A steel drum and a few plumbing parts make up this no-weld smoker you can build with just a few hours of work. Add meat and smoldering wood—and get ready to feast.

On a blustery March afternoon, Jon Rygiel was outside his family's business in Cadott, cutting the lid off a 55-gallon steel drum to make a trash barrel. The 24-year-old mechanic was tidying up ...

Invented by a globetrotter, the 55-gallon barrel became one of the best-traveled objects in human history.

The unidentified family found a 55-gallon steel drum in a ravine on their Marlboro, New Jersey property on April 19. Police have since ruled the man's death a homicide and are working on ...