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It’s summer. Barbeque time. And while you might think hanging out in the back yard around a Webber is just fine, there are all sorts of people who aren’t content to just keep up with the Joneses when it comes to their grill–I mean, they’re the Joneses. Boring! So while you and the Joneses are roasting hot dogs in your khaki shorts with your traditional family after you get home from your “job,” these guys are cooking on crazy custom grills that make you question your conformity. Or their sanity.

Baby Back

This barbeque, constructed by David Klose of BBQ Pits by Klose from a 1906-era baby carriage, might be more appropriate for Halloween than Labor Day, given the grisly images it conjures up.

Creepy, for sure, but like many unexplained yet deep loves, Klose clearly has invested a lot of time and care into this baby carriage barbeque, taking it from rusted out to completely functional with three weeks of hard work and a welder, adding features like a fold-down hood for smoking. He won’t sell you this one, but he will build you a custom beer bottle or pistol cooker, because nothing goes together better than alcohol, guns, and fire.

Getting Racy

I’m not sure what the demographic overlap is for people who love NASCAR and people who have a spare $17,000 to drop on a grill, but there must be at least one guy. Or, given that this grill was offered for sale on eBay, maybe there’s no overlap except in the minds of the custom manufacturers CampfireMaster.

And as over-the-top as the look is, it’s features are too–four-flame propane burner,coolers, six-speaker stereo, iPod input, LEDs, and custom rims. Totally pimped. Add that to the weird demographic mix.

Built for Speed

The guys who build these custom barbeques must have heard too many stories about cooking on the engine, or maybe they just didn’t realize those engines were supposed to be running.

Anyhow, you too can own an engine-themed gas or charcoal barbeque (although it’s an engine–gas is the only option that makes sense) constructed from racing parts with polished chrome plating and cast iron grilling surfaces. Vroom!