Here in Alabama, just when you think you seen the latest and greatest
BBQ grill all you have to do is drive another block or so down the
road and your sure to find another that you will ooh and aah over. One
thing this state is very proficient at and thats in designing and
making BBQ grills. I think they have Texas beat. Earlier this year a
local small stell fab'er up the road from me had over 100 locally made
grills settig outside for sale, and there is not a single one left,
and there had to be close to 10 or more different sizes and designs.


While its not a sheetsteel grill, we made one from a 1000 gal aluminum
tank when I ws in the USAF. Used expanded metal for grates, added a
smoke box on it, and mounted it to an undercarraige from a discarded
piece of AGE equipment. Heck it took a pickup truck of charcoal to
fire it up. Another unit borrowed it and had that suckers draft wide
open, and succeded in melting a good section of the tank out!

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:40:50 -0700, Grant Erwin
wrote:

x-OK, I'm going to sound like a lovestruck baby, but I took a local
x-blacksmithing class this weekend (my first ever) and oh boy does
x-this open up a whole new vista! Anyway, this isn't a blacksmithing
x-plug. I'm now seriously into 3 things that I can see merging into
x-a really great project.
x-
x-Cooking, machining, and blacksmithing. Barbecue/smoker, anyone?
x-
x-Seems like there has *got* to be a to-die-for BBQ design out there
x-that you need to know about metal cutting/welding/propane orifices/
x-piping/forging/cooking to pull off right. Maybe electrical too if
x-the design had a rotisserie mode.
x-
x-Anyone know of a really cool design? Maybe start with a leftover
x-chunk of Alaska Pipeline (well not that big, that stuff was 48"OD)
x-or some other pipe, put a perfect cut on it with a plasma cutter,
x-forge some really cool handles and stand, you get the idea.
x-
x-Grant Erwin
x-Kirkland, Washington

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