Redneck AR

flynnbob

If you use beer cans as an AR, you must be a redneck. Wanted to get higher in the dome for a direct coffee rubbed turkey for the Christmas Party tonight.  These are holding so far - cut a little notch in then so they would stay on the fire ring.  Keep your fingers crossed. Sure hope Santa is good to me this year.

Village Idiot

Those look like aluminum.  Seems the fire would melt them down.

plumbfir01

I know the ar is expensive but i swear it is completely worth it! get the whole setup for so many options and combos for cooking

flynnbob

Village Idiot said:

Those look like aluminum.  Seems the fire would melt them down.

You scared me VI - I looked on the net and they say the melting point of an aluminum can is 1220 degrees F.  They are still holding.  I hope an AR is in the big square box that my wife has in her closet so that I can move up to the big leagues.

Egghead_Daron

You won't be disappointed. When I finally broke down and got one it completely changed the game for me and my cooks. So many more options.

Village Idiot

flynnbob said:

Village Idiot said:

Those look like aluminum.  Seems the fire would melt them down.

You scared me VI - I looked on the net and they say the melting point of an aluminum can is 1220 degrees F.  They are still holding.  I hope an AR is in the big square box that my wife has in her closet so that I can move up to the big leagues.

Gosh Bob.  I read it somewhere on the Internet, so it must be true.   :-B

dweebs0r

Abe Lincoln said 69% of quotes and facts on the internet are true and not completely made up. Who doesn't trust Honest Abe??

flynnbob

Cook is already done.  90 min - 180 in the thigh - almost too easy. Best of all, my redneck AR did not melt!

Skiddymarker

I think you have the temps right, so the inter-webs were fairly accurate. I used the same set-up with some stainless steel exhaust pipe I had lying around, worked just fine. 

I found fire bricks to be more stable and one brick can be cut into three pieces, pretty simple solution for <4$. 

brimee

that's even better than my solution but most of my beverages come in glass...

 

I used four stainless steel bolts that I had in the garage along with eight nuts and washers, works perfectly!

tjv

Hey that ain't a redneck adjustable rig. that's a redneck woo.  Ya need to add some tallboys along side the other cans to make it a redneck multil level rig.......lol

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shtgunal3

I used firebrick for awhile and then got the PSWoo

Austin Egghead

We have used beer cans....must be a  red neck, oops, I can't be cause I live in Keep it Weird Texas.  

Your cook looks very tasty.

flynnbob

The cook came out great,  I put the legs and thigh back on afterward for a few more minutes.  Everything is carved up and ready.  I bet the turkey will be the first to go at the party. Flynn (the dog) loved the scraps as I was carving on the meat slicer.  We live in Georgia so yeah, we are official rednecks although transplanted.