How to Build Your Own BBQ Barrel

Step 4 Burn off the inside

I lit a fire in it to burn off any paints or coatings or who knows what. There may or may not have been a burn ban going on this day so I made burgers on my gas grill to disguise the smoke.

Comments

[rwebster1]

it gotta try this. do you use it year round?

[plonka]

what is a burn ban,dont tell me the carbon footprint crowd are in town !!

[johnnyblegs]

Sometimes Seattle or the surrounding towns have burn bans when the air quality is no good or when there's an especially dry set of days and a threat of wildfires (which isn't really the case in Seattle)

[plonka]

ahh i understand thanks for the reply

[Crackersouth]

Welding flatbar to the outer edges of the lid would prevent warping and help retain the heat as well. Would have liked a shot of you actually smoking something on it. Good suggestion about avoiding galvanized as well. I'm sure you will refine it as you use it, needs a little tweaking, but hey, it was cheap and ready available. Good project for a weekend/

[stefan.kochev]

really nice

[Hmff]

Cool