Death by exploding barbeque project

[LightningCrash]

Who wants to cook BBQ in an old oil drum anyway? Seriously.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-19035426

It is believed the 48-year-old was fatally injured, in Horspath, as an angle grinder he was using ignited fumes in the 40-gallon drum

 

[Maverick7340]

I BBQ in a 55 gallon drum. It was a food grade drum with no liner. It's the easiest way to bbq. I can cook for 16 hours and never have to add more charcoal.

Look up Ugly Drum Smoker (UDS), you can make your own smoker for less then $100 and it cooks great bbq with less effort.

 

[LightningCrash]

I BBQ in a 55 gallon drum. It was a food grade drum with no liner. It's the easiest way to bbq. I can cook for 16 hours and never have to add more charcoal.

Look up Ugly Drum Smoker (UDS), you can make your own smoker for less then $100 and it cooks great bbq with less effort.

His problem wasn't that he was using a drum, it's that it was an oil drum.

 

[T.R.]

Actually, I think his problem was that he didn't know what he was doing. I made my UDS out of an old oil drum without any issues. Ya just gotta make sure all traces of the oil are removed before doing anything else.

 

[ripnbst]

Or burn in it a few times before using it for food?

 

[okie98]

Tough way to go.

 

[71buickfreak]

That really sucks. I made a double barrel heater for my shop using two oil drums. One was clean, the other had some residual oil in it, but it was hydraulic oil, it would just burn and it would take a sight more than a few sparks to ignite. I have welded a few gas tanks, but I thoroughly purge them with water (a couple times) then I use a trick I learned from an old-timer: Put the tank over the tailpipe of a running car for 10-15 minutes. The carbon monoxide will ensure the fuel fumes are purged AND the fill the tank so that it doesn't explode. Its cheaper than filling the tank with CO2 or Argon.