Are there plans to convert a beer keg to a grill?

Question

I have a full size keg I would like to convert to a grill. I am wanting to know the best way to do so.

Answer 1

Yeah, it's possible, but it's a real pain to do.
Unless you have a plasma torch, they are a real pain to cut.
If you are just using a cutting wheel, you will go through a whole mess of them before you cut the keg in half.

Also, if you just went out and picked up a keg, drank all the beer, and made plans to cut it up...this is totally illegal. In that case, you don't own the keg. Unless you bought it from a salvage yard or keg manufacturer then you can't legally do anything with it. If you did buy it (good for you!) then save the receipt just in case anyone ever sees it at a tailgate party and decides to give you crap about it.

I have seen them, but I haven't come across any plans.
I did find this though and it might help a little with planning or maybe parts:
http://www.portablegrillsonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=9

Answer 2

Beer Keg Grill Plans

Answer 3

Depends on how thick the steel in the Keg is... If there is support... Use something to cut it in half longwise... ANd then weld in some extra supports to hold the Keg toghether (because from what I've seen, it's not structural without the whole Keg)... Pretty much Weld a rectangle around the halves that you cut and either bend the steel for some inner support, or a Hexagon type patteren (well 1/2) will be good for the insides... Make a support to stand the bottom on... Drill Hinges into the new support structure... and Put a Handle... I'd suggest Making a vent of some sort, how complicated you want ot make it is up to you... and Put in a bottom tray for charcoal and a top tray for the meat...

Answer 4

I've been looking for some as well. I can't imagine that it's too hard, but I've been looking to get ideas.

Just as a side note:

I've had great success in turning scrap kegs that I legally purchased for less than $10 a piece from a defunct microbrewery into brew kettles for my home brew setup. I bought four with building a grill with the fourth one in mind.

I have cut the tops out of three kegs so far with just a 4" angle grinder I bought for $10 at Harbor Freight Tools. It was cheaper for me to buy the angle grinder and a package of 0 cut-off wheels than it would have been for me to buy blades for my recip or jig saw (those were $25 for as many as I estimated I'd need). In all, I used three cut-off wheels -- one each keg. Go slow, have a hose handy and keep the water flowing over the area you are cutting and it goes fast and doesn't eat up cutting wheels.

I have friends that have cut kegs with recip saws, jig saws -- even dremels. We've all found that cutting the tops out (mind you this isn't cutting one in half) with any of the methods takes about 15 minutes, no matter what tool you use. Plasmas, while nice, leave a mess of the bottom that's nearly impossible to get out if you forget to put water in the keg (or the guy you have cut it fails to).

Answer 5

noooo. buy a grill. save the keg.

Answer 6

no!