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Hello everyone,

As most people in the world i love a good BBQ. A while back it was just me an my immediate family every Saturday we would get out the BBQ and start cooking up some burgers. Before we knew it, the Saturday BBQ has turned into family and friends gathering every week to have a few drinks and food.

Now i need to get a bigger BBQ. I have been searching online for BBQ for sale everywhere and found loads as you could imagine. then i saw a picture of a brick BBQ that looked beautiful and they can be as big as you want. what i'm hoping you guys can do is, tell me the difference if any between the 2 and if it's worth building a brick BBQ or just buying one. Like not being able to move it, what is the maintenance like? etc.

This is a kinda what i am going for

If you build it you can't move it. Either will need keeping clean.

Build a barbeque (with pictures) | gardenersworld.com

AndrejM;1505000 wrote: Hello everyone,

As most people in the world i love a good BBQ. A while back it was just me an my immediate family every Saturday we would get out the BBQ and start cooking up some burgers. Before we knew it, the Saturday BBQ has turned into family and friends gathering every week to have a few drinks and food.

Now i need to get a bigger BBQ. I have been searching online for BBQ for sale everywhere and found loads as you could imagine. then i saw a picture of a brick BBQ that looked beautiful and they can be as big as you want. what i'm hoping you guys can do is, tell me the difference if any between the 2 and if it's worth building a brick BBQ or just buying one. Like not being able to move it, what is the maintenance like? etc.

This is a kinda what i am going for




That actually looks like a decent set up.

LarsMac;1505009 wrote: That actually looks like a decent set up.


Nowhere to put the beer cans

that looks great

Lol Bryn, just chuck them into the foliage behind the BBQ.

Or do you mean the full ones, well then you build an add on ice chest kind of devise that you slide in and out of a brick shelf unit thing.

The beer is a very good point, i need to take this in to consideration The cleaning of the BBQ is the bit that is stopping me from doing it. I can just see a massive mess already..

Bryn Mawr;1505022 wrote: Nowhere to put the beer cans


There are bottles cooling in an ice pail beneath the grill itself, you could use it for cans too of course.

I split an oil drum made a stand and put wheels at one end once.

Somebody 'borrowed' it and I never got it back.

Not a big bbq person, but do like the occasional wild camp and cooking on an open fire. Only point I'd make is don't go too far - You see these gas powered outside stoves and honestly at that point why not cook in a regular oven?

I'm trying to recall whether I've ever been to a barbecue. None spring to mind. I find it extremely disconcerting to eat without cutlery.

spot;1505047 wrote: I'm trying to recall whether I've ever been to a barbecue. None spring to mind. I find it extremely disconcerting to eat without cutlery.


As you say often....................we move in different social circles.

(Never been to a BBQ ? Expect you always have your top shirt button done up too)

Black vest, yellow long-tail cotton shirt with an open collar, black James Pringle trousers and a padded fleece jacket from the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, lace-up three-hole black leather Oxford shoes. I have sufficient of each to have kept the same look for years.

spot;1505068 wrote: Black vest, yellow long-tail cotton shirt with an open collar, black James Pringle trousers and a padded fleece jacket from the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, lace-up three-hole black leather Oxford shoes. I have sufficient of each to have kept the same look for years.


I can believe it.

Never heard of George

Bruv;1505077 wrote: I can believe it.

Never heard of George


Nor Florence and Fred apparently

Who are George, Florence and Fred?

I have to take on the two of em now...........we were talking, personal attire, fashion ?

George at Asda........fashion for the proletariat.

You cannot be serious. Asda sells food, not clothes. Asda is a form of grocer along the lines of Fortnum and Mason.

Bruv;1505084 wrote: I have to take on the two of em now...........we were talking, personal attire, fashion ?

George at Asda........fashion for the proletariat.


?Que?

And F & F do much the same for Tesco - think St Michael and go down a bit

Sharp Dressed Man

Clean shirt, new shoes

And I don't know where I am goin' to.

Silk suit, black tie,

I don't need a reason why.

They come runnin' just as fast as they can

'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

Gold watch, diamond ring,

I ain't missin' not a single thing.

And cuff links, stick pin,

When I step out I'm gonna do you in.

They come runnin' just as fast as they can

'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

Top coat, top hat,

I don't worry 'cause my wallet's fat.

Black shades, white gloves,

Lookin' sharp and lookin' for love.

They come runnin' just as fast as they can

'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

Fortnum and Mason ?.................and Tesco......sure enough...........very different social circles.

Who'd a thought I'd have more in common with ZZ Top Dawg ?

Some great reply's from some great guys

I love the oil drum idea with the wheels!! i would be getting that back of who ever borrowed it though!!! I am going to get some plans drawn up and get back to you all. i think it is a better idea to build than buy a gas BBQ because you are wright ClodHopper "why not cook in a regular oven". Thanks for the reply's guys back shortly

Yesterday i sat down and drew my own garden BBQ design then about 2 hours later i found the same design already planned out.

here it is

AndrejM;1505183 wrote: Yesterday i sat down and drew my own garden BBQ design then about 2 hours later i found the same design already planned out. in a D.I.Y book from this site http://www.forsale.co.za/

here it is




After some more research i have been thinking of adding a pizza oven while i am at it. Not that much more work than what i have to do already and it opens up to a world of cooking possibility's

AndrejM;1505000 wrote: Hello everyone,

As most people in the world i love a good BBQ. A while back it was just me an my immediate family every Saturday we would get out the BBQ and start cooking up some burgers. Before we knew it, the Saturday BBQ has turned into family and friends gathering every week to have a few drinks and food.

Now i need to get a bigger BBQ. I have been searching online for BBQ for sale everywhere and found loads as you could imagine. then i saw a picture of a brick BBQ that looked beautiful and they can be as big as you want. what i'm hoping you guys can do is, tell me the difference if any between the 2 and if it's worth building a brick BBQ or just buying one. Like not being able to move it, what is the maintenance like? etc.

This is a kinda what i am going for




It's great how your BBQ party has grown into such a large gathering. You may want to consider getting 2 or 3 ready built large roll about BBQ's. Different temps on each one for cooking different meats, veggies, etc,. While at the same time it could allow you to make it easier on yourself by having more then one person having to do all the BBQing. Just thinking out loud.

The pizza oven can warm pre-baked bread rolls as well. I assume BBQ rolls are served warm? I'm having to work from first principles here.

spot;1505195 wrote: The pizza oven can warm pre-baked bread rolls as well. I assume BBQ rolls are served warm? I'm having to work from first principles here.


Watch my lips.......pizza O-V-E-N........the clue is in the name.

BBQ Rolls?

cars;1505193 wrote: It's great how your BBQ party has grown into such a large gathering. You may want to consider getting 2 or 3 ready built large roll about BBQ's. Different temps on each one for cooking different meats, veggies, etc,. While at the same time it could allow you to make it easier on yourself by having more then one person having to do all the BBQing. Just thinking out loud.


Or just one roll about BBQ if it's the right one.

LarsMac;1505215 wrote: BBQ Rolls?Ah. The bread component, used (as best I understand these things) as finger-covers when moving greasy bits to the mouth.

Stainless steel beer kegs make exellent spits. Ive made a pizza/bread oven from sand and clay before. Its dead simple.

Spot....why would you eat without cutlery at a bbq? These days we call a bbq area an outdoor kitchen.

Pure guesswork on my part. I have eaten outdoors, of course, but it has involved a hamper and thermos and lots of cutlery. When camping I have long since given up carrying pots and pans and brillo pads and switched to country pubs.

Quite right. Cant beat a country pub breakfast.

Love garden veggies..

AndrejM;1505000 wrote: Hello everyone,

As most people in the world i love a good BBQ. A while back it was just me an my immediate family every Saturday we would get out the BBQ and start cooking up some burgers. Before we knew it, the Saturday BBQ has turned into family and friends gathering every week to have a few drinks and food.

Now i need to get a bigger BBQ. I have been searching online for BBQ for sale everywhere and found loads as you could imagine. then i saw a picture of a brick BBQ that looked beautiful and they can be as big as you want. what i'm hoping you guys can do is, tell me the difference if any between the 2 and if it's worth building a brick BBQ or just buying one. Like not being able to move it, what is the maintenance like? etc.

This is a kinda what i am going for




Looks awesome!

LarsMac;1505216 wrote: Or just one roll about BBQ if it's the right one.




Nice.

AndrejM;1505031 wrote: The beer is a very good point, i need to take this in to consideration The cleaning of the BBQ is the bit that is stopping me from doing it. I can just see a massive mess already..


The beer can also be used to cool and flavor the meat during cooking.