Well I picked up my new (slightly used) Pit Barrel Cooker today. It's in pretty good shape and came with a cover. I paid $175 so nearly half the price of a new one. I think it was a good deal. It had a few small surface rust spots inside so I wiped it down used some baking soda and water mixture to remove as much rust as I could got all that wiped out and sprayed it down with vegetable cooking spray.
My only concern is the coal basket. It had quite a bit of rust on it and I couldn't get it off. Its on the expanded metal grate and the metal sidewall part as well as the handle. Is that normal for a coal basket and will it hurt to cook with it having some rust on it?
I'm running it dry right now to check Temps and season the oil I sprayed in it. I know you supposedly don't have to do that with a PBC but I wanted to make sure that surface rust didn't come back.
Otherwise it's in good shape and hopefully will cook well. Right now it's running pretty hot (steady at about 340 on the grate) but there's no meat in it so that may be why. I was hoping for more like around 275ish. I guess I could tweak the intake slightly. :becky:
My only concern is the coal basket. It had quite a bit of rust on it and I couldn't get it off. Its on the expanded metal grate and the metal sidewall part as well as the handle. Is that normal for a coal basket and will it hurt to cook with it having some rust on it?
I'm running it dry right now to check Temps and season the oil I sprayed in it. I know you supposedly don't have to do that with a PBC but I wanted to make sure that surface rust didn't come back.
Otherwise it's in good shape and hopefully will cook well. Right now it's running pretty hot (steady at about 340 on the grate) but there's no meat in it so that may be why. I was hoping for more like around 275ish. I guess I could tweak the intake slightly. :becky: