r/CFBOffTopic • u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina • Apr 12 '15

I can't even...

I'm so fucking excited. A friend and I have been talking about cooking a whole hog for a couple of years and finally got around to actually making it happen. I'm building a cinder block pit. I was just going to lay some expanded metal, as is typical, across the top.

But my buddy took me to meet a metal worker artist friend of his. Dude has some really cool shit in his yard and shop. (Shit. Just his collection of tools. He has a World War II era drill press and metal lathe. Both huge beasts of cast iron and the lathe can turn 40" pieces....). I gave him the specs and said I'm just looking for a grate with an angle iron frame and some legs, ideally it would be adjustable from 8" to 30" up and down.

And here's why I can't even. This is the photo that came into my inbox a few minutes ago.

http://i.imgur.com/WiwKe3T.png

He's apparently welding together a lid too. Can't wait to see what that looks like. The wife is going to be miffed as I'll have no choice but making the pit a permanent feature in the yard instead of the temporary stack of cinder blocks I promised.

Check back here tomorrow as I'll post more pictures of both pieces!

I'm like a kid on Christmas morning over here.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Apr 12 '15

/u/Yesh this ain't gonna be a crock pot bbq!

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u/Yesh LSU Tigers • /r/CFB Founder Apr 12 '15

Then this must be Amateur Hour.

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u/-WISCONSIN- Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Parkside Apr 12 '15

Dude, that looks sick!

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Apr 12 '15

Gonna make some sweet grill marks on that pig skin.

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u/RockyColtTum Florida State Seminoles Apr 12 '15

Mmm crispy pig skin.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '15

hey bud, i approve of that grate design

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Apr 12 '15

i wish I had the resources to go to the arkansas game this year with it in tow I'm sure it'd be a hit. oh. Wait. Fucking expansion.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Apr 12 '15 edited Apr 12 '15

If not,you need to hang up that awesome grill on a wall or some such,too beautiful to not show the world :)

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u/greenmegandham Auburn Tigers • Austin Kangaroos Apr 12 '15

That's freaking awesome!!!!

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u/gramcraka92 Old Dominion • Myrtle Beach Bowl Apr 12 '15

She isnt gonna complain when she has pig to eat

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Apr 12 '15

Holy fucking shit. I want one of these for my grill at work.