I know nothing about making a barrel smoker (other than what I have read on here), but I ran across this on Craigslist and thought there may be some fellow Minnesotans interested in clean 55 gal barrels for $20. 
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hn...351237077.html
	
		
			
		
		
	
				
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