Outdoor Brick Grill

[crtreedude]

I assume since this is a group who knows food if there ever was one that you just might be able to help me in the quest to find a good design for a outdoor grill.

We are adding onto the house we bought (and land) for 10,000 dollars and unbelievable - there is a place that is all mine - except I have to share it with our dog of course (no, no not the dog house - that is his)

Anyway, anyone have a nice design for an outdoor grill? Not gas - wood fired is preferable. Now what I really want to do is lose control and have a combo outdoor grill, smoker, and pizza oven...  ;D

[Mooseherder]

Congratulations on the extra space.
This isn't anything fancy but works pretty good. ( right of the pic)
Will get a close up tomorrow when I get home from work.
Sounds like you'll want something bigger.
The Bricks are actually pavers I had left over that had been hanging around.
If'n I had more pavers or bricks it would of been a tad bit higher. ;)
The base is large pavers, then small pavers on top. The grill grates are from an old Grill smoker that fell apart after a good 10 years usage. ;D
We get hot coals outta da fire pit with a shovel and put in under the Grill Grates. You can  regulate the heat in the Brick oven by adding more as needed.

Now that you mentioned Pizza, guess what we are gonna try. ???
Just me and my Dog ;D :D

[crtreedude]

Yep - going for something bigger... A man knows no excess when it comes to the size of his grill. I do have some leftover components from a grill - the grill and a big plate.

that is a good idea - I think I will make a firepit next to it (or near by) to prepare the coals - maybe a keyhole type arrangement - fire on the size - pull the coals over to cook with... might just work very well.

What do you all think?

[Murf]

Fred, regardless of location, or intended use, there is but one backyard way to burn meat.  ;D

Dave's Brick BBQ Pit Construction Page linkey thing-a-ma-bob.

Look over the pages, it tells exactly how to do it, he';s even got a "What I'd do differently next time" page.   :D

[crtreedude]

Yep - I ran across this - it looks really interesting. 

I think this on one side - and the pizza oven on the other and we might just have something!

[Murf]

Fred, if ya wanna build a more portable one, there's also this set of plans and descriptions fer a traditional two chamber steel smoker.

Build Yer Own 2 Chamber Smoker Linky thing-a-ma-bob

'Course I personally find dat most anything with wheels eventually leaves, but sometimes dat's better than a herd of people usin' it right there in yer yard.  :

[gary]

You could make one like this.

[Bill]

Fred

my $.02

I helped a friend build a grill once using two grates from a discarded street storm drain. Very beefy construction and there's no way he'll ever warp it. Did a great job with steaks and burgers.

Will we see pic's when its done ?

Good Luck with it . . .

[Furby]

Someone posted a pic of the rest of this grill, but I'm not sure who it was. ;D
Maybe Tom can put up a new pic when he gets done at Moultrie.

[Tom]

I think crtreedude had something a little more sophisticated than my grill.

Mine is a container (I used concrete cut from a warehouse floor) filled with dirt/sand, to get the fire height comfortable, and topped with a grate.


The most important part is the edible paraphernalia placed on the grill.  An important part is the group of friends that share the burning of the wood.  Here it is Getoverit, DanG, woodbowl, Custom Sawyer and I think Corley5.  The platinum blond with the pink shirt is me.  ;D

Cooking on a direct fire provides the flavor of the specialty woods in your locale. It works best if the wood is not absolutely dry.  We use wood that gas been down from right then to about 4 months.  Older than that and it becomes firewood.  It will still cook though and sometimes we need it to make the fresher woods burn.   Don't cook on a yellow fire.

[JimMartin9999]

One warning.  Be sure to plan ahead of time some way of  adjusting the height  above the coals, so you can regulate the temperature when cooking.   Building with stone usually doesn´t let you change things after you finish the project.