How Do You Build A 55-Gallon Drum Rotisserie?
Ever since GIs started returning from overseas in the late ’60s there have been all sorts of innovations in outdoor grilling and cooking. They learned this by using whatever materials they could cobble together. Empty fuel drums were prominent among these materials. No doubt you’ve scene meat smokers and grills made out of 55-gallon drums; they’re not all that difficult or expensive to make. It is rare to find a rotisserie made out of such materials, though. For those not familiar with the difference, a grill has a plain metal grating upon which cooking meat sits, while a rotisserie has the meat on a turning spit over a heat source. A 55-gallon drum rotisserie takes a little innovation to put together, but once you’ve cooked with one, you’ll wonder how you ever went without one. Make sure the interior of the drum is clean of all residues. You don’t want it to catch fire if it was used to hold oil or explosive fuel. Once this is done, use your cutting wheel to cut the drum in half lengt
