Keg Shell Cooker

I needed a deep outdoor cooking pot that would contain splashes of hot oil and was easy to clean. I cut the top off of an old keg shell I had lying around and attached it to a LP burner ring.

It works well for fish fries or crab/crawfish boils.

Get yourself an empty keg shell. We live in a college town so I can pick these up from the frat houses for $5 or $10 each at the end of the school year.

I cut out a hole with a 4" cut-off wheel and use the lip as a guide. I cut out a hole large enough to work with while leaving a little lip inside in case I want to fashion a lid later on.

Be sure to release any pressure from the keg first by pressing the valve down with something hard. Watch out for spewing beer!

Here it is with the top and valve removed.

I used stainless hose clamps to attach the keg shell to the burner frame through the four built-in drainage holes in the shell lip.

Here is an older frame that fit so snugly into the keg shell I can't get it out now.