Missouri man converts hot water tanks into smokers

Plumber, Steve Baird converted this old hot water tank into a fully-functioning meat smoker.JOPLIN, Mo. — What can you do with your old hot water tank? You could sell it for the scrap metal, or you can do what one Joplin plumber decided to do: Turn it into a meat smoker. The idea came to plumber, Steve Baird, after he amassed a large collection of old hot water heaters over the years."For a long time I've removed water heaters as a plumber. I usually just scrap pile them and once I get a w