Pipeliner's Rig BBQ Pit

[Leons2003]

Here are a couple of pits inspired by rig welder pits. Both are hitch receiver attachments,
1st is a 10" sch10 SSx16" w/SS shaker screen grill, rig telescopes on 2" in 2.5" sq tube, both 3/16"wt. for travel to and from the Texans games, has a 20" head w/SS expanded grill riding on a 1" SS threaded stock.

2nd is a similar pit for the BIL while he is in the field, used 10"x1/4" tube, is a take down unit and rides in the bed.

My pride is a scrapped SS Dr.Pepper 55gal drum w/1/4"and 3/8"SS tubing grill.

I have others, so not to clutter up the thread, nuff said.

Good luck
L*S

[NewMexSmoke]

Now this is my kind of post. Absolutely doggone right. As long as one has fun designing it, scrounging materials, building it, cooking up some tasty meat, drinking a few beverages, and showing it off to friends and anyone else who will listen.........who cares what it looks like.

I can not see how anyone who spends too much on a mass produced, foreign made cheapo could ever get the same level of satisfaction.

[Wacko Welder]

Just curious . . .

Just curious . . .anybody have anything else?

Thanks
Steve

[pipeline Dan]

I had one for my rig but I now have to build another one so here's a couple small back yard pits i have built. First picture is of a brisket I just tossed on the pit and the second picture is of the brisket cooked and ready to eat.

[Wacko Welder]

Should you . . .

I had one for my rig but I now have to build another one so here's a couple small back yard pits i have built. I just tossed on a brisket shortly before I took the picture

Should you come across any pictures or have any ideas from those you have made or seen in the past, please share . . . .

My goal is to make the ultimate "Welders Rig BBQ Grill" . . . . .

I have seen seen some with plate ends, some with "bull nose" cap ends . . .

I intend to keep it pure "welders" ie . . . using grinding disk bodies for vent covers, welder's hammer for handle, etc . . .

Tailgating is really big down here in Cajun country . . . . LSU & The Saints . . .

So any ideas, enhancements or suggestions are surly welcome . . .

Thanks
Steve

[pipeline Dan]

Should you come across any pictures or have any ideas from those you have made or seen in the past, please share . . . .

My goal is to make the ultimate "Welders Rig BBQ Grill" . . . . .

I have seen seen some with plate ends, some with "bull nose" cap ends . . .

I intend to keep it pure "welders" ie . . . using grinding disk bodies for vent covers, welder's hammer for handle, etc . . .

Tailgating is really big down here in Cajun country . . . . LSU & The Saints . . .

So any ideas, enhancements or suggestions are surly welcome . . .

Thanks
Steve

ya I'll take a look around, and I'll help ya forsure!

[Wacko Welder]

I got your PM

ya I'll take a look around, and I'll help ya forsure!

I am sending what I have in digital format... I a have a little more but have not scanned them..... They were polaroid . . .

Thanks . . .
Steve

[Wacko Welder]

You should have it now . . .

I am sending what I have in digital format... I a have a little more but have not scanned them..... They were polaroid . . .

Thanks . . .
Steve

You should have it now . . .

I'm trying to create a list of features & any pictures I can get . . .

Wouldn't it be great to put together a pipeliners "Coffee Table" book . . .

One of the few jobs they can't send to China or India . . . :-)

P.S. I'm not a welder by trade, strictly an amateur hobbyist with limited MIG skills . . . Have stick, but welds look pretty rough . . .

Steve

P.S. Your PM box is full, you can not recieve any more . . .

[lanceman73]

Pipe BBQ

I mad a gas BBQ out of 8" gas pipe that was left over. I just bought a small cheap gas BBQ and used the guts from it.

[nocheepgas]

Bbq

I've made a few, all out of 12" pipe with blanked off ends, caps are too expensive and I just don't like flat sides. I use chipping hammers for handles and usually an 1 1/4" ell with a pipe stack and an air shutter on it. Sorry, Don't have any pics, have given them all away. The tops get pretty heavy, which can make them a bit tippy if you leave them freestanding or portable.

[G3farms]

Nice looking grill lanceman, what did you use for the grate??

G3

[lanceman73]

grate

1/4" solid rod.

[jode]

on my grill I used 12" sch40 pipe. 1/4" plate for the ends. 2" pipe for the stack. If you will weld a peice of 5/8-11 bolt or allthread you can use a wore out grinding rock for your stack and vent holes at bottom of sides. just knock out the left over disc and use the metal part. i used the left over plate for the feet. that way i could let it stand alone or clamp in vise on rig.

[Bigiron]

I'm crrently working on a pit for my home made from 20" casing. The cook side is just a shade over three feet long and the fire box is a hair over two feet long. Overall it measures five feet two inchs long. I have built the carriage out of two inch and I think one inch square tubing. Square inserts with a hole centered in them for five eigths bolts welded into the two inch on all four corners to mount the wheels on. That's as far as I have gotten so far. The rain here killed me last week so I did not get to start on it until Sunday. I'm also having to compete with my wife over shop time while she works on her Harley. I never thought I would have to compete with a woman for shop time. LOL!! I hope to have it done in a couple of days after I come back from work. Hopefully I will get some pics of it on here as well.

[bullet280]

I built one last year. It has a insulated firebox, sink, storage, burner hidden under the verical cooking chamber and dressed it up with some pig handles I sketched out and cut with a plasma cutter. It is a hit wherever I go with it, and everybody including me loves the food it turns out.

I really enjoy cooking on my own creation, BBQ is really enhanced by cooking on something that you created.