I vote to start cooking in it and if the stuff tastes funny give it to the neighbors. Thats how I always planned to handle that contingentcy should it rear it's ugly haid. Now if the liner start popping and slinging hunks over everything I would not eat the chunks. Just brush it off or squirt it down with an airgun etc. My barrell has got too hot to touch and the liner aint never budged on trying to come unhinged. Now I dont cook in it I use it to insulate and cover the R2D2 water smoker. I have gave this a lot of thought and do believe that be the highest calling for a 55 gal barrell in the bbq hobby.
bigwheel