stainless steel 44 gallon drums - what to do with them ?

[madworld]

Got given a couple of stainless steel 44 gallon drums, original plan was to build a bbq / smoker with them but wondering what you would make if you had them .. dont want to cut them up and hear of a better use for them afterwards

 

[Ramjet]

A smoker was my first thought.

 

[madworld]

Thats the best I can come up with ramjet, but you never know what some backyard genius has came up with and for what they would cost to buy I dontbwant to regret my decision later .. seeing as you can buy a smoker for a couple of hundred dollars

 

[Ben78]

Smoker,

Where'd ya get em????

 

[Buck]

Would make a good boiler for a still ;-)

 

[calala]

STILL, now your talking!

 

[Buck]

44 gallon drum with an 8 in still dragon on top would be the business. Could make good quantities of reeall good sippin liquor

 

[kleinman98]

No good for a still unless you want to get arrested and they are too big. I used to build and run stills.
Makes a great hooded bbq.

 

[Buck]

I also build stills, for the purpose of essential oil extraction. What people do with them out side that is up to them. If I had a lazy 4500 bucks sitting around I would be sticking the dragon (pictured above) on top of a 200L boiler.

All that aside, a staino 44 would make an excellent spit. I've made one out of a 50L keg before and it is awesome.

 

[Solid Luck]

UDS. Ugly Drum Smoker. They can be pretty efficient.

 

[madworld]

Thanks guys , dad uses a fair whack of ti tree oil at his work and the last lot came in stainless drums usually comes in aluminium .. have a small still here that im going to dismantle to make a prospecting tool out of so no good on the still suggestions, I drink too much as it is . Spits a good call and could be incorporated into the bbq also.