R2-BQ: May The Good Eats Be With You

Built by the New Wookie Workshop‘s webmaster Philip Wise, we’re looking at a R2-D2 smoker built from an old 55 gallon drum. Star Wars products always have a special place in my heart, and when that product has the ability to make a rack of ribs taste like heaven, I’ve been won over.

Extreme attention to detail and a fabulous paint job all around, the unit goes almost undistinguishable as a smoker:

 

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