners off, quite a lot of trimming was required :( , this was time consuming.

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test fitting, must of done this 30 times,

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welded them together and ground the welds back (a little) this was only the start.

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Welding, now please note i have done very little welding.

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I have used an old brazier as a fire basket, modified it so its easier to load the charcoal

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Now i added a door to the bottom barrel to allow access to the fire.

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Not finished yet but thought i would post some pics.

Chasing a few things

1. Need some material to use as a the rack, must be mild or stainless steel 1.5 x 0.6 m, gridmesh or reinfocement mesh would suit.
2. about 8m of 25 x 2 or 3mm flat plate, again mild steel.

Happy to pay, anywhere open today?

Please consider installing a water pan as the increased moisture stops the meat drying out. Both the Weber smoker [URL="http://www.weberbbq.com.au/charcoalbarbecues.htm"]Weber EGG[/URL] and Brinkman version [URL="http://www.brinkmann.net/products/outdoor_cooking/charcoal_smokers_and_grills/details.aspx?item=852-7080-0"]Brinkman Smoker[/URL] and many others include water pans.

It also helps in keeping temperature stabilised and the heat indirect.

With regards to grills etc & pans for the water Reward Distribution in Newcastle Street is exceptional.

i will be using a water tray in the bbq

good stuff dude, that looks sweet. ive been thinking about doing this for a while. the only problem i can see with this is the whole bbq including stand is going to get very hot.

this is what i have been using as a guide.

[url]http://huskertailgating.wordpress.com/[/url]

all bbq's get hot.

[QUOTE=Bgwrx;521207]good stuff dude, that looks sweet. ive been thinking about doing this for a while. the only problem i can see with this is the whole bbq including stand is going to get very hot.[/QUOTE]

Hot enough to cook you recon?

Looks good, you'll get some nice meat out of that for sure.

yeh it should get hot enough to cook.

you know what i mean, the stand is going to get bloody hot

[QUOTE=magic1;521210]this is what i have been using as a guide.

[url]http://huskertailgating.wordpress.com/[/url]

all bbq's get hot.[/QUOTE]

thats pretty sweet if your aiming to end up with this:

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cheers for sharing

edit: fark thats a big pic off that site LOL

few more pics, hope to finish this off tomorrow and Tuesday.

Handles are on and holes drilled for heat exchange.

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Temperature control (Made this from scratch)

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Things left to do.
1. reinforce the doors and openings, the drums are a bit flimsy
2. install grates for the MMMMMMEAT
3. Paint it High temp paint.
4. Burn it in.