Hi All,
I'm new to this forum, so firstly I'd like to say hello!
Secondly I'm after a few tips for a pending home made brick BBQ.
I'm 95% towards finishing my wood fired brick oven (I Marcus from the WFO forum is a member here also - hey Marcus) and I want to build a BBQ next to it as part of the 2nd stage of an outdoor entertaining.
Has anyone got a brick built BBQ? (probably a little too crap for the awesome BBQs and smokers I've seen on this forum) but I thought I'd ask for ideas anyway.
The basics:
- It wil be charcoal fired
- I'd like a decent sized cooking area, maybe a metre wide (my OH has lots of family who live close by) so it needs to be able to cook for a lot, but I can also just cook on a small area when needed.
- I want a thick chunky grill rather than the thin wire grills on the cheap end BBQ's - does anyone have any recommendations for people who can fabricate them to order OR a decent site that sells grills (large ones, albeit I know I'll need a few of them if pre-made).
- Ideally I'd like to be able to use it for smoking food too, I think this needs quite a lot of thought and planning though, something I'll do over the next week.
Are flavourizer bars a worthwhile investment? I understand they do the same job as the fat hitting the charcoal by vapourizing the fat and creating smoke but without the flareups.
For what it's worth, here is my intended plan (as listed on my brick oven progress), as I said previously the brick oven just needs finishing off (adding the roof), and I need to add the countertop to form my bar on the left. Everything right of the oven hasn't been built yet.
http://ukwoodfiredovenforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=bvovens&action=display&thread=136&page=4
I really appreciate any tips you can give!
Cheers,
Duncan