More pics of whiskey barrel smoker

[Milo Beers]

Some people wanted to see more pics. I added some steer horns . Put holes in them to let smoe smoke out, just for looks. Have 3 grates in it. The fire box is up about 2 inches above the bottom I put about 1 inch of water in bottom when smoking

[Allon]

I love the horns with smoke coming out of them. Very clever.
It's a sweet setup. How does it hold temperature?

[Milo Beers]

So far it's been good , been able to hold 200 to 250. Burnt for several hrs. Finding easier to control temp with amount of charcoal and leave air tubes open , still playing with that

[Allon]

Controlling temperature with charcoal is not unheard of but isn't getting at the charcoal a pain in the neck?

I have any old dual fuel (charcoal\propane). It was cheap. I have massive air leaks on the charcoal side that I'm trying to seal up.
It works kind of, but just barely...


Do you have a grill or something to use for searing?

[Milo Beers]

The charcoal burns a long time, on my practice burns it went six hours and still burning. I read a thing that I think meathead posted on charcoal, to make a donut of unlite charcoal put the lite charcoal in the middle of donut. As the middle goes out it lights the outside. Still learning on the charcoal . It's a cold smoker to.i have a pan I put on the second grate that covers half of it. I put charcoal in to do burgers or sear with
. Still learning that to.
If it's a wood barrel they say fill them with water every 6 months and let set a couple days to swell the wood up

[Allon]

Fill it with water. I would have never thought of that.

[Bad Hat BBQ]

Very Cool

[djl]

Very cool!


"If it's a wood barrel they say fill them with water every 6 months and let set a couple days to swell the wood up"

I have small barrel for aging whiskey in. Recommended not to let it sit dry... You might want to watch to see if you need to add water a little more often (especially for the first year).

Enjoy

[DogFaced PonySoldier]

I've been wanting to do the whiskey barrel aging thing, I've got a few bottles of Buffalo Trace set back to work with, but I heard some stories of people having too much (or all!) of their whiskey evaporate! I would cry too hard, I haven't had the guts to try it. <sigh>

[Milo Beers]

Thanks I will

[klflowers]

I can verify that with the whisky aging barrels they split if they sit dry. I had a nice one that I neglected and it split

[bbqLuv]

Love it, Thanks for sharing.

[TripleB]

Very, very cool. Thanks for posting.

[Spinaker]

This thing is way cool!

[rlozinak]

That's a cool smoker. Very nice

[Bogy]

That's crazy awesome!

[fzxdoc]

Amazing! What a great looking smoker, horns and all.

Show us some of your cooks on it when you get a chance, and if you have the time.

Kathryn

[Milo Beers]

Hole chicken today

[Allon]

It looks so tiny compared to the massive amount of cooking space.
Did you use a rub?

[Milo Beers]

A little not much

[HawkerXP]

That is one cool looking cooker! It must be a barrel of fun for you!

[Allon]

Roll out the barrel!