Ultimate Burn Barrel

SPIKER · Nov 7, 2004

yep that looks nice:

I got a few blocks stacked dry with a couple turned the wrong way as air holes & fire startign spots. stacked a few feet high and the fire goes pretyt quick, I have also got a nice sized grill topper I made up with SS side and dual offset expanded metal inserts for food to go on. I cook dirrectly ON the expanded metal and after it is done I re-coat it with cooking oil to keep it ready for next time. I remove after the cooking cleaning & cooling & coating is done and slip it down into a BIG contractors type trash back to keep it clean and store it inside. I can toss in a bout 4 or 5 arm full loads of hard wood (lots of cherry usually) and grill on that. I also have a semi wheel/rim that I cook on for smaller lunches and only need about 1 arm full of wood and a good 30 min burn down time. which means you get to warm up by the fire with the fav liquid refreshments /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

MarkM

turnkey4099 · Nov 8, 2004

( Turnkey409, OK I'm easy, I concede. If I could change the title of this post it would be "THE ULTIMATE BURN BARREL/BBQ GRILL". Can you BBQ on yours without ( "...go like a blowtorch..." ) cremating your food? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

The food! I can't even feed it without cemating my arms!

Harry K

Gatorboy · Nov 8, 2004

It approaches the ultimate but isn't quite there. Mine is. 

Let's see some pictures of this baby!

Chuck52 · Nov 8, 2004

You sure do have to buy charcoal. I was in a hurry yesterday at the store, and paid $4.00 for 10 lbs of store-brand charcoal. That's just about enough for two decent fires, so I hate to waste it on anything less than steaks. I like the flavor I get with charcoal, as compared to gas, but charcoal is getting so darn expensive I may have to try making my own! Now before anyone slams me for complaining about a measly $4.00, let me explain that I'm talking relative value here. I find it irritating if it costs me $2.00 just to cook an $8.00 steak

Chuck

turnkey4099 · Nov 11, 2004

( It approaches the ultimate but isn't quite there. Mine is. 

Let's see some pictures of this baby! )

I tried to answer that yesterday but screwed up somehow.

Sorry about the pictures. I don't have a digital but will take one with a 35 mm and post it if I can figure out how.

Harry K

txdon · Nov 11, 2004

turnkey4099, If you cannot produce a picture I will un-concede and reclaim my ultimate status. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

(One more thing, I can back into mine and it doesn't budge. And that is good, I think, because it at least it doesn't get stuck under the truck. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif)

Freds · Nov 12, 2004

I tuned into this post again hoping to see a pic of turnkeys inferno. I need to build another cardboard burner and while the description was good, well, we know what's worth a 1000 words...

Frodo · Nov 12, 2004

Harry - See if your local public library has a scanner and can scan in your 35mm pic for you. I need to build a burner (for mine, I just cut about 7 foot of fence and wired it into a tube - after four years, it's starting to rust) and would like to build "the ultimate."

TXDon - How easy is cleanout?

turnkey4099 · Nov 12, 2004

( Harry - See if your local public library has a scanner and can scan in your 35mm pic for you. I need to build a burner (for mine, I just cut about 7 foot of fence and wired it into a tube - after four years, it's starting to rust) and would like to build "the ultimate."

TXDon - How easy is cleanout?
)

I'm with you on the rusting/burnout thing. My 50 gal liner was only good for about 2 years when I was using it weekly in burning season. After two years it would be tisue thin with the rims burnt off.

Still waiting for a decent day to take the pics, been foggy and dreary every day since the original post.

Harry K

turnkey4099 · Nov 12, 2004

( Harry - See if your local public library has a scanner and can scan in your 35mm pic for you. I need to build a burner (for mine, I just cut about 7 foot of fence and wired it into a tube - after four years, it's starting to rust) and would like to build "the ultimate."

TXDon - How easy is cleanout?
)

Well I seem to have done it again, my post doesn't seem to have shown so here it is again:

I'm with you on the rust/burn-out. My 50 gal liner was only good for about 2 seasons when used weekly. By then both rims would be burnt/rusted out and the remainder tissue thin.

Still waiting for a decent day to take pics. Been foggy, dreary every day since my OP.

Harry K