Barbeque Plans

--Too much like work! Getcher self a Meco; they cost a fraction of what a Weber will set you back and they work better, too.

Hi, If you really want a BIG GRILL on a budget, just split a 45 gallon drum in half with a grinder, buy a bit of weld mesh with small enough apertures so the food you want to cook doesn't fall through, tack a few tubes on to make a stand and VOILA! That's one big cooking facility! Hope this helps, Anthony.

I thought that people make them from oil drums. I personally would not do it. Our VFW outpost has a very nice cooker made from a large pipe, like 24". Some even make them towable, what fun.

Grills made from oil drums last about a year in my neck of the woods before they rot out on the bottom

Well I have Three charcoal Webbers now, all were free - (lots of people toss them after they go to a gas grill). I want one larger charcoal grill to take their place. The MECO's are not large enough.

I think Lincoln electric has plans in their website under projects

i think its based on a 45 gallon drum if i remember right

My neighbor when I was growing up would get some castoff steel bathtubs (the factory stopped setting bad ones out, so that particular source left) and make very nice barbeques out of two of them. The flat face would get moved to a work surface, and the drain and overflow holes became cleanout and exhaust. Assorted shelves would be added, and you could add a smoker section to it if you wanted. The ceramic coating of the tubs lasted longer than the rest of the bathtub frame, so durability was never an issue.

That second one should be

That depends how you use them. Some people put a couple inches of sand in the bottom, which helps stop the bottom rotting out. Others just use a bit fine mesh to hold the charcoal up, and let some air through. And I've even seen somebody with a bit pipe in the bottom with holes drilled along it's length with compressed air being blown through it.

Main thing is you clean them out afterwards, and not let them stand full of water. But at the end of the day, they're cheap, so it's not the end of the world if you've got to make a new one every couple of years.