BBQ'S

nick hanson
nick hanson Posts: 1,655
edited June 2009 in The bottom bracket
I'm going to build myself a brick BBQ frame & am looking for the metalwork,(trays,brackets etc)
Does anyone know if these are available from a major DIY outlet,or will i have to order through the internet?
Cheers in advance
so many cols,so little time!

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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    B+Q. My dad got some over the weekend :)
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Try a second hand shop that sells cookers etc, bound to have some spare oven shelves or grill pans. If not there, try the local CA site.
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  • jellybellywmb
    jellybellywmb Posts: 1,379
    I used to work in the security fencing trade and some locals in a dubious nottingham estate used to gut squares out of our brand new security fences for their BBQ grills.
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  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    Yes,there are some 'nice' people about!
    To press,have tried B&Q,but they've discontinued them :(
    I'll try Wickes & the like,& if no good,then will strip down my old BBQ as a donor
    so many cols,so little time!
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/store ... d+Bake+BBQ

    This kinda thing?
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    Yep,thats the one!
    Unfortunately,out of stock in all my local stores,& not available for home delivery :(
    so many cols,so little time!
  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    I got some at B&Q at the weekend £29.99. If they've stopped making them it's still worth shopping around 'cos some have stock.
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    It'd be better if they included the bricks.
  • FyPunK
    FyPunK Posts: 160
    one tip if you buy the kit, when building use the rack as a guide and not the bottom tray (instructions said the bottom tray), for some reason when I built mine the bottom tray was slightly smaller than the grill, so when I came to put it together I had to get the angle grinder out and grind two grooves so they would fit. If you look at the photo you can see that I tried to move the brickwork a touch....
    bbq.jpg
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  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    Build up a base using thr bricks to a reasonable level, with a cement finish for the coals to sit on, provide air holes at the back. Find somewhere that sells steel plate, build it into the barbie. Not as instant as a grille, but when it gets hot it will stay hot for quite a while and give a good cooking surface also for onions, potato cakes etc. Very Australian!

    You could also have a smaller plate, build it into a corner, and get hold of some metal mesh and use that for the other side.
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  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    That picture's making me feel really hungry...
  • fungus_the_muffin_man
    fungus_the_muffin_man Posts: 1,608
    CHRISNOIR wrote:
    That picture's making me feel really hungry...

    All its missing is some bananas stuffed with chocolate wrapped in tinfoil and cooked on't bbq
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  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    s-round-garden-incinerator.gif

    One of those chappies with a big bag of charcoal and a grill on the top work a treat! A bit off topic and probably not very economical but i didn't believe my brother 'til i saw it 8)
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg

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