A steel drum and a few plumbing parts make up this no-weld smoker you can build with just a few hours of work. Add meat and smoldering wood—and get ready to feast. By Joe Kohl-Riggs Updated: Jul ...

I constructed my smoker out of 10-ga. sheet steel on a frame of 1-in. thinwall square tubing. One caution about barrels--unless you can acquire a genuine food-grade barrel, make your own.

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The Pit Barrel Cooker takes its simple design inspiration from the “Ugly Drum Smoker”, whose enthusiasts build their own cookers out of steel storage drums that produce “absolutely amazing ...