Spare Webber and 55 Gallon drum = Smoker

[Zaxxon]

I had a spare Webber 57cm and was wondering what to do with it. My main Webber One Touch does everything I want and is IMO the best BBQ you can ever buy.

However I have always wanted to smoke food a bit better and the standard webber has the heat a bit close to the food.

So I started up the A-Team music this afternoon and with a 55 Gallon Barrel that I managed to get from a friend who owns an engineering shop.

Cutting the top and bottom off the barrel (I ended up cutting some of the height off the barrel as well.




A 55 Gallon drum is the exact same circumference as a 57 Webber. I cut a crip of steel from the offcuts of the barrel and bolted it inside of the lip of the lower webber case. The lid fits on perfectly as if it was made for the drum.




Spare grill and existing grill are suspended on bolts fixed through the barrel.



Now I just need to cut and hinge a door, and paint it BBQ black.

Then it's gonna be 6-8 hour ribs time

[theboss]

Great effort. Have you thought about engineering a water pan like the WSM has?

[Zaxxon]

Good call, I'll look at getting a suitable pan from somewhere, then fix it into the barrel.
I want to make a hickory bin as well to sit in the coals.

[escargot]

Impressive mate!

[smack]

Brilliant! But your drum is upside down.

[Zaxxon]

smack said:

Brilliant! But your drum is upside down.

It wont be once I paint it