Check Out The Grill I Made

[KG1]

Most of this stuff I had lying around. My intention was to make a grill from a 55 gallon barrel with all bolt on parts so when the barrel rusts out I can just cut another barrel, bolt on the parts and go again.

That's a nice bird house you put on top of there.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

I was able to lay my hands on some nice expanded metal - thicker grade - nicer grade and replaced the grate I cut out of the old outdoor table:




Required an additional support in front:




...and in back:




The thinner grate was starting to warp, this should work out much nicer.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

The "next gen", as I've discussed, will have the cradle plate so the barrel is bolted on and thus fully replaceable. I'm making this one for my son:



The cradle plate I bend with a sledge hammer until it matches the curvature of a 55gal barrel, fine tune it with a five pound when I'm ready to bolt the barrel on. The plate fits between the center ribs of the barrel.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

I sat the barrel in the cradle to demonstrate:




Obviously I've still got a little work on fitment and level, but that's the general idea.