Online research led me to the ugly drum smoker, which rightfully enjoys a cult following. Using a 55-gallon steel ... and let the fire burn hot to season the barrel and remove any impurities.

Old 55-gallon drums are often repurposed ... oxygen to the fire just before the barrel outlet. Through some clever cuts and folding of steel, a single burn barrel is created from the original ...

Our burn barrel is designed to provide the fire with plenty of fresh air, using the rising heat of the fire itself to draw air in at the base. To do this, we perforated the bottom of the drum.

A plan to turn old 55-gallon drums into burn or barbecue barrels became a "goofy situation" when the barrels, some of which still contained some substances, were instead abandoned along roadways ...

The candies came packaged in a yellow, three-inch replica of a 55-gallon ... Bly’s steel drums hit the market, in time would become one of the drum’s biggest users. Bly’s steel barrels ...