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assateague wrote:Red, I didn't wire brush or sand the inside of mine at all. I think you only have to do that to the food grade ones, with the epoxy coating on the inside.

shit really? I can't just burn it out huh

assateague wrote:Red, I didn't wire brush or sand the inside of mine at all. I think you only have to do that to the food grade ones, with the epoxy coating on the inside.

shit really? I can't just burn it out huh

Redbeard wrote:

assateague wrote:Red, I didn't wire brush or sand the inside of mine at all. I think you only have to do that to the food grade ones, with the epoxy coating on the inside.

shit really? I can't just burn it out huh

This project is a little more involved than you had hoped, huh Aaron?

Mine had some red rubber lining on the inside. You HAVE to burn the shit out of it to be safe. After that, rough clean the stuff still hanging onto the inside. I then coated the inside with cooking oil and lit some charcoal to season it. This left a nice, sticky oily black coating to prevent rust.

flight control wrote:Mine had some red rubber lining on the inside. You HAVE to burn the shit out of it to be safe. After that, rough clean the stuff still hanging onto the inside. I then coated the inside with cooking oil and lit some charcoal to season it. This left a nice, sticky oily black coating to prevent rust.

gotcha thanks FC

Tomkat wrote:

Redbeard wrote:

assateague wrote:Red, I didn't wire brush or sand the inside of mine at all. I think you only have to do that to the food grade ones, with the epoxy coating on the inside.

shit really? I can't just burn it out huh

This project is a little more involved than you had hoped, huh Aaron?

I ain't skeered!

Redbeard wrote:

assateague wrote:Red, I didn't wire brush or sand the inside of mine at all. I think you only have to do that to the food grade ones, with the epoxy coating on the inside.

shit really? I can't just burn it out huh

I don't know. Mine didn't have a liner. I just burned the hell out of it, until it appeared to be a raw metal barrel, took about 6 hours of a BIG burn.

assateague wrote:

Redbeard wrote:

assateague wrote:Red, I didn't wire brush or sand the inside of mine at all. I think you only have to do that to the food grade ones, with the epoxy coating on the inside.

shit really? I can't just burn it out huh

I don't know. Mine didn't have a liner. I just burned the hell out of it, until it appeared to be a raw metal barrel, took about 6 hours of a BIG burn.

kind of a stupid question but how exactly did ya burn it out?

I got some scraps of wood going, and then went over to the neighbors, where he has a lot of scrubwood which was cut down and left about a year ago. I drug some of those small trees home with a chain behind the Jeep, and then cut them the height of the barrel, minus about 6 inches. That way I got a good burn all the way up. (I did drill the three holes in the bottom for the pipe nipples first, which gave it a REALLY good burn) But really, if it's a food grade barrel, I don't think you have to burn it- just start brushing that liner out. From what I read, the burn won't make a difference when it comes to getting that crap out.

I did do a "test" burn in mine to coat the inside. After only one burn, it looked like the inside had been hit with a shiny bedliner.

assateague wrote:I got some scraps of wood going, and then went over to the neighbors, where he has a lot of scrubwood which was cut down and left about a year ago. I drug some of those small trees home with a chain behind the Jeep, and then cut them the height of the barrel, minus about 6 inches. That way I got a good burn all the way up. (I did drill the three holes in the bottom for the pipe nipples first, which gave it a REALLY good burn) But really, if it's a food grade barrel, I don't think you have to burn it- just start brushing that liner out. From what I read, the burn won't make a difference when it comes to getting that crap out.

I did do a "test" burn in mine to coat the inside. After only one burn, it looked like the inside had been hit with a shiny bedliner.

ok so I'll have to brush all that liner out huh. I know these are stupid questions but just wanna get squared away before I start. And mine is food grade from our local creamery

I'm not sure if they all have that epoxy liner. The liners I've seen were sort of reddish/orangish.

Tomkat wrote:

Redbeard wrote:

assateague wrote:Red, I didn't wire brush or sand the inside of mine at all. I think you only have to do that to the food grade ones, with the epoxy coating on the inside.

shit really? I can't just burn it out huh

This project is a little more involved than you had hoped, huh Aaron?

just picked up a new wire cup brush for my grinder. Couldn't find my old one. Ginna give er hell tomorrow

flight control wrote:Red I tried something like that and couldn''t get a good burn. You need air circulation through the coals. 18" sounds big, but you might be able to use it to catch your ashes

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I'm gonna give this a shot. If it don't work...oh well.

I was thinking about that, and meant to text you back yesterday. You may want to just cut the bottom out completely, low enough to still give the grate a place to rest, but with a pretty big hole in the bottom to let the ash fall. I expect that might work pretty well, but I really don't know what the eff I'm talking about. Just seems like it'd work from a common sense persepctive. Ditch the whole bottom 1/4 of that old grill.

Smoking the inside now with wood chips. We'll see how this thing works

assateague wrote:I was thinking about that, and meant to text you back yesterday. You may want to just cut the bottom out completely, low enough to still give the grate a place to rest, but with a pretty big hole in the bottom to let the ash fall. I expect that might work pretty well, but I really don't know what the eff I'm talking about. Just seems like it'd work from a common sense persepctive. Ditch the whole bottom 1/4 of that old grill.

you're probably right. We'll see how this first test run works

If that bung is threaded, I saw one guy who got a threaded piece of 2" to screw in for a little smoke stack. Probably unnecessary, but it looks cool.

assateague wrote:If that bung is threaded, I saw one guy who got a threaded piece of 2" to screw in for a little smoke stack. Probably unnecessary, but it looks cool.

it is and I'm thinking bout it. Anything to make Black Betty look cooler than TK's!!

A smoker is in my future. Taking 3 of these babies home with me.

Hush hush 3geese

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Redbeard wrote:

assateague wrote:If that bung is threaded, I saw one guy who got a threaded piece of 2" to screw in for a little smoke stack. Probably unnecessary, but it looks cool.

it is and I'm thinking bout it. Anything to make Black Betty look cooler than TK's!!

That won't take very much Aaron as mine is really not all that cool it just get the job done.

Assateague already has a better one than me because he put a proper smokestack on the lid


J & B .....it whispers

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What are they? They look huge.

assateague wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:Sent from my LG-L38C using Tapatalk 2

What are they? They look huge.

They hold the guidance section of a GBU-12. They are 60 gallons. A tad shorter than a standard 55, but about 3" wider.

Should still work right? I hope...
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Should work. Don't know why it wouldn't. Although you're going to have a bitch of a time finding a "standard" round grill grate that will fit in it. May have to make one yourself.

Eric Haynes wrote:

assateague wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:Sent from my LG-L38C using Tapatalk 2

What are they? They look huge.

They hold the guidance section of a GBU-12. They are 60 gallons. A tad shorter than a standard 55, but about 3" wider.

Should still work right? I hope...
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it'll never work. DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE PLANS

You're just mad because he's not going to have to have his head jammed in it for 3 hours grinding epoxy off the inside.

assateague wrote:You're just mad because he's not going to have to have his head jammed in it for 3 hours grinding epoxy off the inside.

true. That pissed me off

BAM. Found this in the garage

Nice work Red. 50/50 chance that grill will work properly