I have this drum that I want to use to build another UDS with, only it was used to hold bulk motor oil for the company I work for. If I power wash the hell out of the inside, and put a weed burner to it a couple of times, should I be okay with this drum? Or should I just cut my losses and go buy another drum?
Motor Oil Drum?
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rockinshelby
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Most people will tell you that it's perfectly okay. Just have a big fire in it, etc... It probably is but I chose a new, unlined barrell and still burnt the heck out of it with the Tiger Torch. (To remove exterior paint and interior rust preventive coating). I knew that I'd be serving alot of guests food that was cooked in this barrell and I felt that they, and I, would be be comfortable with an unused drum.
Will the Grill
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When it comes to a drum I agree. Spend the time and you'll find a clean one. After only a few days of searching, not only did I get a brand new stainless steel drum. I got if for free.
However my team has been cooking on a custom built reverse flow smoker built out of a 250 gallon home heating oil drum for a few years. No one has ever gotten sick and our food taste great. We burned it clean with a bud torch and fire hot enough to make it glow. Check out the pics on our facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/twosmokinguys
johnbarclay
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I think thats ok. You should try this drum.
deihardt8fan
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Here in NC everybody has a cooker made from an old 250 gal. heating oil drum! Was begining to think that's all there was until i ran across BP"s site!
Will the Grill
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Good thing they've never made a link between smoke and cancer. I'd hate to think what might happen to a brisket or shoulder after 12 hrs in a smoker
