Any fuel oil tank smoker designs out there?

[Juddlight]

A friend of mine is offering me an old fue oil tank..wonder if anyone ever made a smoker out of one of these?

[Pobeque]

There's an episode of BBQ with Franklin where he builds one and goes through it step by step. You might be able to find it on YouTube

[Jerod Broussard]

Aaron uses propane tanks. Not sure about using an old fuel or oil tank.

[Juddlight]

Coo thanks

[Juddlight]

Hmmm ill have to look it up

[richinlbrg]

Juddlight , my memory may be faulty, but I thought this came up before and that Max Good strongly recommended against this. Something that the petrochemicals can not be removed from the pores of the metal, making this unsafe. Again, I may be remembering this wrong, so you might want to check with him.

[Jerod Broussard]

You are right. It was some type of chemical tank a guy wanted to use.

[Bob's BBQ]

I have seen fuel oil tanks converted to smokers and hog roasters. Do a image search on home built smokers and you will find pictures. There's a guy that lives around me that has a trailer mounted unit that looks sweet. I think fuel oil tanks are o.k. if properly burned out and cleaned. When you start using tanks or barrels that held pesticides or other caustic chemicals you may have an issue. Probably a good idea to research it though.

[Max Good]

Jerod is correct. One of our members wanted to use a barrel that had contained Methyl Ethyl Keytone to make a drum smoker. MEK is super nasty.

[Danjohnston949]

Guest Good, Could I impose on you to Give a little Advice to Guest (Bobbi Jo) on Temp Adj and Settings on her
Green Mtn, Daniel Boone Pellet Smoker! She is involved with a Charity Fund Raiser for Hospice of the Red River of
the North! Called "Get Stickey in Dickey BBQ Rib Cook Off". She's Practicing! Thanks, Dan

[Max Good]

NoDak, Danjohnston949 says you have issues/questions about temp settings on your Green Mountain pellet smokers. Please tell me more.

[Danjohnston949]

Max Good, Thanks a Million Freind! She is New to The Pit and Amazing Ribs! I am trying to give Bobbi Jo, NoDak a little Direction? As David Parrish , Dave will surely Tell You; Why Hell That Boy Can't See What's He Doing
Trying to Lead the Blind! From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan

[Juddlight]

Oh ya it is...we used to clean parts with it til the gov banned it now we use acetone haha. Think i want something thicker but it is free so im thinking it over

[Danjohnston949]

Juddlight, I just happened to Notice one of the Fraternities @ NDSU has One Sitting on Their Patio, I will swing by Tomorrow and take some Pics for You! I will try to have them up in the AM!
Eat Well and Prosper! From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan

[Juddlight]

Just found a pic of a drum smomer painted up like r2d2 lol

[Danjohnston949]

Juddlight, Max Good, I ran by the FarmHouse Fraternity this Morming! I haven't Checked but they may have a Webb Site [email protected] Couldn't get anyone to answer the Door or Phone so I Tresspassed all overTheir Patio for These Pics, I Couln't lift the Lid Without Help and I didn't have any! It appears to be Rotisserie for Whole or Half Hogs or Large Clodds of Beef! I will try to get more info for You! I think it was well built when New a long time ago?
Eat Well and Prosper! From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan

[Juddlight]

Lol thanks dan u the man!!

[Danjohnston949]

Juddlight, As you can See there is some Age on this Smoker! I will try to get a hold of Someone at the Farmhouse to open it up for me! More Later, Dan

[NoDak]

Danjohnston949 I'll sing your praises in a minute (because you turned me into a puddle tonight but I'll get into that later...I owe you so much!) but I'd like to tell Max Good what I've experienced with the grill itself. I've consistently set the grill temp. at 225 and tried a 17lb brisket my first time out. (I know, not real smart for a rookie when I didn't even hardly season the pretty thing...) but I killed an already dead cow. I managed to salvage the beast by slicing and steaming it on the stove top for lunches during harvest. Keep in mind- until now- have never owned a cordless thermometer and only trusted the digital reading. I just seemed to annihilate everything I put on the darn thing. I love the grill but another thing you should know, I've never cleaned the grates, only the pellet hopper because I was told that there's where the flavor lies. I took Meathead's advise and made my own binder recording wind speed, ambient temp, humidity, barometric pressure (I like to go fishing too ) along with cloud cover hourly. I also only use pellets designed for this grill that are sold locally and one of the owners of said establishment uses one too (same kind of grill), wins a lot, but is vague with tips. I don't hold that against him. That's all I can tell you about the grill. Thanks for responding to Danjohnston949 and wanting to learn more. I sure appreciate it.
NoDak
Bobbi Jo

[NoDak]

PS. I had cooked that brisket for 13 hrs. Do think it was just on too long?