Building A BBQ

Thunderbolt · 2 Apr 2010 at 19:01

A friend and myself have acquired an aviation oil drum and plan to make a BBQ from it.

Has anyone here done anything similar, or got any ideas or experience in relation to such a project?

arknor · 2 Apr 2010 at 19:33

just goto a pound shop and get a throw away bbq! there only a pound!

G-MAN2004 · 2 Apr 2010 at 19:35

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-Your-Own-BBQ-Barrel/

Feek · 2 Apr 2010 at 19:37

1) Saw in half
2) Fill with charcoal, light.
3) Cover with chicken wire
4) Cook
5) ?????
6) Profit

arknor · 2 Apr 2010 at 19:45

Feek said:
1) Saw in half
2) Fill with disposable BBQ's
3) Cook
5) ?????
6) Profit

+1

Danm54 · 3 Apr 2010 at 01:51

You need to put holes in side at the bottom too, about 3-4 inches off the ground, lets air in for a better fire.

If you wanted to make it really good place it on 3 bricks!

whitecrook · 3 Apr 2010 at 02:05

when grinding it in half be sure it won't explode. i knew someone that did that. sparks ignited and it threw him across the garage and put him in hospital... so if its old it's probl ok, but if it's recent fill it with water

Dave85 · 3 Apr 2010 at 03:00

According to the instructions link you should have got a food one not an oil one wont the oil one make it taste yuk.

whitecrook · 3 Apr 2010 at 03:23

DAvE18 said:
According to the instructions link you should have got a food one not an oil one wont the oil one make it taste yuk.

no

dandos23 · 3 Apr 2010 at 03:45

DAvE18 said:
According to the instructions link you should have got a food one not an oil one wont the oil one make it taste yuk.

If you just build a fire in it before cooking anything then any oil will burn away any way, then just give it a scrub with a wire brush.
You don't need to get it spotless as you wont be putting any food on that part any way.

I would also go for this

Feek said:
1) Saw in half
2) Fill with charcoal, light.
3) Cover with chicken wire
4) Cook
5) ?????
6) Profit

I have done this a few times and it always works great.

Dave85 · 3 Apr 2010 at 04:09

In that case sounds like an awesome cheap BBQ

Glaucus · 3 Apr 2010 at 07:04

Picked up an oil drum the other week, just ordered a rotisserie, Just need to go pick up some angle iron, sheet metal, metal piping, grill/rack, hinges, handle, paint and some wood.

want to make a base out of angle iron, with a wood shelf either side, chimney and a box underneath with pipe to turn it into a cold smoker as well.

alexakasloth · 3 Apr 2010 at 08:54

AcidHell2 said:
Picked up an oil drum the other week, just ordered a rotisserie, Just need to go pick up some angle iron, sheet metal, metal piping, grill/rack, hinges, handle, paint and some wood.

want to make a base out of angle iron, with a wood shelf either side, chimney and a box underneath with pipe to turn it into a cold smoker as well.

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That is pure awesome :cool:

valve90210 · 3 Apr 2010 at 10:39

AcidHell2 said:
Picked up an oil drum the other week, just ordered a rotisserie, Just need to go pick up some angle iron, sheet metal, metal piping, grill/rack, hinges, handle, paint and some wood.

want to make a base out of angle iron, with a wood shelf either side, chimney and a box underneath with pipe to turn it into a cold smoker as well.

Sounds like a genious plan to me!!

elroberto · 3 Apr 2010 at 11:38

Build a large permanent brick one that you could cook half a cow on in your garden so that it may remain there for all time as a testament to your manhood!

dandos23 · 3 Apr 2010 at 12:01

elroberto said:
Build a large permanent brick one that you could cook half a cow on in your garden so that it may remain there for all time as a testament to your manhood!

We had an oil drum for years and then decided to build one like that. The brick one was dismantled this year as it was not designed right, due to the size you would be cooking yourself as you tended your meet. :eek:

We are still drawing up plans for the new one, it should be quite impressive. The old one could hold just over half a cow at a time, the new one should be able to hold a little more than that.

bledd · 3 Apr 2010 at 12:04

We had a shopping trolley bbq in uni

Glaucus · 7 Apr 2010 at 14:26

well some parts have arrived and I missed two other parcels. I hope one is the rotisserie, so I can finalise how I'm going to chop the barrel up and how it all fits together. Have Friday off work so hoping for a dry day to crack on with it.

Still haven't seen anything ideal for the grill yet. So if anyone has any ideas.
Also what's a good wood to use for the shelf bit and how would you treat it? varnish, stain, oil?

work bench, mitre chop saw and 7 lengths of 25x25x3x2000mm angle iron

task · 7 Apr 2010 at 14:48

Built one quite a few years ago and had to rebuild it onto a new drum last year.

Grind the barrel in half, weld two bits of angle onto the ends to steady it and weld two bits on the inside to form a lip to drop your grate onto.

You should probably add some air holes too.

VFR_KID · 7 Apr 2010 at 14:54

Cant think of any ideas for grill. my mate was heating coals for his Shisha pipe on with an oven rack on the gas hob its now a strange shape LOL. so dont think anything like that would withstand to much heat for long