Fuel Oil Tank Smoker

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Fuel oil tank smoker.

This instructable will show you how to build the ultimate backyard barbecue pit. Wood smoke coming from a shop built smoker made from an ex fuel tank. You have an old oil tank that is no longer being used. The smoke dries the meat and has an anti bacterial effect.

Look s like she s getting all warmed up ready to produce an even more beautiful sight. However keep in mind that the tank is only one part of a fuel storage system. This set of smoker plans is a reverse flow smoker and has 2 removable sections of the baffle plate to allow for use of grilling baskets for using this smoker as a charcoal grill also. I ve never used one but they look cool i have been looking for weeks for a design on how to build a smoker cooker grill out of a 275 gallon oval heating oil tank that i plan to mount to a.

Red meat and oily fishes lead the list of smoked meats. Best use of an fuel oil tank. Let s cross our fingers and hope for new. Diy smoker builders frequently choose the standard 275 gallon fuel oil tank to make these whole animal smokers.

Build a professional barbecue smoker. Disposal of such a large container would be a waste of materials when you could spend an afternoon with a few tools and turn it into a huge bbq grill. This trailer mounted smoker was built using an old 250 gallon propane tank and is the perfect size large parties catering competitions or whole hog barbecue. We have a set of plans for an oval oil tank.

New or used i can t tell. What the us plumbers and oil burner professionals refer to as a 275 gallon tank has an internal volume of 266 us gallons. Wed may 20 09 3 09 am post subject. For the big smoking jobs like a whole pig you need a large smoker.

What a beautiful sight. As part of the ul80 rules that regulate the storage of fuel you will not be filling the tank to its internal volume.