The MAN-BQ
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I'll try and get a scale drawing of my ideal BBQ, but you've pretty much hit it on the head with the above quote.
Gas is just not right when it comes to BBQs.
Local blacksmiths made my mates twin bbq out of two barrells cut in half. Top half used as lid.
The filling hole modified to accept vacuum cleaner/leaf blower to get those embers really going fast to speed up when you can start cooking.
Pretty sure I have some pictures somewhere which I will rake out.
It's definitely the way the to go.
The filling hole modified to accept vacuum cleaner/leaf blower to get those embers really going fast to speed up when you can start cooking.
Pretty sure I have some pictures somewhere which I will rake out.
It's definitely the way the to go.
Being from South Africa, we know a bit about bbq'ing (hence now known as braai'ing or phonetically 'bry' for you english 
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This is a national past time and one I sorely miss living in London with no garden. It is specifically for wood and none of this pansy gas stuff. Real men use wood, not gas, get over it.
A very good cheap, already mentioned, suggestion would be cut a barrel in half and weld some legs onto it, then weld some attachments on the top for the grill to rest on at varying heights, however after some use the heat within the barrel will create holes through it, so it's not a long term solution.
The best solution is to build a bricked up area for you to place the wood and the grill within, normally with a chimney and below this a storage area for wood (this may not work in the UK as its normally wet and the wood needs to be kept dry, you could enclose this area with a door)
Here are a couple examples: Notice the storage areas for wood below the fire area and areas on the side to store outgoing/incoming meat.
here is a chimneyless braai area
and if you wanna go posh then make an entertainment area out of it like so
It honestly is not that expensive if you build it yourself, just needs some bricks......think of it as manly lego *HRR HRR HRR* It is a semi permanent structure though.
Hope this helps and gives you some ideas
)This is a national past time and one I sorely miss living in London with no garden. It is specifically for wood and none of this pansy gas stuff. Real men use wood, not gas, get over it.
A very good cheap, already mentioned, suggestion would be cut a barrel in half and weld some legs onto it, then weld some attachments on the top for the grill to rest on at varying heights, however after some use the heat within the barrel will create holes through it, so it's not a long term solution.
The best solution is to build a bricked up area for you to place the wood and the grill within, normally with a chimney and below this a storage area for wood (this may not work in the UK as its normally wet and the wood needs to be kept dry, you could enclose this area with a door)
Here are a couple examples: Notice the storage areas for wood below the fire area and areas on the side to store outgoing/incoming meat.
here is a chimneyless braai area
and if you wanna go posh then make an entertainment area out of it like so
It honestly is not that expensive if you build it yourself, just needs some bricks......think of it as manly lego *HRR HRR HRR* It is a semi permanent structure though.
Hope this helps and gives you some ideas
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Dig a large Pit Line it with insulation pour in napalm light put grill over top.
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The BBQ for the village where my brother owns a house:
pfft it should at least fill the entire construction! what the hell are they playing at
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My spit roasting attachment isn't big enough
pfft it should at least fill the entire construction! what the hell are they playing at
For some reason when I saw that I thought of a "Pimp my BBQ" tv show.
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Dang Right we's gonn git some mo' brickwork up in this ***** a couple o gallons o napalm, mo' gas an' a beer fridge so's yo' can drink some while yo' cook some!
hes irish not welsh
I meant cooking the sheep, but I see what you did there.
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'foo, you forgot the fully stocked bar
Yo foo' you keep that **** away from the BBQ! After all yo' don't wants yo' booze & yo' bar goin up in flames!